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Season 16 · Episodes 6–10
Landed Mon, 14 Apr 2025 · 01:00 your time · 5 episodes · 2h 20m
Season 16, Episodes 6–10 of Great British Railway Journeys aired Monday, 14 April 2025 at 6am UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S16E06Windermere to SellafieldMichael Portillo begins a railway tour of the spectacular border counties of Cumbria and Dumfriesshire, starting in the stunning Lake District National Park.
- S16E07St Bees to Grange-over-SandsMichael Portillo's railway tour continues as he travels along the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line. He visits an iron ore mine turned into an arts centre and discovers the cradle of Quakerism.
- S16E08Maryport to PenrithMichael Portillo's railway journey through Cumbria and Dumfriesshire heads to the hills as he follows in the footsteps of the Lakeland poets.
- S16E09Aspatria to CarlisleMichael Portillo's railway journey through Cumbria and Dumfriesshire takes him to the rolling countryside around Aspatria to meet a couple who swapped their old life for organic dairy farming.
- S16E10Dumfries to AuchinleckMichael concludes his journey from Cumbria to Dumfriesshire by crossing the Solway Firth into Scotland, where he visits the beautifully preserved last home of Scotland's greatest poet, Robert Burns.
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Episodes 11–15
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Great British Railway Journeys
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