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Great Railway Journeys

1h

Documentary

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.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Introduction

1. Introduction

1h

23rd Oct 1980

Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.

Coast to Coast

2. Coast to Coast

1h

30th Oct 1980

Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.

The Long Straight

3. The Long Straight

1h

13th Nov 1980

Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.

Deccan

4. Deccan

1h

13th Nov 1980

Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.

Confessions of a Train Spotter

5. Confessions of a Train Spotter

1h

4th Dec 1980

Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.

Zambezi Express

6. Zambezi Express

1h

4th Dec 1980

Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.

Three Miles High

7. Three Miles High

1h

11th Dec 1980

Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.

Changing Trains

8. Changing Trains

1h

18th Dec 1980

Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.

First air date

23rd Oct 1980

Last air date

6th Apr 1999

Status

Ended

Type

Documentary

Original language

en

Networks