Great British Railway Journeys: Series 5 to 8 DVD – Michael Portillo 

All 75 episodes from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth series of the documentary in which Michael Portillo traces historic rail journeys across Britain, taking as his guide ‘Bradshaw’s Handbook’. Series 5 episodes are: ‘Manchester to Birkenhead’, ‘Southport to Leyland’, ‘Preston to Rochdale’, ‘Haworth to Huddersfield’, ‘Honley to Chesterfield’, ‘London Euston to Cheddington’, ‘Bletchley to Newport Pagnell’, ‘Northampton to Nuneaton’, ‘Leicester to Loughborough’, ‘Nottingham to Leeds’, ‘Southampton to Basingstoke’, ‘Winchfield to Crowthorne’, ‘Wokingham to Bradford on Avon’, ‘Chippenham to Gloucester’, ‘Cheltenham to Wolverhampton’, ‘Norwich to Brandon’, ‘Ipswich to Chelmsford’, ‘Ilford to Rochester’, ‘Faversham to Dorking’ and ‘Brighton to Chichester’. Series 6 episodes are: ‘Ayr to Stewarton’, ‘Greenock to Larkhall’, ‘Motherwell to Linlithgow’, ‘Stirling to Pitlochry’, ‘St. Andrew’s to Edinburgh’, ‘Amersham to Regent’s Park’, ‘Deptford to West Silverton’, ‘Stratford to London Victoria’, ‘London’s West End’, ‘High Street Kensington to London Bridge’, ‘Derby to Grantham’, ‘Boston to Hensall’, ‘Hessle to York’, ‘Middlesbrough to Hexham’, ‘Newcastle to Lindisfarne’, ‘Pembroke Dock to Swansea’, ‘Swansea to Hereford’, ‘Abergavenny to Hanborough’, ‘Oxford to Luton’ and ‘Oakham to Cambridge’. Series 7 episodes are: ‘Carlisle to Penrith’, ‘Windermere to Carnforth’, ‘Preston to Swinton’, ‘St Helens to Knutsford’, ‘Ashley to Alton’, ‘Dover to Lewes’, ‘Newhaven to Worthing’, ‘Littlehampton to Beaulieu’, ‘Lymington Town to Exmouth’, ‘Plymouth to Porthcurno’, ‘Birmingham to Worcester’, ‘Redditch to Gloucester’, ‘Stroud to Bath’, ‘Bristol to Glastonbury’, ‘Bridgewater to Dartmouth’, ‘Ashford to Sevenoaks’, ‘East Grinstead to Guildford’, ‘Woking to Walton-on-Thames’, ‘Hampton Court to Teddington’ and ‘Egham to Henley-on-Thames’. Series 8 episodes are: ‘The Flying Scotsman’, ‘Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough’, ‘Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees’, ‘Darlington to Dunbar’, ‘Longniddry to Edinburgh’, ‘Blackpool to Manchester Victoria’, ‘Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common’, ‘Chapeltown to Doncaster’, ‘Gainsborough to Ely’, ‘Stowmarket to Harwich’, ‘Wexford to Wicklow’, ‘Greystones to Dublin’, ‘Navan to Mullingar’, ‘Dromod to Sligo’ and ‘Ballina to Westport’.

Armed with his Victorian copy of Bradshaw’s Railway Handbook, Michael Portillo takes to the tracks, travelling from coast to coast to discover what of Bradshaw’s Britain remains. Passionate about trains, Michael Portillo charts the great British romance with the railways in this phenomenally successful series. Armed with his copy of George Bradshaw’s famous railway handbook, he retraces fourteen journeys that were first documented in the Victorian guide (plus an additional one from its Irish companion!), witnessing what’s changed and discovering how our love of the railways began. Throughout, he makes stops at some of Britain’s most beautiful cities and secluded villages, meeting extraordinary people and hearing how their lives have been shaped by the railways. This 15-disc set comprises the complete series 5-8.