Great British Railway Journeys

Following the route of the Great Eastern Line, Michael visits Essex to discover why dairy herds from there travelled the length and breadth of Britain by rail, visits Waltham to see how the gunpowder made there fuelled the building of an empire, and heads to Hackney to uncover the gruesome details of the first murder on a train.

Category

Documentary / Travel

Original air date

2012-01-05