Great British Railway Journeys: Series 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Great British Railway Journeys Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
Warrington to Preston
Feb 4, 2019 · 30 min
Warrington to Preston Armed with his Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey through Britain’s industrial heartland. Starting at Warrington, Michael then heads
Blackburn to Manchester
Feb 5, 2019 · 30 min
Blackburn to Manchester Michael Portillo continues his journey through Britain’s industrial northwest, visiting Blackburn, Nelson and the renovated 19th-century Manchester Victori
Manchester to Elsecar
Feb 6, 2019 · 30 min
Manchester to Elsecar Armed with Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo continues his journey through Britain's industrial heartlands, leaving Manchester for Oldham, Edale and a priva
Maltby to Hinckley
Feb 7, 2019 · 30 min
Maltby to Hinckley Armed with his Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo continues his tour of Britain’s industrial heartlands, heading for Maltby, Derby and on to Hinckley.
Birmingham to the Potteries
Feb 8, 2019 · 30 min
Birmingham to the Potteries Armed with his Bradshaw’s guide, Michael Portillo visits Birmingham, then travels on to Cradley Heath and Landywood, before reaching the Potteries at S
Newry to Portadown
Feb 11, 2019 · 30 min
Newry to Portadown Beginning in Newry, Michael Portillo finds a specially chartered train that would deliver demonstrators campaigning for Irish Home Rule to a rally in the town.
Belfast to Portrush
Feb 12, 2019 · 30 min
Belfast to Portrush Michael Portillo continues his rail journey through Northern Ireland. In Belfast’s grand Edwardian City Hall, Michael investigates the scene of a watershed mom
Larne to Dumfries
Feb 13, 2019 · 30 min
Larne to Dumfries Leaving from the seaport of Larne, Michael Portillo reaches Stranraer and the Mull of Galloway, where in a lighthouse built by Robert Stevenson, he discovers a m
Glasgow to Cumbrae
Feb 14, 2019 · 30 min
Glasgow to Cumbrae Michael Portillo explores the industrial heartland of Glasgow and its mighty River Clyde before taking the ferry to the island of Cumbrae. With his early 20th-c
Glasgow to Connel Ferry
Feb 15, 2019 · 30 min
Michael Portillo falls into line with the University of Glasgow’s Officer Training Corps. Founded in the early 20th century, the Corps flourishes today and Michaels joins students
Warwick to Radley
Feb 18, 2019 · 30 min
Warwick to Radley In Warwick’s medieval castle, Michael Portillo uncovers the scene of an extravagant and scandalous ball, which changed the life of its hostess, Daisy Greville, C
Reading to Cookham
Feb 19, 2019 · 30 min
Reading to Cookham Messing about in boats is the name of the game in Henley on Thames, where Michael Portillo slips into a launch to hear about the world-famous regatta.
Ealing Broadway to South Kensington
Feb 20, 2019 · 30 min
Ealing Broadway to South Kensington In the Queen of the Suburbs, Ealing, Michael Portillo finds comedy at the home of British cinema and is transformed for the silver screen by ex
Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend
Feb 21, 2019 · 30 min
Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend At Covent Garden’s Royal Ballet School, Michael Portillo hears how in 1909 a Russian ballet company took London by storm.
East Malling to Rye
Feb 22, 2019 · 30 min
East Malling to Rye In Folkestone, Michael Portillo hears how the town coped with an influx of more than 100,000 refugees from Belgium fleeing the German invasion in 1914.