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Season 10 · Episode 3
Landed Wed, 6 Feb 2019 · 13:30 your time · 1 episode · 30m
Season 10, Episode 3 of Great British Railway Journeys aired Wednesday, 6 February 2019 at 6.30pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S10E03Manchester to ElsecarArmed with his early 20th century Bradshaw's Guide, Michael Portillo continues his journey from Warrington to the Potteries in Stoke on Trent. In Manchester at the magnificent Heaton Park, Michael discovers one of the first open-air concerts was held here in 1909 by an opera fan, William Grimshaw, who entertained 40,000 people to the music of opera superstar Enrico Caruso on a gramophone.
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