

Seasons and episodes
16
Season 16 April 07, 2025
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16 - 1Paddock Wood to Frant April 07, 2025
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16 - 2Hildenborough to Robertsbridge April 08, 2025
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16 - 3Dorking to Lingfield April 09, 2025
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16 - 4Gatwick Airport to Royal Tunbridge Wells April 10, 2025
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16 - 5Chichester to Amberley April 11, 2025
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16 - 6Windermere to Sellafield April 14, 2025
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16 - 7St Bees to Grange-over-Sands April 15, 2025
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16 - 8Maryport to Penrith April 16, 2025
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16 - 9Aspatria to Carlisle April 17, 2025
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16 - 10Dumfries to Auchinleck April 18, 2025
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16 - 11Shrewsbury to Telford April 21, 2025
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16 - 12Ironbridge to Coseley April 22, 2025
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16 - 13Dudley to West Bromwich April 23, 2025
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16 - 14Birmingham New Street to Wednesbury April 24, 2025
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16 - 15Solihull to Birmingham International April 25, 2025
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Season 15 March 18, 2024
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15 - 1Denham to Swindon March 18, 2024
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15 - 2Chippenham to Yeovil March 19, 2024
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15 - 3Swanage to Portchester March 20, 2024
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15 - 4Havant to Guildford March 21, 2024
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15 - 5Wokingham to Heathrow March 22, 2024
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15 - 6Loch Lomond to Kelvinbridge March 25, 2024
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15 - 7Glasgow to Cumbernauld March 26, 2024
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15 - 8Shawlands to Livingston March 27, 2024
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15 - 9Edinburgh to Queensferry March 28, 2024
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15 - 10Dundee to Loch of the Lowes March 29, 2024
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15 - 11Liverpool to Uttoxeter April 01, 2024
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15 - 12Derby to Nottingham April 02, 2024
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15 - 13Lincoln to York April 03, 2024
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15 - 14York to Skipton April 04, 2024
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15 - 15Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street April 05, 2024
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Season 14 June 19, 2023
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14 - 1Preston to Rawtenstall June 19, 2023
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14 - 2Urmston to New Islington June 20, 2023
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14 - 3Oldham to Wakefield June 21, 2023
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14 - 4Wakefield to Leeds June 22, 2023
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14 - 5Bradford to Hebden Bridge June 24, 2023
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14 - 6Tilbury to Barbican June 26, 2023
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14 - 7Waterloo to Regent's Park June 27, 2023
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14 - 8Paddington to Ongar June 28, 2023
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14 - 9Felixstowe to Norwich June 29, 2023
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14 - 10Brandon to Cambridge June 30, 2023
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14 - 11Derby to Hinckley July 17, 2023
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14 - 12Coventry to Leamington Spa July 18, 2023
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14 - 13Long Itchington to Moseley July 19, 2023
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14 - 14Wolverhampton to Cheltenham July 20, 2023
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14 - 15Tewkesbury to Filton July 21, 2023
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Season 13 May 17, 2021
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13 - 1Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest May 17, 2021
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13 - 2Hassocks to Benenden May 18, 2021
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13 - 3Rye to Dungeness May 19, 2021
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13 - 4Deal to Margate May 20, 2021
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13 - 5Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent May 21, 2021
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13 - 6Chislehurst to Kennington May 24, 2021
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13 - 7Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus May 25, 2021
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13 - 8Hampstead to Islington May 26, 2021
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13 - 9Dagenham to Battersea May 27, 2021
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13 - 10Park Royal to Westminster May 29, 2021
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Season 12 April 26, 2021
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12 - 1Oxford to Abingdon April 26, 2021
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12 - 2Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield April 27, 2021
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12 - 3West Ruislip to Windsor April 28, 2021
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12 - 4Guildford to Aldershot April 29, 2021
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12 - 5Farnborough to Winchester April 30, 2021
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12 - 6Saxmundham to Dedham May 03, 2021
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12 - 7Colchester to Chadwell Heath May 04, 2021
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12 - 8Potters Bar to Cardington May 05, 2021
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12 - 9Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge May 06, 2021
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12 - 10Newmarket to Walsingham May 07, 2021
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12 - 11Crewe to Shotton May 10, 2021
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12 - 12Rhyl to Anglesey May 11, 2021
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12 - 13Bangor to Betws y Coed May 12, 2021
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12 - 14Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth May 13, 2021
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12 - 15Aberystwyth to Newtown May 14, 2021
