


Great British Railway Journeys
Preston to Swinton
Season 7 Episode 3 of 20
Michael Portillo reads the riot act in Preston, and discovers four mill workers were shot dead at a protest in 1842. In Darwen, he traces developments in interior design from wallpaper to paint, before exploring the Victorian industrial landscape of Salford in the paintings on LS Lowry. He finishes his leg of the journey on Kersal Moor, where he discovers the poetry of Edwin Waugh and twists his tongue around the Lancashire dialect
Great British Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday HD at 7:35 AM, Friday 13 June. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Series Producer