Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 8
Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common
Episode 7 · 2017-01-10
- Documentary
Episode overview
Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common Michael Portillo's journey from the Irish Sea to the North Sea continues by tram from Manchester. At the imposing town hall of the world's first industrial city, Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory. He then heads to the city's National Graphene Institute, where he learns to make the groundbreaking material invented there by two Nobel prize-winning scientists. His Bradshaw's leads him to an 18th-century settlement built by refugees from Europe.
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
