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Torquay to Totnes

Great British Railway JourneysSeries 1
Episode 13 of 20

Michael Portillo finds out about Torquay's microclimate, goes salmon fishing on the Dart estuary and spends some of Totnes's new local currency.

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.

His journey takes him along the Brunel's Great Western Railway from Swindon to Penzance. This time, Michael finds out about Torquay's microclimate, goes salmon fishing on the Dart estuary and spends some of Totnes's new local currency.

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 Oct 201419:30
BBC Four

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Credits

PresenterMichael Portillo
ProducerFiona Caldwell
Executive ProducerCharlie Bunce

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    BBC Two & BBC HD
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    BBC One
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  • Wed 27 Oct 201018:30
    BBC HD
  • Wed 23 Feb 201118:30
    BBC HD
  • Thu 24 Feb 201100:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 3 Apr 201219:30
    BBC Four
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  • Wed 24 Apr 201319:30
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  • Sat 31 May 201411:30
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  • Mon 20 Oct 201419:30
    BBC Four

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