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Season 11 January 06, 2020
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11 - 1Newcastle to County Durham January 06, 2020
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11 - 2Kielder Forest to Edinburgh January 07, 2020
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11 - 3Falkirk to Dundee January 08, 2020
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11 - 4Dundee to Aberdeen January 09, 2020
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11 - 5Elgin to Loch Ness January 10, 2020
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11 - 6St Ives to St Day January 13, 2020
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11 - 7Truro to St Mawgan January 14, 2020
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11 - 8Bodmin to Totnes January 15, 2020
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11 - 9Paignton to Tiverton January 16, 2020
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11 - 10Taunton to Salisbury Plain January 17, 2020
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11 - 11Canterbury to Alexandra Palace January 20, 2020
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11 - 12Limehouse to Rochford January 21, 2020
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11 - 13Witham to Felixstowe January 22, 2020
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11 - 14Saxmundham to Norwich January 23, 2020
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11 - 15Attleborough to Skegness January 24, 2020
10
Season 10 February 04, 2019
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10 - 1Warrington to Preston February 04, 2019
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10 - 2Blackburn to Manchester February 05, 2019
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10 - 3Manchester to Elsecar February 06, 2019
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10 - 4Maltby to Hinckley February 07, 2019
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10 - 5Birmingham to the Potteries February 08, 2019
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10 - 6Newry to Portadown February 11, 2019
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10 - 7Belfast to Portrush February 12, 2019
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10 - 8Larne to Dumfries February 13, 2019
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10 - 9Glasgow to Cumbrae February 14, 2019
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10 - 10Glasgow to Connel Ferry February 15, 2019
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10 - 11Warwick to Radley February 18, 2019
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10 - 12Reading to Cookham February 19, 2019
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10 - 13Ealing Broadway to South Kensington February 20, 2019
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10 - 14Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend February 21, 2019
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10 - 15East Malling to Rye February 22, 2019
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Season 9 January 01, 2018
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9 - 1Cromer to Cambridge January 01, 2018
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9 - 2Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill January 02, 2018
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9 - 3Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea January 03, 2018
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9 - 4Chichester to Cowes January 04, 2018
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9 - 5Swanwick to Brownsea Island January 05, 2018
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9 - 6Whitland to Swansea January 08, 2018
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9 - 7Pontyclun to Ebbw Vale Town January 09, 2018
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9 - 8Newport to Clevedon/Yatton/Bristol Channel January 10, 2018
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9 - 9Taunton to Newton Abbot January 11, 2018
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9 - 10Plymouth to The Lizard January 12, 2018
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9 - 11Hull to Malton January 15, 2018
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9 - 12York to Frizinghall January 16, 2018
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9 - 13Sheffield to Nantwich January 17, 2018
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9 - 14Liverpool to Dolgarrog January 18, 2018
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9 - 15Criccieth to Caernarfon January 19, 2018
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Season 8 January 02, 2017
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8 - 1The Flying Scotsman January 02, 2017
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8 - 2Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough January 03, 2017
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8 - 3Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees January 04, 2017
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8 - 4Darlington to Dunbar January 05, 2017
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8 - 5Longniddry to Edinburgh January 06, 2017
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8 - 6Blackpool to Manchester Victoria January 09, 2017
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8 - 7Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common January 10, 2017
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8 - 8Chapeltown to Doncaster January 11, 2017
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8 - 9Gainsborough to Ely January 12, 2017
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8 - 10Stowmarket to Harwich January 13, 2017
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8 - 11Wexford to Wicklow January 16, 2017
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8 - 12Greystones to Dublin January 17, 2017
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8 - 13Navan to Mullingar January 18, 2017
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8 - 14Dromod to Sligo January 19, 2017
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8 - 15Ballina to Westport January 20, 2017
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Season 7 January 04, 2016
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7 - 1Carlisle to Penrith January 04, 2016
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7 - 2Windermere to Carnforth January 05, 2016
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7 - 3Preston to Swinton January 06, 2016
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7 - 4St Helens to Knutsford January 07, 2016
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7 - 5Ashley to Alton January 08, 2016
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7 - 6Dover to Lewes January 11, 2016
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7 - 7Newhaven to Worthing January 12, 2016
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7 - 8Littlehampton to Beaulieu January 13, 2016
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7 - 9Lymington Town to Exmouth January 14, 2016
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7 - 10Plymouth to Porthcurno January 15, 2016
