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16 seasons · 290 episodes total · ~18 per season.
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Great British Railway Journeys
2010 16 seasons · 290 eps English
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★7.4TMDB · 14★8.1IMDB · 445
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Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Michael Portillo
Self - Presenter
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CRAFT
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Crossed the 100-episode mark — syndication territory.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 145 hours end-to-end — 18 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Aired from 2010 to 2025 — a 15-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Returning Series".
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AWARDS
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Show type: Documentary.
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CAST
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Airs on BBC Two.
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- Seasons
- 16
- Total episodes
- 290
- Avg episode length
- 30 min
- Premiered
- 2010-01-04
- Last aired
- 2025-05-02
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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