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Season 11 · Episode 6
Landed Mon, 13 Jan 2020 · 13:30 your time · 1 episode · 30m
Season 11, Episode 6 of Great British Railway Journeys aired Monday, 13 January 2020 at 6.30pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S11E06St Ives to St DayMichael Portillo boards the Great Western Railway at the Cornish seaside resort of St Ives. Steered by his 1930s Bradshaw's Guide, this week he explores the West Country between the wars.In Britain's first studio pottery, Michael attempts a decorative wax technique and feels the heat of the firing kiln. He discovers a Cornish fisherman, who, although he began painting only in his seventies, inspired established artists from the capital.Along the Cornish Riviera at Hayle, Michael joins a family on holiday in a railway carriage called Harvey. From Redruth, Michael makes his way to the former mining village of St Day, where Feast Day celebrations are in full flow.
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