Great British Railway Journeys
Deptford to West Silvertown
Season 6 Episode 7 of 20
Michael Portillo travels on London's first railway and admires the remarkable brick viaduct on which it was built, before taking a tour underneath its arches with a Victorian map showing the poverty of those who once lived there. The Docklands Light Railway takes him to Greenwich, home to the tea clipper Cutty Sark, before he ends this leg of his journey in West Silvertown
Great British Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 7:35 AM, Monday 9 June. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
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