London to Berwick-upon-Tweed

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Alexei Sayle takes his final train journey across Great Britain in this series and breaks the golden rule of travelling by train in the UK - by actually talking to his fellow passengers. In this episode he takes a trip from London to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Among his many fellow travellers, he meets *Christina, who is returning to Yorkshire after being scared of taking on such a long journey to London - especially the perils of travelling on the underground - but happily found a knight in shining armour to help her at King's Cross station. *Steven who, apart from working on the railway, has carved out a budding career as a playwright *Sally, who spent 24 years in the Army and now works as a philanthropy manager helping a leading cancer charity to raise money for its work *Rahul and Priya, who are heading for Scotland on a short break sightseeing Producers: Peter Lowe and Lyndon Jones A Ride production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2024.