The BEST episodes of Great British Railway Journeys season 9
Every episode of Great British Railway Journeys season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Great British Railway Journeys season 9!
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways have changed it, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.
#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
#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!
#6 - Chichester to Cowes
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/4/2018
Michael Portillo encounteres an Edwardian motoring due patronised by King Edward VII.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#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.
