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FINALE · BBC IPLAYER
Season 16 · Episodes 16–20
Landed Mon, 28 Apr 2025 · 01:00 your time · 5 episodes · 2h 20m
The Season 16 finale of Great British Railway Journeys (Episode 16) aired Monday, 28 April 2025 at 6am UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S16E16Loughton to Audley EndMichael Portillo embarks on a journey across Essex. He heads to the ancient woodland of Epping Forest and learns of Audley End House's role as a secret wartime military school.
- S16E17Romford to the Blackwater EstuaryMichael's exploration of Essex continues in Romford, where he visits a state-of-the-art rail operating centre. On the River Blackwater, he visits the Ross Revenge, home of Radio Caroline.
- S16E18Chelmsford to TollesburyMichael's exploration of Essex reaches Chelmsford, where the city's bishop relates her story of escape from Iran after the Islamic revolution of 1979.
- S16E19Witham to Saffron WaldenArriving in the Essex market town of Witham, Michael heads into the countryside to visit one of the county's great country houses, Terling Place.
- S16E20Colchester to Chappel and Wakes ColneMichael's exploration of Essex is drawing to a close. He visits Colchester, which was first mentioned in AD77 and proudly claims to be Britain's oldest recorded town.
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