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.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Introduction
23-10-198060mTravel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
- Ep 2
2.Coast to Coast
30-10-198060mTravel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
- Ep 3
3.The Long Straight
13-11-198060mMichael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
- Ep 4
4.Deccan
13-11-198060mBrian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
- Ep 5
5.Confessions of a Train Spotter
04-12-198060mMichael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
- Ep 6
6.Zambezi Express
04-12-198060mMichael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
- Ep 7
7.Three Miles High
11-12-198060mMiles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
- Ep 8
8.Changing Trains
18-12-198060mEric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.
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