Great British Railway Journeys - Season 5 Episode 15 : Cheltenham to Wolverhampton 2024
On the final leg of his journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton, Michael's first destination is the elegant spa town of Cheltenham, where he discovers a very early locomotive carriage which ran not on rails but on the road and is lucky enough to get behind the wheel. His next stop is the medieval town of Tewkesbury, scene of a grisly battle during the Wars of the Roses. Armour-plated and sword at the ready, Michael joins a group of re-enactors for a taste of the action. Mercifully unscathed, he makes tracks for Droitwich to find out about how a lowly boatman became the King of Salt and lived in a beautiful chateau, an unexpected sight in the Midlands countryside. Michael's journey ends in Wolverhampton. He learns how the townspeople showed off their talents to the Queen, among them the lost art of Japanning, a speciality of Wolverhampton.
- Released: Jan 01, 1970
- Runtime: 00:30:14 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Michael Portillo
- Network: BBC Two
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Se-5 Ep-1. Manchester to Birkenhead 2014-01-06
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Se-5 Ep-2. Southport to Leyland 2014-01-07
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Se-5 Ep-3. Preston to Rochdale 2014-01-08
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Se-5 Ep-4. Haworth to Huddersfield 2014-01-09
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Se-5 Ep-5. Honley to Chesterfield 2014-01-10
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Se-5 Ep-6. London Euston to Cheddington 2014-01-13
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Se-5 Ep-7. Bletchley to Newport Pagnell 2014-01-14
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Se-5 Ep-8. Northampton to Nuneaton 2014-01-15
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Se-5 Ep-9. Leicester to Loughborough 2014-01-16
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Se-5 Ep-10. Nottingham to Leeds 2014-01-17
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Se-5 Ep-11. Southampton to Basingstoke 2014-01-20
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Se-5 Ep-12. Winchfield to Crowthorne 2014-01-21
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Se-5 Ep-13. Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon 2014-01-22
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Se-5 Ep-14. Chippenham to Gloucester 2014-01-23
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Se-5 Ep-15. Cheltenham to Wolverhampton 2014-01-24
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Se-5 Ep-16. Norwich to Brandon 2014-01-27
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Se-5 Ep-17. Ipswich to Chelmsford 2014-01-28
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Se-5 Ep-18. Ilford to Rochester 2014-01-29
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Se-5 Ep-19. Faversham to Dorking 2014-01-30
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Se-5 Ep-20. Brighton to Chichester 2014-01-31
