S9E11:Hull to Malton

Great British Railway Journeys

15 Jan 201829 minTV-G

Michael Portillo takes the railway to the port of Hull, where he heads for the docks through which millions of migrants passed at the turn of the 20th century. At Cottingham, he picks up the trail of the future King Edward VII, when he was Prince of Wales. Bertie, as he was known in the family, became embroiled in scandal after a high-stakes game of cards in the grand house of Tranby Croft.