Great Railway Journeys Series 3 (1996)

[melmerby]

This series appears to be getting a rerun on BBC2

It's could be seen as a predecessor og Michael Portillo's wanderings by train.

 

First episode (of 7) is showing on Monday 1st Jan 2024 at 1735 (BBC2)

Victoria Wood doing a circular tour of theNorth of England from Crewe.

 

Other episodes (if they get shown):

2. Alexei Sayle in Syria & Jordan

3. Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Africa.

4. Buck Henry in the Andes

5. Benedict Allen in Africa

6. Ben Okri doing London to Greece

7. Mark Tully in Pakistan.

 

There were 5 series of this theme from 1980 - 1996, the second of which from 1983 was "Great Little Railways" all on narrow gauge around the world.

[StuAllen]

Stumbled across the first episode while channel surfing earlier - thought it was really good, iconic stock and liveries from 25-30 years ago. Thought the late Victoria Woods commentary wouldn’t be that different based on the railway of today