William Cran
Director
Great Railway Journeys (1980)
Season 1
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.
Released Oct. 23, 1980
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.travel, tmdb.railroad, imdb.railway, imdb.journey, imdb.travel, imdb.travelogue, imdb.train + 2 more, imdb.railroad, tmdb.adventure
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Introduction
Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
Oct. 23, 1980, midnight
S1E2 - Coast to Coast
Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
Oct. 30, 1980, midnight
S1E3 - The Long Straight
Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
Nov. 13, 1980, midnight
S1E4 - Deccan
Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
Nov. 13, 1980, midnight
S1E5 - Confessions of a Train Spotter
Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
Dec. 4, 1980, midnight
S1E6 - Zambezi Express
Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
Dec. 4, 1980, midnight
S1E7 - Three Miles High
Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
Dec. 11, 1980, midnight
S1E8 - Changing Trains
Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.
Dec. 18, 1980, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Oct. 23, 1980
Last Air Date: April 6, 1999, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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