The BEST episodes of Great British Railway Journeys season 9

#1 - Swanwick to Brownsea Island

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2018

Michael Portillo builds a bivouac with a group of scouts and learns about war horses.

#2 - Kingston upon Hull to Malton, North Yorkshire

Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2018

#3 - York to Frizinghall

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2018

#4 - Plymouth to The Lizard

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2018

Michael Portillo boldly goes to the moon by the way of the Cornish Rivera Express!

#5 - Sheffield to Nantwich

Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/2018

#6 - Newport to Clevedon/Yatton/Bristol Channel

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/10/2018

Michael Portillo prepares the Airbus 380 for a smooth landing at Fliton.

#7 - Criccieth to Caernarfon

Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2018

With his Edwardian Bradshaw's railway guide tucked under his arm, Michael Portillo begins the last leg of his journey from Hull to Caernarfon. In picturesque Snowdonia, he braves the fastest zip line in the world - stretching 1,500 feet across a vast slate quarry. He uncovers a bitter industrial dispute between quarrymen and the owner of the pit, Lord Penrhyn, which divided the community at the beginning of the 20th century.Riding north Wales's splendid heritage railways, Michael visits the home of British mountaineering, Pen y Gwryd, to hear how an Edwardian journalist and poet created a climbing community, which grew to include men who would conquer Everest in the 1950s. Michael meets the grandson of one of his political heroes, the Edwardian Prime Minister David Lloyd George, at his birthplace in Criccieth. At the impressive 13th-century fortress of Caernarfon, built by English King Edward I, Michael discovers the early 20th-century history behind the ceremony now traditional at the royal investiture of a Prince of Wales.

#8 - Chichester to Cowes

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/4/2018

Michael Portillo encounteres an Edwardian motoring due patronised by King Edward VII.

#9 - Taunton to Newton Abbot

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/11/2018

Michael Portillo is led a merry dance at Stogumber - all in the name of fertility.

#10 - Cromer to Cambridge

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2018

Michael Portillo takes a pot shot at the sport of kings at a country estate.

#11 - Croydon to Shoreham-By-Sea

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/3/2018

Michael Portillo uncovers a once-celebrated, now forgotten composer with an uncannily familiar name.

#12 - Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/2/2018

Michael Portillo discovers a favoured haunt of King Edward VII.

#13 - Pontyclun to Ebbw Vale Town

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/9/2018

Michael Portillo strikes gold at the Royal Mint in Llantisant.

#14 - Whitland to Swansea

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/8/2018

Michael Portillo discovers the restored home of Dylan Thomas.

#15 - Liverpool to Dolgarrog

Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/2018