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Season 14 · Episodes 1–5
Landed Mon, 19 Jun 2023 · 01:00 your time · 5 episodes · 2h 25m
Season 14 of Great British Railway Journeys premiered Monday, 19 June 2023 at 6am UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S14E01Preston to RawtenstallMichael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth, starting at Preston's Fulwood Barracks and heading across to Bury Bolton Street station in Greater Manchester.
- S14E02Urmston to New IslingtonMichael's journey through north west England from Preston to Hebden Bridge reaches Greater Manchester, where Michael celebrates new beginnings for the nation in the years after the Second World War.
- S14E03Oldham to WakefieldGreater Manchester's Metrolink tram delivers Michael to the former cotton town of Oldham. He heads across to Wakefield and the striking postwar sculptures of Barbara Hepworth.
- S14E04Wakefield to LeedsFrom Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. He heads across to Leeds to investigate the origins of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.
- S14E05Bradford to Hebden BridgeMichael Portillo continues his postwar exploration of north west England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge.
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