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Carlisle to Glasgow

Great British Railway JourneysSeries 1
Episode 9 of 20

Travel documentary. Michael Portillo meets the wild Border Reivers clansmen, witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green and visits a World War I munitions factory.

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 of Bradshaw's Britain remains.

Michael's second epic journey takes him north, from Preston to Scotland, on one of the first railways to cross the border. On this fourth leg, he meets the wild clansmen of Carlisle, the Border Reivers, witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green and visits a secret World War I munitions factory.

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 Oct 201419:30
BBC Four

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Credits

PresenterMichael Portillo
Series ProducerFiona Caldwell
Executive ProducerCharlie Bunce

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 Jan 201018:30
    BBC HD & BBC Two except Scotland
  • Fri 15 Jan 201018:30
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Fri 22 Jan 201001:50
    BBC One
  • Sun 8 Aug 201018:00
    BBC One
  • Thu 21 Oct 201018:30
    BBC HD
  • Thu 17 Feb 201118:30
    BBC HD
  • Fri 18 Feb 201100:30
    BBC HD
  • Mon 5 Mar 201219:30
    BBC Four
  • Mon 10 Dec 201219:30
    BBC Four
  • Tue 16 Apr 201319:30
    BBC Four
  • Wed 17 Apr 201302:05
    BBC Four
  • Sat 22 Mar 201411:30
    BBC Two
  • Mon 13 Oct 201419:30
    BBC Four

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