Great British Railway Journeys - Episodes- Followmy.tv

Michael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth, starting at Preston's Fulwood Barracks and heading across to Bury Bolton Street station in ... read more

Michael's journey through north west England from Preston to Hebden Bridge reaches Greater Manchester, where Michael celebrates new beginnings for the nation... read more

Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram delivers Michael to the former cotton town of Oldham. He heads across to Wakefield and the striking postwar sculptures of... read more

From Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. He heads across to Leeds to investigate the ... read more

Michael Portillo continues his postwar exploration of north west England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge.

Michael Portillo travels through the Britain of his youth from London's Docklands and East End to the ‘city within a city', the Barbican.

Michael Portillo continues his railway exploration of the post-war Britain of his youth on a journey from London to Cambridge, starting at South Bank.

Michael Portillo ventures deep underground onto London's newest railway: the Elizabeth Line. He travels across London before transferring to the Epping Ongar... read more

Michael Portillo continues his rail exploration of the east of England, starting on the seafront of Felixstowe and finishing in the plate glass campus of the... read more

Michael Portillo completes his railway journey through the east of England during the post-war period, heading from RAF Lakenheath to the city of Cambridge.

Michael Portillo explores the postwar Britain of his youth on a railway journey from the Midlands to the West Country.Beginning in Derby's famous 19th-centur... read more

In Coventry, Michael recalls the destruction by the German Luftwaffe of the city's gothic cathedral in November 1940. He hears how architect Basil Spence won... read more

Michael Portillo's railway journey reaches the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, where work is underway on a section of the biggest project of new railw... read more

At the African and Caribbean Heritage Centre in Wolverhampton, Michael finds out about the impact of Enoch Powell's 1968 speech on immigration in Wolverhampt... read more