Great Railway Journeys (1980)
Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television. The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection. There were four series broadcast on BBC Two between 1980 and 1999, with the shorter series title being used for all but the first. In 2010 a similar series also aired on BBC Two, Great British Railway Journeys.
Great Railway Journeys: Season 1 - 8 Episode s
1x1 - Introduction
October 23, 1980
Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
1x2 - Coast to Coast
October 30, 1980
Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
1x3 - The Long Straight
November 13, 1980
Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
1x4 - Deccan
November 13, 1980
Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
1x5 - Confessions of a Train Spotter
December 4, 1980
Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
1x6 - Zambezi Express
December 4, 1980
Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
1x7 - Three Miles High
December 11, 1980
Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
1x8 - Changing Trains
December 18, 1980
Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.
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