Great British Railway Journeys
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Great British Railway Journeys (2010)
Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country by train.
Michael Portillo
Series, 2010, Documentary, Entertainment, Historical, Travel
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Great British Railway Journeys - TV Showtimes
Tuesday, June 16
12:40am
Great British Railway Journeys ‘Coventry To Leamington Spa’
SBS
Great British Railway Journeys
'Coventry To Leamington Spa'
SBS, 12:40am, Tue, 16 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Beginning this time in Coventry, Michael recalls the destruction by the German Luftwaffe of the city's gothic cathedral in November 1940. He hears how architect Basil Spence won a competition to build it anew and tours the breathtakingly modernist concrete structure built alongside the medieval ruin.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 12
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Great British Railway Journeys ‘Coventry To Leamington Spa’
SBS HD
Great British Railway Journeys
'Coventry To Leamington Spa'
SBS HD, 12:40am, Tue, 16 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Beginning this time in Coventry, Michael recalls the destruction by the German Luftwaffe of the city's gothic cathedral in November 1940. He hears how architect Basil Spence won a competition to build it anew and tours the breathtakingly modernist concrete structure built alongside the medieval ruin.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 12
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Wednesday, June 17
2:15am
Great British Railway Journeys ‘Long Itchington To Moseley’
SBS
Great British Railway Journeys
'Long Itchington To Moseley'
SBS, 2:15am, Wed, 17 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Michael railway journey through the Midlands and West Country reaches the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, where the on-going construction of Britain's biggest railway project takes place.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 13
Recording Options
Great British Railway Journeys ‘Long Itchington To Moseley’
SBS HD
Great British Railway Journeys
'Long Itchington To Moseley'
SBS HD, 2:15am, Wed, 17 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Michael railway journey through the Midlands and West Country reaches the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, where the on-going construction of Britain's biggest railway project takes place.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 13
Recording Options
2:50am
Great British Railway Journeys ‘Wolverhampton To Cheltenham’
SBS
Great British Railway Journeys
'Wolverhampton To Cheltenham'
SBS, 2:50am, Wed, 17 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
On this leg of his railway journey from the industrial West Midlands to the rural counties of the southwest, Michael stops in Wolverhampton. Where the ever-increasing demand for workers during the post war boom years saw immigrants from the Caribbean and South Asia arrive in Britain.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 14
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Great British Railway Journeys ‘Wolverhampton To Cheltenham’
SBS HD
Great British Railway Journeys
'Wolverhampton To Cheltenham'
SBS HD, 2:50am, Wed, 17 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
On this leg of his railway journey from the industrial West Midlands to the rural counties of the southwest, Michael stops in Wolverhampton. Where the ever-increasing demand for workers during the post war boom years saw immigrants from the Caribbean and South Asia arrive in Britain.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 14
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3:25am
Great British Railway Journeys ‘Tewkesbury To Filton’
SBS
Great British Railway Journeys
'Tewkesbury To Filton'
SBS, 3:25am, Wed, 17 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Michael Portillo is on the last leg of his journey from the train-building in Derby to the aircraft manufacturing base of Filton. From Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, he heads to the fairy tale castle of Eastnor.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 15
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Great British Railway Journeys ‘Tewkesbury To Filton’
SBS HD
Great British Railway Journeys
'Tewkesbury To Filton'
SBS HD, 3:25am, Wed, 17 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Michael Portillo is on the last leg of his journey from the train-building in Derby to the aircraft manufacturing base of Filton. From Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, he heads to the fairy tale castle of Eastnor.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 15
Recording Options
Thursday, June 18
1:40am
Great British Railway Journeys ‘Preston To Rawtenstall’
SBS
Great British Railway Journeys
'Preston To Rawtenstall'
SBS, 1:40am, Thu, 18 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Michael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth. He's a 'boomer', born in the decade after the end of the Second World War, and he recalls the optimism and excitement of rebuilding a nation exhausted by conflict. He'll relive the agony and the ecstasy of British Rail and marvel at the new society and culture emerging in post war Britain. He begins his journey at Preston's Fulwood Barracks in Lancashire.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 1
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Great British Railway Journeys ‘Preston To Rawtenstall’
SBS HD
Great British Railway Journeys
'Preston To Rawtenstall'
SBS HD, 1:40am, Thu, 18 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Michael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth. He's a 'boomer', born in the decade after the end of the Second World War, and he recalls the optimism and excitement of rebuilding a nation exhausted by conflict. He'll relive the agony and the ecstasy of British Rail and marvel at the new society and culture emerging in post war Britain. He begins his journey at Preston's Fulwood Barracks in Lancashire.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 1
Recording Options
Saturday, June 20
2:25am
Great British Railway Journeys ‘Urmston To New Islington’
SBS
Great British Railway Journeys
'Urmston To New Islington'
SBS, 2:25am, Sat, 20 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Michael Portillo's railway journey through northwest Britain from Preston to Hebden Bridge reaches Greater Manchester, where Michael celebrates new beginnings for the nation in the years after the Second World War. At Trafford General Hospital, he investigates the birth of the National Health Service in 1948. Later, William Roache, star of the nation's longest running soap, Coronation Street, meets Michael to tell him about the first episode, broadcast in 1960.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 2
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Great British Railway Journeys ‘Urmston To New Islington’
SBS HD
Great British Railway Journeys
'Urmston To New Islington'
SBS HD, 2:25am, Sat, 20 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
Michael Portillo's railway journey through northwest Britain from Preston to Hebden Bridge reaches Greater Manchester, where Michael celebrates new beginnings for the nation in the years after the Second World War. At Trafford General Hospital, he investigates the birth of the National Health Service in 1948. Later, William Roache, star of the nation's longest running soap, Coronation Street, meets Michael to tell him about the first episode, broadcast in 1960.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 2
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Sunday, June 21
1:25am
Great British Railway Journeys ‘Wakefield To Leeds’
SBS
Great British Railway Journeys
'Wakefield To Leeds'
SBS, 1:25am, Sun, 21 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael Portillo visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. His guide, an ex-miner, takes him 140 metres down into the mine to imagine the conditions men faced and tells him how the strikes of the 1970s and 1980s affected mining communities. Michael then pauses to admire the tall spire of Wakefield Cathedral and its resident peregrine falcons with their chicks before heading to the banks of the River Calder.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 4
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Great British Railway Journeys ‘Wakefield To Leeds’
SBS HD
Great British Railway Journeys
'Wakefield To Leeds'
SBS HD, 1:25am, Sun, 21 Jun 2026, 35 minutes
REPEAT
In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael Portillo visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. His guide, an ex-miner, takes him 140 metres down into the mine to imagine the conditions men faced and tells him how the strikes of the 1970s and 1980s affected mining communities. Michael then pauses to admire the tall spire of Wakefield Cathedral and its resident peregrine falcons with their chicks before heading to the banks of the River Calder.
Michael Portillo
Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, Entertainment, Travel, Historical, Season 14 Episode 4
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