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Enfield to Cambridge

Great British Railway Journeys Series 2
Episode 3 of 25

On a journey from Brighton to Cromer, Michael Portillo visits the government arms factory at Enfield and discovers how the trains transformed Newmarket's races.

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series of five epic journeys, Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what remains of Bradshaw's Britain.

On a journey taking him coast to coast from Brighton to Cromer, Michael visits the government arms factory at Enfield (the largest machine shop in Europe in Bradshaw's day), discovers how the trains transformed Newmarket's races and finds out why Cambridge could be considered the birthplace of modern football.

29 minutes

Last on

Tue 4 Nov 2014 20:00
BBC Four

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Credits

Presenter Michael Portillo
Series Producer Fiona Caldwell
Executive Producer Charlie Bunce

Broadcasts

  • Wed 5 Jan 2011 18:30
    BBC Two & BBC HD
  • Wed 13 Apr 2011 02:30
    BBC One
  • Fri 6 May 2011 20:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 14 Jun 2011 16:45
    BBC HD
  • Wed 6 Jul 2011 18:30
    BBC HD & BBC Two
  • Tue 15 May 2012 19:30
    BBC Four
  • Wed 16 May 2012 03:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 6 Jun 2012 18:30
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Fri 8 Jun 2012 18:30
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Wed 30 Jan 2013 19:30
    BBC Four
  • Wed 14 May 2014 19:30
    BBC Four
  • Thu 15 May 2014 03:15
    BBC Four
  • Wed 27 Aug 2014 16:40
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Wed 27 Aug 2014 16:45
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Tue 4 Nov 2014 20:00
    BBC Four

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