Great Railway Journeys

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19801h

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.

Seasons

8 Episodes • Premiered 1980

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1. Introduction

Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.

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2. Coast to Coast

Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.

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3. The Long Straight

Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.

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4. Deccan

Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.

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5. Confessions of a Train Spotter

Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.

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6. Zambezi Express

Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.

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7. Three Miles High

Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.

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8. Changing Trains

Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.

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