Great British Railway Journeys
Woking to Walton-on-Thames
Season 7 Episode 18 of 20
Michael Portillo travels from Woking to Walton-on-Thames, uncovering the story of Britain's first purpose-built crematorium and visiting Brooklands, the birthplace of motor racing, along the way. As his journey draws to a close, he goes camping and finds out about the unlikely origins of a leisure pursuit that is going strong today
Great British Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 7:10 AM, Thursday 19 June. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Series Producer