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Season 10 · Episode 4
Landed Thu, 7 Feb 2019 · 13:30 your time · 1 episode · 30m
Season 10, Episode 4 of Great British Railway Journeys aired Thursday, 7 February 2019 at 6.30pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S10E04Maltby to HinckleyMichael Portillo continues his tour of Britain's industrial heartlands guided by his early 20th-century Bradshaw's. Michael heads for Maltby, where he is caught up with the thrill of the chase as he investigates the high-octane sport of whippet racing. He learns how this 'poor man's sport' grew during the 19th century in the mining towns of the north and retains its appeal today.
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