Great British Railway Journeys
7.33/10
2025-04-09
30 minutes.
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Beginning in Canterbury in Kent, Michael treads the boards as he uncovers the political message behind a play, published in 1936, inspired by the 12th-century murder of Archbishop Thomas a Becket.
Year: 2025
Studio: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Partner
Great British Railway Journeys
Season - Episode
16
Season 16 Apr 07, 2025
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16 - 1Paddock Wood to Frant Apr 07, 2025 -
16 - 2Hildenborough to Robertsbridge Apr 08, 2025 -
16 - 3Dorking to Lingfield Apr 09, 2025 -
16 - 4Gatwick Airport to Royal Tunbridge Wells Apr 10, 2025 -
16 - 5Chichester to Amberley Apr 11, 2025 -
16 - 6Windermere to Sellafield Apr 14, 2025 -
16 - 7St Bees to Grange-over-Sands Apr 15, 2025 -
16 - 8Maryport to Penrith Apr 16, 2025 -
16 - 9Aspatria to Carlisle Apr 17, 2025 -
16 - 10Dumfries to Auchinleck Apr 18, 2025 -
16 - 11Shrewsbury to Telford Apr 21, 2025 -
16 - 12Ironbridge to Coseley Apr 22, 2025 -
16 - 13Dudley to West Bromwich Apr 23, 2025 -
16 - 14Birmingham New Street to Wednesbury Apr 24, 2025 -
16 - 15Solihull to Birmingham International Apr 25, 2025 -
16 - 16Loughton to Audley End Apr 28, 2025 -
16 - 17Romford to the Blackwater Estuary Apr 29, 2025 -
16 - 18Chelmsford to Tollesbury Apr 30, 2025 -
16 - 19Witham to Saffron Walden May 01, 2025 -
16 - 20Colchester to Chappel and Wakes Colne May 02, 2025
15
Season 15 Mar 18, 2024
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15 - 1Denham to Swindon Mar 18, 2024 -
15 - 2Chippenham to Yeovil Mar 19, 2024 -
15 - 3Swanage to Portchester Mar 20, 2024 -
15 - 4Havant to Guildford Mar 21, 2024 -
15 - 5Wokingham to Heathrow Mar 22, 2024 -
15 - 6Loch Lomond to Kelvinbridge Mar 25, 2024 -
15 - 7Glasgow to Cumbernauld Mar 26, 2024 -
15 - 8Shawlands to Livingston Mar 27, 2024 -
15 - 9Edinburgh to Queensferry Mar 28, 2024 -
15 - 10Dundee to Loch of the Lowes Mar 29, 2024 -
15 - 11Liverpool to Uttoxeter Apr 01, 2024 -
15 - 12Derby to Nottingham Apr 02, 2024 -
15 - 13Lincoln to York Apr 03, 2024 -
15 - 14York to Skipton Apr 04, 2024 -
15 - 15Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street Apr 05, 2024
14
Season 14 Jun 19, 2023
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14 - 1Preston to Rawtenstall Jun 19, 2023 -
14 - 2Urmston to New Islington Jun 20, 2023 -
14 - 3Oldham to Wakefield Jun 21, 2023 -
14 - 4Wakefield to Leeds Jun 22, 2023 -
14 - 5Bradford to Hebden Bridge Jun 24, 2023 -
14 - 6Tilbury to Barbican Jun 26, 2023 -
14 - 7Waterloo to Regent's Park Jun 27, 2023 -
14 - 8Paddington to Ongar Jun 28, 2023 -
14 - 9Felixstowe to Norwich Jun 29, 2023 -
14 - 10Brandon to Cambridge Jun 30, 2023 -
14 - 11Derby to Hinckley Jul 17, 2023 -
14 - 12Coventry to Leamington Spa Jul 18, 2023 -
14 - 13Long Itchington to Moseley Jul 19, 2023 -
14 - 14Wolverhampton to Cheltenham Jul 20, 2023 -
14 - 15Tewkesbury to Filton Jul 21, 2023
13
Season 13 May 17, 2021
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13 - 1Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest May 17, 2021 -
13 - 2Hassocks to Benenden May 18, 2021 -
