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 - India: East to West
Release Date: 1999-01-05Ian Hislop travels from Kolkata, the former capital of the British Raj and present seat of the Marxist government of West Bengal, to Rajasthan.
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Episode 2 - Granada to Salamanca
Release Date: 1999-01-12Michael Portillo explores his roots in a trek across the railway networks of Spain.
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Episode 3 - Tokyo to Kagoshima
Release Date: 1999-01-19Fergal Keane travels through Japan and receives earthquake training and etiquette lessons.
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Episode 4 - Los Mochis to Veracruz
Release Date: 1999-01-26Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Episode 5 - Guantanamo to Pinar Del Rio
Release Date: 1999-02-02Nick Hancock crosses Cuba, battling hurricanes as well as the crumbling infrastructure.
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Episode 6 - St Louis to Dogon Country
Release Date: 1999-02-09Hollywood star Danny Glover rides the oldest line in Africa, the Bamako Express.
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Episode 7 - Singapore to Bangkok
Release Date: 1999-04-06Stephen Tompkinson relives the days of colonial train travel as a pampered passenger on the Eastern and Oriental Express.