Aired Saturday 5 April, 8:30pm - 9:00pmon U&Eden

Great British Railway Journeys

Name: 6:30pm - Series 16 Episode 3
Start: 2025-04-09T17:30:00Z
End: 2025-04-09T18:00:00Z
Location: BBC Two HD

Series 3 Episode 4: Epping to Hackney

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: 05/01/2012

Cast and crew

Colin RothbartDirector
Michael PortilloHost

Upcoming broadcasts

Tomorrow, 6:30pmon BBC Two
Series 16 Episode 1
Tomorrow, 6:30pmon BBC Two HD
Series 16 Episode 1
Tuesday 8 April, 6:30pmon BBC Two
Series 16 Episode 2
Tuesday 8 April, 6:30pmon BBC Two HD
Series 16 Episode 2
Wednesday 9 April, 6:30pmon BBC Two
Series 16 Episode 3
Wednesday 9 April, 6:30pmon BBC Two HD
Series 16 Episode 3