13 - 3Rye to Dungeness May 19, 2021 -
13 - 4Deal to Margate May 20, 2021 -
13 - 5Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent May 21, 2021 -
13 - 6Chislehurst to Kennington May 24, 2021 -
13 - 7Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus May 25, 2021 -
13 - 8Hampstead to Islington May 26, 2021 -
13 - 9Dagenham to Battersea May 27, 2021 -
13 - 10Park Royal to Westminster May 29, 2021
12
Season 12 Apr 26, 2021
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12 - 1Oxford to Abingdon Apr 26, 2021 -
12 - 2Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield Apr 27, 2021 -
12 - 3West Ruislip to Windsor Apr 28, 2021 -
12 - 4Guildford to Aldershot Apr 29, 2021 -
12 - 5Farnborough to Winchester Apr 30, 2021 -
12 - 6Saxmundham to Dedham May 03, 2021 -
12 - 7Colchester to Chadwell Heath May 04, 2021 -
12 - 8Potters Bar to Cardington May 05, 2021 -
12 - 9Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge May 06, 2021 -
12 - 10Newmarket to Walsingham May 07, 2021 -
12 - 11Crewe to Shotton May 10, 2021 -
12 - 12Rhyl to Anglesey May 11, 2021 -
12 - 13Bangor to Betws y Coed May 12, 2021 -
12 - 14Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth May 13, 2021 -
12 - 15Aberystwyth to Newtown May 14, 2021
11
Season 11 Jan 06, 2020
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11 - 1Newcastle to County Durham Jan 06, 2020 -
11 - 2Kielder Forest to Edinburgh Jan 07, 2020 -
11 - 3Falkirk to Dundee Jan 08, 2020 -
11 - 4Dundee to Aberdeen Jan 09, 2020 -
11 - 5Elgin to Loch Ness Jan 10, 2020 -
11 - 6St Ives to St Day Jan 13, 2020 -
11 - 7Truro to St Mawgan Jan 14, 2020 -
11 - 8Bodmin to Totnes Jan 15, 2020 -
11 - 9Paignton to Tiverton Jan 16, 2020 -
11 - 10Taunton to Salisbury Plain Jan 17, 2020 -
11 - 11Canterbury to Alexandra Palace Jan 20, 2020 -
11 - 12Limehouse to Rochford Jan 21, 2020 -
11 - 13Witham to Felixstowe Jan 22, 2020 -
11 - 14Saxmundham to Norwich Jan 23, 2020 -
11 - 15Attleborough to Skegness Jan 24, 2020
10
Season 10 Feb 04, 2019
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10 - 1Warrington to Preston Feb 04, 2019 -
10 - 2Blackburn to Manchester Feb 05, 2019 -
10 - 3Manchester to Elsecar Feb 06, 2019 -
10 - 4Maltby to Hinckley Feb 07, 2019 -
10 - 5Birmingham to the Potteries Feb 08, 2019 -
10 - 6Newry to Portadown Feb 11, 2019
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10 - 7Belfast to Portrush Feb 12, 2019 -
10 - 8Larne to Dumfries Feb 13, 2019 -
10 - 9Glasgow to Cumbrae Feb 14, 2019 -
10 - 10Glasgow to Connel Ferry Feb 15, 2019 -
10 - 11Warwick to Radley Feb 18, 2019 -
10 - 12Reading to Cookham Feb 19, 2019 -
10 - 13Ealing Broadway to South Kensington Feb 20, 2019 -
10 - 14Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend Feb 21, 2019 -
10 - 15East Malling to Rye Feb 22, 2019
9
Season 9 Jan 01, 2018
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9 - 1Cromer to Cambridge Jan 01, 2018 -
9 - 2Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill Jan 02, 2018 -
9 - 3Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea Jan 03, 2018 -
9 - 4Chichester to Cowes Jan 04, 2018 -
9 - 5Swanwick to Brownsea Island Jan 05, 2018 -
9 - 6Whitland to Swansea Jan 08, 2018 -
