Michael Portillo: Great British Railway Journeys – #50 – #05/25 – S03E05 – Fenchurch to Embankment

Michael Portillo – Great British Railway Journeys – this is a great series. .

Portillo’s enthusiasm is infectious and fun.

This Episode

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

Travelling along The Great Eastern Line which leads to London, Michael takes a ride on a secret miniature railway beneath the streets of London, rings Bow Bells and tries his hand at station announcements at Fenchurch Street.