Great Railway Journeys

Name: Great Railway Journeys
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1980
Rating: 7

1980 7

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.

Documentary

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Play Introduction

1
Introduction
1980-10-23
Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
Play Coast to Coast

2
Coast to Coast
1980-10-30
Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
Play The Long Straight

3
The Long Straight
1980-11-13
Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
Play Deccan

4
Deccan
1980-11-13
Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
Play Confessions of a Train Spotter

5
Confessions of a Train Spotter
1980-12-04
Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
Play Zambezi Express

6
Zambezi Express
1980-12-04
Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
Play Three Miles High

7
Three Miles High
1980-12-11
Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
Play Changing Trains

8
Changing Trains
1980-12-18
Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.