Great British Railway Journeys · SEASON 8
Gainsborough to Ely
Episode 9 · 2017-01-12
- Documentary
Episode overview
Gainsborough to Ely Steered by his Bradshaw's railway handbook to Gainsborough, Michael Portillo wraps his head around an ingenious Victorian machine which changed shopping forever. In Lincoln, he discovers the verse and popularity of 19th-century Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and finds poetry thrives today in a city pub.
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
