Great British Railway JourneysSeries 8Episodes Episode guide

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1. Ballina to Westport

   15/15On the last leg of the journey, a seaweed bath is followed by a steamy scene in Ballina.
2. Dromod to Sligo

   14/15Michael Portillo learns how the Emerald Isle inspired the poet WB Yeats.
3. Navan to Mullingar

   13/15Michael Portillo gets up to speed with modern archaeology in County Meath.
4. Greystones to Dublin

   12/15At Trinity College, Dublin, Michael Portillo discovers one of Ireland's greatest treasures
5. Wexford to Wicklow

   11/15Armed with his Bradshaw's Handbook, Michael Portillo begins a journey across Ireland.
6. Stowmarket to Harwich

   10/15Michael meets volunteers on the Mid-Suffolk Light railway and drives The Middy.
7. Gainsborough to Ely

   9/15Michael learns about an ingenious Victorian machine which changed shopping forever.
8. Chapeltown to Doncaster

   8/15Michael follows in the footholds of the Victorian daredevil who made rock climbing a sport
9. Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common

   7/15Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory.
10. Blackpool to Manchester Victoria

    6/15Michael unveils a new monument to 87 railwaymen who lost their lives in the Great War.
11. Longniddry to Edinburgh

    5/15Michael discovers the history of body snatchers and murderers who contributed to science.
12. Darlington to Dunbar

    4/15Michael heads up the East Coast Main Line, testing a state-of-the-art train on the way.
13. Newark-on-Trent to Stockton

    3/15Tracing the path of the Flying Scotsman, Michael heads to Stockton-on-Tees.
14. Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough

    2/15Michael heads north from London, and in Bedfordshire he gets to drive a 'locomobile'.
15. The Flying Scotsman

    1/15Michael departs London before dawn on the famous Flying Scotsman.