Great British Railway Journeys Series 8 Episodes Episode guide
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Ballina to Westport
15/15 On the last leg of the journey, a seaweed bath is followed by a steamy scene in Ballina.
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Dromod to Sligo
14/15 Michael Portillo learns how the Emerald Isle inspired the poet WB Yeats.
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Navan to Mullingar
13/15 Michael Portillo gets up to speed with modern archaeology in County Meath.
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Greystones to Dublin
12/15 At Trinity College, Dublin, Michael Portillo discovers one of Ireland's greatest treasures
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Wexford to Wicklow
11/15 Armed with his Bradshaw's Handbook, Michael Portillo begins a journey across Ireland.
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Stowmarket to Harwich
10/15 Michael meets volunteers on the Mid-Suffolk Light railway and drives The Middy.
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Gainsborough to Ely
9/15 Michael learns about an ingenious Victorian machine which changed shopping forever.
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Chapeltown to Doncaster
8/15 Michael follows in the footholds of the Victorian daredevil who made rock climbing a sport
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Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common
7/15 Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory.
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Blackpool to Manchester Victoria
6/15 Michael unveils a new monument to 87 railwaymen who lost their lives in the Great War.
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Longniddry to Edinburgh
5/15 Michael discovers the history of body snatchers and murderers who contributed to science.
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Darlington to Dunbar
4/15 Michael heads up the East Coast Main Line, testing a state-of-the-art train on the way.
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Newark-on-Trent to Stockton
3/15 Tracing the path of the Flying Scotsman, Michael heads to Stockton-on-Tees.
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Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough
2/15 Michael heads north from London, and in Bedfordshire he gets to drive a 'locomobile'.
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The Flying Scotsman
1/15 Michael departs London before dawn on the famous Flying Scotsman.