Great British Railway Journeys

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's `Victorian Railway Guidebook'. In this episode, Michael visits the first locomotive factory in the world opened by George Stephenson, searches for the lost pit village of Marsden in South Shields, and is entertained by a comic troupe of rapper sword dancers in Chester-le-Street.

Category

Documentary / Travel

Original air date

17/01/2011