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It is now over a decade since the much-loved Great British Railway Journeys series set off on its incredible run discovering the cultural, social and engineering landscape of the United Kingdom through the prism of George Bradshaw''s Handbook to rail travel. Veteran politician and ex cabinet minister Michael Portillo has since presented eleven seasons of this ever-popular show on BBC Two, covering every part of the existing train network in Britain, as well as others that were closed as a result of the Beeching Report in 1963. Across a decade of these journeys, Portillo has celebrated how every corner of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was opened up by the railway line as a result of the Industrial Revolution, thus giving fans a unique insight into our shared past of train travel since the Victorian era.

With the anniversary, this new collection will celebrate Michael''s top fifty journeys from the hundreds he has covered, adding more insi

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This remarkably beautiful and insightful collection is a testament to the natural wonder of the UK * Magic Radio Book Club *
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Greatest British Railway Journeys

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      Publisher Headline Publishing Group
      Published 2 September 2021
      ISBN-13 9781472279286
      978-1472279286
      ISBN-10 147227928X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      It is now over a decade since the much-loved Great British Railway Journeys series set off on its incredible run discovering the cultural, social and engineering landscape of the United Kingdom through the prism of George Bradshaw''s Handbook to rail travel. Veteran politician and ex cabinet minister Michael Portillo has since presented eleven seasons of this ever-popular show on BBC Two, covering every part of the existing train network in Britain, as well as others that were closed as a result of the Beeching Report in 1963. Across a decade of these journeys, Portillo has celebrated how every corner of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was opened up by the railway line as a result of the Industrial Revolution, thus giving fans a unique insight into our shared past of train travel since the Victorian era.

      With the anniversary, this new collection will celebrate Michael''s top fifty journeys from the hundreds he has covered, adding more insi

      Trade Review
      This remarkably beautiful and insightful collection is a testament to the natural wonder of the UK * Magic Radio Book Club *
      Lovely * The Daily Express *

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