Aired Thursday April 25, 12:30pm - 1:00pmon Yesterday

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 12 Episode 3: West Ruislip to Windsor

Michael Portillo heads for leafy Hatch End, where he investigates an illustrator whose work was so popular in the 1920s and 30s that his name entered the English dictionary. William Heath Robinson's great-nephew talks Michael through some of the mad contraptions the artist used to satirise technology.

Category
Documentary / Travel
Original air date
2021-04-28
Cast and crew
  • Tom RichardsonDirector
  • Michael PortilloHost