Great British Railway Journeys
Tilbury to Barbican
Season 14 Episode 6 of 15
Michael Portillo travels from London's Docklands to the Barbican, examining the story of the arrival at Tilbury in 1948 of the Empire Windrush, which brought more than a thousand passengers from the Caribbean to work in Britain. In Limehouse, Michael reflects on the Labour Party's landslide victory at the post-war general election of 1945 and hears what drove new prime minister Clement Attlee to strive for social change
Great British Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 6:35 AM, Saturday 1 November. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
Cassie Farrell
Director
Alison Kreps
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John Comerford
Executive Producer