9 - 7Pontyclun to Ebbw Vale Town Jan 09, 2018 -
9 - 8Newport to Clevedon/Yatton/Bristol Channel Jan 10, 2018 -
9 - 9Taunton to Newton Abbot Jan 11, 2018 -
9 - 10Plymouth to The Lizard Jan 12, 2018 -
9 - 11Hull to Malton Jan 15, 2018 -
9 - 12York to Frizinghall Jan 16, 2018 -
9 - 13Sheffield to Nantwich Jan 17, 2018 -
9 - 14Liverpool to Dolgarrog Jan 18, 2018 -
9 - 15Criccieth to Caernarfon Jan 19, 2018
8
Season 8 Jan 02, 2017
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8 - 1The Flying Scotsman Jan 02, 2017 -
8 - 2Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough Jan 03, 2017 -
8 - 3Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees Jan 04, 2017 -
8 - 4Darlington to Dunbar Jan 05, 2017 -
8 - 5Longniddry to Edinburgh Jan 06, 2017 -
8 - 6Blackpool to Manchester Victoria Jan 09, 2017 -
8 - 7Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common Jan 10, 2017 -
8 - 8Chapeltown to Doncaster Jan 11, 2017 -
8 - 9Gainsborough to Ely Jan 12, 2017 -
8 - 10Stowmarket to Harwich Jan 13, 2017 -
8 - 11Wexford to Wicklow Jan 16, 2017 -
8 - 12Greystones to Dublin Jan 17, 2017 -
8 - 13Navan to Mullingar Jan 18, 2017 -
8 - 14Dromod to Sligo Jan 19, 2017 -
8 - 15Ballina to Westport Jan 20, 2017
7
Season 7 Jan 04, 2016
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7 - 1Carlisle to Penrith Jan 04, 2016 -
7 - 2Windermere to Carnforth Jan 05, 2016 -
7 - 3Preston to Swinton Jan 06, 2016 -
7 - 4St Helens to Knutsford Jan 07, 2016 -
7 - 5Ashley to Alton Jan 08, 2016 -
7 - 6Dover to Lewes Jan 11, 2016 -
7 - 7Newhaven to Worthing Jan 12, 2016 -
7 - 8Littlehampton to Beaulieu Jan 13, 2016 -
7 - 9Lymington Town to Exmouth Jan 14, 2016 -
7 - 10Plymouth to Porthcurno Jan 15, 2016 -
7 - 11Birmingham to Worcester Jan 18, 2016 -
7 - 12Redditch to Gloucester Jan 19, 2016 -
7 - 13Stroud to Bath Jan 20, 2016 -
7 - 14Bristol to Glastonbury Jan 21, 2016 -
7 - 15Bridgewater to Dartmouth Jan 22, 2016 -
7 - 16Ashford to Sevenoaks Jan 25, 2016 -
7 - 17East Grinstead to Guildford Jan 26, 2016 -
7 - 18Woking to Walton-on-Thames Jan 28, 2016 -
7 - 19Hampton Court to Teddington Jan 29, 2016 -
7 - 20Egham to Henley-on-Thames Jan 29, 2016
6
Season 6 Jan 05, 2015
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6 - 1Ayr to Stewarton Jan 05, 2015 -
6 - 2Greenock to Larkhall Jan 06, 2015 -
6 - 3Motherwell to Linlithgow Jan 07, 2015 -
6 - 4Stirling to Pitlochry Jan 08, 2015 -
6 - 5St Andrew's to Edinburgh Jan 09, 2015 -
6 - 6Amersham to Regent's Park Jan 12, 2015 -
6 - 7Deptford to West Silverton Jan 13, 2015 -
6 - 8Stratford to London Victoria Jan 14, 2015 -
6 - 9Covent Garden to Soho Jan 15, 2015 -
6 - 10High Street Kensington to London Bridge Jan 16, 2015 -
6 - 11Derby to Grantham Jan 19, 2015 -
6 - 12Boston to Hensall Jan 20, 2015 -
6 - 13Hessle to York Jan 21, 2015 -
6 - 14Middlesbrough to Hexham Jan 22, 2015 -
6 - 15Newcastle to Lindisfarne Jan 23, 2015 -
6 - 16Pembroke Dock to Swansea Jan 26, 2015 -
6 - 17Swansea to Hereford Jan 27, 2015 -
6 - 18Abergavenny to Hanborough Jan 28, 2015 -
6 - 19Oxford to Luton Jan 29, 2015 -
6 - 20Oakham to Cambridge Jan 30, 2015
5
Season 5 Jan 06, 2014
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5 - 1Manchester to Birkenhead Jan 06, 2014 -
