
Windermere to Kendal
Michael Portillo takes a steamboat tour of Lake Windermere, visits Wordsworth's home village of Grasmere and makes sausages with a local Herdwick sheep farmer.
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series of four epic journeys, he travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what remains of Bradshaw's Britain.
Michael's second epic journey takes him north, from Preston to Scotland, on one of the first railways to cross the border. On this third leg, he takes a steamboat tour of Lake Windermere, visits Wordsworth's home village of Grasmere and makes sausages with a local Herdwick sheep farmer.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Portillo |
Series Producer | Fiona Caldwell |
Executive Producer | Charlie Bunce |
Broadcasts
- Wed 13 Jan 2010 18:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ HD & ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
- Thu 21 Jan 2010 03:20
- Sun 4 Jul 2010 18:20
- Wed 20 Oct 2010 18:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ HD
- Wed 16 Feb 2011 18:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ HD
- Wed 16 Feb 2011 23:50ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ HD
- Wed 29 Feb 2012 19:30
- Wed 5 Dec 2012 19:30
- Thu 6 Dec 2012 00:30
- Mon 15 Apr 2013 19:30
- Sat 15 Mar 2014 11:00
- Wed 8 Oct 2014 20:00
Steam railway programmes on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer
A collection of programmes from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ archives on the beauty of steam locomotives.