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Season 15 · Episodes 1–5
Landed Mon, 18 Mar 2024 · 02:00 your time · 5 episodes · 2h 25m
Season 15 of Great British Railway Journeys premiered Monday, 18 March 2024 at 6am UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S15E01Denham to SwindonBeginning at London Marylebone, the last great Victorian railway terminus to be built in the capital, Michael Portillo embarks on a postwar exploration of Britain's southern counties.
- S15E02Chippenham to YeovilMichael Portillo joins Navy Wings pilots for a spectacular close formation flight in the skies over Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton and visits the magnificent Elizabethan mansion of Longleat.
- S15E03Swanage to PortchesterMichael Portillo reaches England's south coast to continue his exploration of postwar Britain, beginning on the steam-powered Swanage Railway in Dorset.
- S15E04Havant to GuildfordMichael Portillo reaches Havant, where the Scalextric factory was located, and Haslemere, the surprise birthplace of a musical phenomenon – the plastic recorder.
- S15E05Wokingham to HeathrowMichael goes on a tour around Heathrow Airport, taking an eerie walk around the mothballed Terminal 1 building and ending up atop the iconic 87.5 metre control tower.
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Great British Railway Journeys
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