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Season 9 · Episode 4
Landed Thu, 4 Jan 2018 · 13:30 your time · 1 episode · 30m
Season 9, Episode 4 of Great British Railway Journeys aired Thursday, 4 January 2018 at 6.30pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S09E04Chichester to CowesHis early 20th-century Bradshaw's guide in hand, Michael Portillo is in Chichester, West Sussex, where he encounters an Edwardian motoring duo patronised by King Edward VII. After a grand tour of their factory, he is treated to some R&R in one of their finest vehicles. Arriving in the seaside resort of Southsea, Hampshire, Michael heads for the majestic King's Theatre, built by a renowned theatre designer of the day. He treads the boards with a group of true thespians, in a community production of Lads in the Village. Crossing the Solent with a ticket to Ryde, Michael boards the Island Line to travel along the pier in a 1930s London Underground carriage, then hops on to the Isle of Wight heritage line bound for Wootton. His destination is Osborne House, where the future King Edward VII spent much of his childhood.
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