Great British Railway Journeys

Following his 1936 Bradshaw's guidebook, Michael Portillo explores the east of England, in London and Essex, en route to Lincolnshire.On this leg, he alights at Limehouse in East London for Cable Street, which became the focus of Britain's fight against fascism in the 1930s. Heading east, he arrives in Dagenham, the location of one of Henry Ford's first car factories in the UK.

Category

Documentary / Travel

Original air date

21/01/2020