About this season
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.
Episodes (7)
1. Crewe to Crewe with Victoria Wood
Aired 4 September 1996 • 54 min
Victoria Wood makes a round trip to the north of Britain from Crewe, taking in both the east and west coasts, and Thurso, the most northerly point possible by train.
2. Aleppo to Aqaba
Aired 11 September 1996 • 60 min
3. Great Zimbabwe to Kilimatinde
4. The High Andes to Patagonia
5. Mombasa to the Mountains of the Moon
6. London to Arcadia
Aired 9 October 1996 • 60 min
7. Halifax to Porteau Cove
Aired 16 October 1996 • 60 min