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Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter

Michael Portillo visits a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings, and experiences a timepiece like no other.

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook. In a series of railway journeys, Portillo travels the length and breadth of the British Isles to see what of Bradshaw's world remains. Michael follows in the footsteps of the master engineer of the Great Western Railway, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, beginning at the line's London gateway, Paddington Station and ending in Newton Abbot, Devon, the scene of one of Brunel's heroic failures. Michael gets up close to a piece of natural history, visits a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings and experiences a timepiece like no other.

29 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter Michael Portillo
Series Producer Michelle Heeley
Director Dave Minchin
Executive Producer John Comerford

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