Great British Railway Journeys
Long Itchington to Moseley
Season 14 Episode 13 of 15
Michael Portillo reaches Warwickshire, where he gets a glimpse of the work being done for the new HS2 railway infrastructure. In Stratford-upon-Avon he learns about the founding of the Royal Shakespeare Company, before a visit to Birmingham, where he recalls the redevelopment of the city centre during the 1960s and the arrival of black and Asian communities
Great British Railway Journeys airs on BBC Four HD at 2:30 AM, Sunday 15 February. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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Michael Portillo
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Alison Kreps
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John Comerford
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Beatrice Ni Bhroin
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