Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 8
Wexford to Wicklow
Episode 11 · 2017-01-16
- Documentary
Episode overview
Wexford to Wicklow Armed with his Bradshaw's Handbook, Michael Portillo begins a journey across Ireland. In the port of Wexford, he takes to the seas in a 100-year-old lifeboat and discovers a hero of the American navy. He tunes in to the Meeting of the Waters at the Vale of Avoca, then heads for Wicklow, where he learns of a Victorian project to combat sickness and disease in the capital, Dublin. Embracing the gentler pace of life of a traditional Irish traveller in Victorian times, he ends this leg in a beautiful horse-drawn, barrel-top caravan.
30 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. The Flying Scotsman2017-01-02
2. Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough2017-01-03
3. Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees2017-01-04
4. Darlington to Dunbar2017-01-05
5. Longniddry to Edinburgh2017-01-06
6. Blackpool to Manchester Victoria2017-01-09
7. Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common2017-01-10
8. Chapeltown to Doncaster2017-01-11
9. Gainsborough to Ely2017-01-12
10. Stowmarket to Harwich2017-01-13
11. Wexford to Wicklow2017-01-16
12. Greystones to Dublin2017-01-17
13. Navan to Mullingar2017-01-18
14. Dromod to Sligo2017-01-19
15. Ballina to Westport2017-01-20