5 - 2Southport to Leyland Jan 07, 2014 -
5 - 3Preston to Rochdale Jan 08, 2014 -
5 - 4Haworth to Huddersfield Jan 09, 2014 -
5 - 5Honley to Chesterfield Jan 10, 2014 -
5 - 6London Euston to Cheddington Jan 13, 2014 -
5 - 7Bletchley to Newport Pagnell Jan 14, 2014 -
5 - 8Northampton to Nuneaton Jan 15, 2014 -
5 - 9Leicester to Loughborough Jan 16, 2014 -
5 - 10Nottingham to Leeds Jan 17, 2014 -
5 - 11Southampton to Basingstoke Jan 20, 2014 -
5 - 12Winchfield to Crowthorne Jan 21, 2014 -
5 - 13Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon Jan 22, 2014 -
5 - 14Chippenham to Gloucester Jan 23, 2014 -
5 - 15Cheltenham to Wolverhampton Jan 24, 2014 -
5 - 16Norwich to Brandon Jan 27, 2014 -
5 - 17Ipswich to Chelmsford Jan 28, 2014 -
5 - 18Ilford to Rochester Jan 29, 2014 -
5 - 19Faversham to Dorking Jan 30, 2014 -
5 - 20Brighton to Chichester Jan 31, 2014
4
Season 4 Jan 07, 2013
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4 - 1High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon Jan 07, 2013 -
4 - 2Birmingham to Stafford Jan 08, 2013 -
4 - 3Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford Jan 09, 2013 -
4 - 4Dudley to Bridgnorth Jan 10, 2013 -
4 - 5Welshpool to Aberystwyth Jan 11, 2013 -
4 - 6Portsmouth to Gomshall Jan 14, 2013 -
4 - 7Woking to Clapham Junction Jan 15, 2013 -
4 - 8London Victoria to Abbey Wood Jan 16, 2013 -
4 - 9London King's Cross to Peterborough Jan 17, 2013 -
4 - 10Spalding to Grimsby Jan 18, 2013 -
4 - 11Stirling to Invergowrie Jan 21, 2013 -
4 - 12Dundee to Aberdeen Jan 22, 2013 -
4 - 13Dufftown to Aviemore Jan 23, 2013 -
4 - 14Inverness to Plockton Jan 24, 2013 -
4 - 15Invergordon to John O'Groats Jan 25, 2013 -
4 - 16London Paddington to Warminster Jan 28, 2013 -
4 - 17Salisbury to Castle Cary Jan 29, 2013 -
4 - 18Taunton to Minehead Jan 30, 2013 -
4 - 19Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter Jan 31, 2013 -
4 - 20Exmouth to Newton Abbot Feb 01, 2013 -
4 - 21Killarney to Cobh Feb 04, 2013 -
4 - 22Charleville to Waterford Feb 05, 2013 -
4 - 23Kilkenny to Athy Feb 06, 2013 -
4 - 24Newbridge to Roscrea Feb 07, 2013 -
4 - 25Athlone to Galway Feb 08, 2013
3
Season 3 Jan 02, 2012
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3 - 1Great Yarmouth to Beccles Jan 02, 2012 -
3 - 2Darsham to Felixstowe Jan 03, 2012 -
3 - 3Sudbury to Southend Jan 04, 2012 -
3 - 4Epping to Hackney Jan 05, 2012 -
3 - 5Fenchurch to Embankment Jan 06, 2012 -
3 - 6Windsor to Didcot Jan 09, 2012 -
3 - 7Reading to Alton Jan 10, 2012 -
3 - 8Winchester to Isle of Wight Jan 11, 2012 -
3 - 9Brockenhurst to Poole Jan 12, 2012 -
3 - 10Wareham to Portland Jan 13, 2012 -
3 - 11Oxford to Pershore Jan 16, 2012 -
3 - 12Hartlebury to Great Malvern Jan 17, 2012 -
3 - 13Lydney to Newport Jan 18, 2012 -
3 - 14Cardiff to Brecon Jan 19, 2012 -
3 - 15Port Talbot to Milford Haven Jan 20, 2012 -
3 - 16Berwick-Upon-Tweed to Morpeth Jan 23, 2012 -
3 - 17Bardon Mill to Wigton Jan 24, 2012 -
3 - 18Cockermouth to Eskdale Jan 25, 2012 -
3 - 19Kirkby-in-Furness to Lancaster Jan 26, 2012 -
3 - 20Heysham to Snaefell Jan 27, 2012 -
3 - 21Bray to Dublin Jan 30, 2012 -
3 - 22Enfield to Drogheda Jan 31, 2012 -
3 - 23Dundalk to Portadown Feb 01, 2012 -
