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Season 8 · Episode 2
Landed Tue, 3 Jan 2017 · 13:30 your time · 1 episode · 30m
Season 8, Episode 2 of Great British Railway Journeys aired Tuesday, 3 January 2017 at 6.30pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S08E02Welwyn Garden City to PeterboroughMichael Portillo continues his journey from London to Edinburgh with the help of his 19th-century guidebook. After the excitement of his ride on the Flying Scotsman, Michael begins a new journey with his Bradshaw's guide book north from London, following the historic service's path at a more leisurely pace. Along the way he is forced to expend more effort than usual on the rails as he pumps a track inspection trolley. A Swiss garden in Bedfordshire delivers an unexpected spectacle of early 20th-century engineering marvels and the chance to drive a 'locomobile'. Michael then goes back to school at Haileybury, once a training college for the East India Company, where the master is unimpressed by Portillo's exam performance. At Rothampsted, Michael discovers the Victorian origins of the fertiliser industry and a treasure trove of plant and soil samples.
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