Great British Railway Journeys — Season 1, Episode 18: Walsall to Bournville

Episode synopsis

Michael meets the queen's saddler in Walsall, learns how to cook an authentic Indian curry in Birmingham and visits Bournville, rumoured to be the best place to live in Britain.

About Great British Railway Journeys

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Liverpool to Eccles
• E2Manchester to Bury
• E3Todmorden to York
• E4Pontefract to Bridlington
• E5Filey to Scarborough
• E6Preston to Morecambe
• E7Settle to Garsdale
• E8Windermere to Kendal
• E9Carlisle to Glasgow
• E10Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy
• E11Swindon to Bristol
• E12Yatton to Weston Super Mare