Great Railway Journeys(1980)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1980-10-23
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 28
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.
Keywords
travelrailroadadventure
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Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Introduction
Air Date: 1980-10-23
Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
E02
Coast to Coast
Air Date: 1980-10-30
Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
E03
The Long Straight
Air Date: 1980-11-13
Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the ...
E04
Deccan
Air Date: 1980-11-13
Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
E05
Confessions of a Train Spotter
Air Date: 1980-12-04
Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
E06
Zambezi Express
Air Date: 1980-12-04
Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
E07
Three Miles High
Air Date: 1980-12-11
Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
E08
Changing Trains
Air Date: 1980-12-18
Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.
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