3 - 24Belfast to Whitehead Feb 02, 2012 -
3 - 25Ballymoney to Londonderry Feb 03, 2012
2
Season 2 Jan 03, 2011
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2 - 1Brighton to Crystal Palace Jan 03, 2011 -
2 - 2Waterloo to Canary Wharf Jan 04, 2011
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2 - 3Enfield to Cambridge Jan 05, 2011
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2 - 4Ely to King's Lynn Jan 06, 2011
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2 - 5Dereham to Cromer Jan 07, 2011
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2 - 6Ledbury to Shrewsbury Jan 10, 2011 -
2 - 7Telford to Wrexham Jan 11, 2011
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2 - 8Chester to Conwy Jan 12, 2011
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2 - 9Llanwst to Porthmadog Jan 13, 2011
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2 - 10Llanberis to Holyhead Jan 14, 2011
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2 - 11Newcastle to Chester-le-Street Jan 17, 2011 -
2 - 12Durham to Grosmont Jan 18, 2011
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2 - 13York to Saltaire Jan 19, 2011
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2 - 14Batley to Sheffield Jan 20, 2011
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2 - 15Langley Mill to Melton Mowbray Jan 21, 2011
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2 - 16London Bridge to Chatham Jan 24, 2011 -
2 - 17Aylesford to Tunbridge Wells Jan 25, 2011
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2 - 18Canterbury to Margate Jan 26, 2011
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2 - 19Sandwich to Folkestone Jan 27, 2011
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2 - 20Hythe to Hastings Jan 28, 2011
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2 - 21Ayr to Paisley Jan 31, 2011 -
2 - 22Dumbarton to Tyndrum Feb 01, 2011
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2 - 23Oban to Corrour Feb 02, 2011
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2 - 24Roybridge to Glenfinnan Feb 03, 2011
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2 - 25Lochailort to Skye Feb 04, 2011
1
Season 1 Jan 04, 2010
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1 - 1Liverpool to Eccles Jan 04, 2010 -
1 - 2Manchester to Bury Jan 05, 2010 -
1 - 3Todmorden to York Jan 06, 2010 -
1 - 4Pontefract to Bridlington Jan 07, 2010 -
1 - 5Filey to Scarborough Jan 08, 2010 -
1 - 6Preston to Morecambe Jan 11, 2010 -
1 - 7Settle to Garsdale Jan 12, 2010 -
1 - 8Windermere to Kendal Jan 13, 2010 -
1 - 9Carlisle to Glasgow Jan 14, 2010 -
1 - 10Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy Jan 15, 2010 -
1 - 11Swindon to Bristol Jan 18, 2010 -
1 - 12Yatton to Weston Super Mare Jan 19, 2010 -
1 - 13Torquay to Totnes Jan 20, 2010 -
1 - 14Bugle to Mevagissey Jan 21, 2010 -
1 - 15Truro to Penzance Jan 22, 2010 -
1 - 16Buxton to Matlock Jan 25, 2010 -
1 - 17Cromford to Burton-on-Trent Jan 26, 2010 -
1 - 18Walsall to Bournville Jan 27, 2010 -
1 - 19Coventry to Watford Jan 28, 2010 -
1 - 20St Pancras to Westminster Jan 29, 2010
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