Great Railway Journeys
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
Ian Hislop travels from Kolkata, the former capital of the British Raj and present seat of the Marxist government of West Bengal, to Rajasthan.
Runtime: 49m
Michael Portillo explores his roots in a trek across the railway networks of Spain.
Runtime: 49m
Fergal Keane travels through Japan and receives earthquake training and etiquette lessons.
Runtime: 49m
Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
Runtime: 49m
Nick Hancock crosses Cuba, battling hurricanes as well as the crumbling infrastructure.
Runtime: 49m
Hollywood star Danny Glover rides the oldest line in Africa, the Bamako Express.
Runtime: 55m
Stephen Tompkinson relives the days of colonial train travel as a pampered passenger on the Eastern and Oriental Express.
