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Great British Railway Journeys Series 4
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Armed with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian RaiIway Guidebook, MichaeI PortiIIo takes to the tracks and over a series of five journeys, he travels from coast to coast to see what of Bradshaw's Britain and Ireland remains.
This 5 DVD set features 25 episodes covering 5 different journeys
High Wycombe to Aberystwyth
Portsmouth to Grimsby
StirIing to John O'Groats
Paddington to Newton Abbot
Goes To lreIand: KiIlarney to GaIway
Michael's first journey folIows the track that helped fueI the IndustriaI Revolution. Beginning in the roIIing ChiItern HilIs, he makes his way through to the stunning Severn ValIey and finishes at the Victorian seaside resort of Aberystwyth. He then travels from the centuries old naval hub of Portsmouth to the historic Grimsby docks. On MichaeI's third journey, he expIores the awe-inspiring scenery of ruraI and coastal Scotland, from StirIing through the industriaI east and ending at ""the start of Great Britain"", John O'Groats. The fourth journey of the series, he retraces the footsteps of the master engineer of the Great Western Railway, lsambard Kingdom BruneI, beginning at London Paddington Station through to Newton Abbot in Devon, the scene of one of Brunel's heroic faiIures. In the finaI journey, Great British RaiIway Journeys goes to IreIand where MichaeI uses Bradshaw's Descriptive RaiIway Handbook of Great Britain and lreland to explore the Republic of lreland from Killarney to GaIway on the AtIantic Coast.
Subtitles: EngIish |
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