Great British Railway Journeys
Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street
Season 15 Episode 15 of 15
Michael Portillo travels from Northallerton and confronts a menacing detachment of knife-wielding Gurkhas. He also produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker, which is key to making plastic, before ending his post-war journey from Merseyside to Teesside in a recreated 1950s street
Great British Railway Journeys airs on BBC Four HD at 7:00 PM, Thursday 6 August. (Subtitles, audio description, finale, series.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
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Mike Arnott
Director