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Season 9 · Episode 3
Landed Wed, 3 Jan 2018 · 13:30 your time · 1 episode · 30m
Season 9, Episode 3 of Great British Railway Journeys aired Wednesday, 3 January 2018 at 6.30pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S09E03Croydon to Shoreham-By-SeaSteered by his Edwardian Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo arrives in west Croydon, where he uncovers a once-celebrated, now forgotten, mixed-race composer with an uncannily familiar name. With the modernBritish rail network now half the size of the Edwardian one, Michael is delighted to discover a railway renaissance in Three Bridges. After inspecting a new depot and its fleet of new Class 700 trains, Michael is accorded the great honour of washing one down. Next stop Lewes, where Michael makes a beeline for Charleston, the beautiful home of the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, where he finds every surface exquisitely decorated by the inhabitants. At Shoreham-by-Sea, Michael discovers that magnificent Edwardians in flying machines took off from the oldest licensed airport in the country. Michael takes to the skies.
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