Great Railway Journeys (1980)
Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television. The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection. There were four series broadcast on BBC Two between 1980 and 1999, with the shorter series title being used for all but the first. In 2010 a similar series also aired on BBC Two, Great British Railway Journeys.
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Episode 1 - Introduction
Release Date: 1980-10-23Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
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Episode 2 - Coast to Coast
Release Date: 1980-10-30Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
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Episode 3 - The Long Straight
Release Date: 1980-11-13Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
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Episode 4 - Deccan
Release Date: 1980-11-13Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
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Episode 5 - Confessions of a Train Spotter
Release Date: 1980-12-04Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
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Episode 6 - Zambezi Express
Release Date: 1980-12-04Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
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Episode 7 - Three Miles High
Release Date: 1980-12-11Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
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Episode 8 - Changing Trains
Release Date: 1980-12-18Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.