Settle to Garsdale
Travel documentary. Michael Portillo revisits the Settle-Carlisle line, explores the Ribblehead viaduct and learns about the navvies who helped to build it.
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series of four epic journeys, he travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what remains of Bradshaw's Britain.
Michael's second epic journey takes him north, from Preston to Scotland, on one of the first railways to cross the border. On this second leg, he returns to the historic Settle-Carlisle line to find out what has happened to it since he helped save it in the 1980s. Along the way, he explores the magnificent Ribblehead viaduct, finds out about the navvies who helped to build it and catches a steam train along the line.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Portillo |
Series Producer | Fiona Caldwell |
Executive Producer | Charlie Bunce |
Broadcasts
- Tue 12 Jan 2010 18:3091热爆 HD & 91热爆 Two
- Wed 20 Jan 2010 03:50
- Fri 4 Jun 2010 20:00
- Tue 19 Oct 2010 18:3091热爆 HD
- Tue 15 Feb 2011 18:3091热爆 HD
- Wed 16 Feb 2011 00:3091热爆 HD
- Mon 27 Feb 2012 19:30
- Tue 4 Dec 2012 19:30
- Wed 10 Apr 2013 19:30
- Sat 1 Mar 2014 11:30
- Wed 8 Oct 2014 19:30
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