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7 - 11Birmingham to Worcester January 18, 2016
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7 - 12Redditch to Gloucester January 19, 2016
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7 - 13Stroud to Bath January 20, 2016
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7 - 14Bristol to Glastonbury January 21, 2016
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7 - 15Bridgewater to Dartmouth January 22, 2016
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7 - 16Ashford to Sevenoaks January 25, 2016
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7 - 17East Grinstead to Guildford January 26, 2016
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7 - 18Woking to Walton-on-Thames January 28, 2016
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7 - 19Hampton Court to Teddington January 29, 2016
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7 - 20Egham to Henley-on-Thames January 29, 2016
6
Season 6 January 05, 2015
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6 - 1Ayr to Stewarton January 05, 2015
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6 - 2Greenock to Larkhall January 06, 2015
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6 - 3Motherwell to Linlithgow January 07, 2015
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6 - 4Stirling to Pitlochry January 08, 2015
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6 - 5St Andrew's to Edinburgh January 09, 2015
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6 - 6Amersham to Regent's Park January 12, 2015
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6 - 7Deptford to West Silverton January 13, 2015
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6 - 8Stratford to London Victoria January 14, 2015
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6 - 9Covent Garden to Soho January 15, 2015
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6 - 10High Street Kensington to London Bridge January 16, 2015
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6 - 11Derby to Grantham January 19, 2015
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6 - 12Boston to Hensall January 20, 2015
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6 - 13Hessle to York January 21, 2015
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6 - 14Middlesbrough to Hexham January 22, 2015
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6 - 15Newcastle to Lindisfarne January 23, 2015
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6 - 16Pembroke Dock to Swansea January 26, 2015
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6 - 17Swansea to Hereford January 27, 2015
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6 - 18Abergavenny to Hanborough January 28, 2015
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6 - 19Oxford to Luton January 29, 2015
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6 - 20Oakham to Cambridge January 30, 2015
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Season 5 January 06, 2014
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5 - 1Manchester to Birkenhead January 06, 2014
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5 - 2Southport to Leyland January 07, 2014
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5 - 3Preston to Rochdale January 08, 2014
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5 - 4Haworth to Huddersfield January 09, 2014
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5 - 5Honley to Chesterfield January 10, 2014
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5 - 6London Euston to Cheddington January 13, 2014
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5 - 7Bletchley to Newport Pagnell January 14, 2014
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5 - 8Northampton to Nuneaton January 15, 2014
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5 - 9Leicester to Loughborough January 16, 2014
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5 - 10Nottingham to Leeds January 17, 2014
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5 - 11Southampton to Basingstoke January 20, 2014
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5 - 12Winchfield to Crowthorne January 21, 2014
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5 - 13Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon January 22, 2014
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5 - 14Chippenham to Gloucester January 23, 2014
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5 - 15Cheltenham to Wolverhampton January 24, 2014
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5 - 16Norwich to Brandon January 27, 2014
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5 - 17Ipswich to Chelmsford January 28, 2014
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5 - 18Ilford to Rochester January 29, 2014
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5 - 19Faversham to Dorking January 30, 2014
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5 - 20Brighton to Chichester January 31, 2014
4
Season 4 January 07, 2013
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4 - 1High Wycombe to Stratford-upon-Avon January 07, 2013
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4 - 2Birmingham to Stafford January 08, 2013
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4 - 3Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford January 09, 2013
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4 - 4Dudley to Bridgnorth January 10, 2013
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4 - 5Welshpool to Aberystwyth January 11, 2013
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4 - 6Portsmouth to Gomshall January 14, 2013
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4 - 7Woking to Clapham Junction January 15, 2013
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4 - 8London Victoria to Abbey Wood January 16, 2013
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4 - 9London King's Cross to Peterborough January 17, 2013
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4 - 10Spalding to Grimsby January 18, 2013
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4 - 11Stirling to Invergowrie January 21, 2013
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4 - 12Dundee to Aberdeen January 22, 2013
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4 - 13Dufftown to Aviemore January 23, 2013
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4 - 14Inverness to Plockton January 24, 2013
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4 - 15Invergordon to John O'Groats January 25, 2013
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4 - 16London Paddington to Warminster January 28, 2013
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4 - 17Salisbury to Castle Cary January 29, 2013
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4 - 18Taunton to Minehead January 30, 2013
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4 - 19Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter January 31, 2013
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4 - 20Exmouth to Newton Abbot February 01, 2013
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4 - 21Killarney to Cobh February 04, 2013
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4 - 22Charleville to Waterford February 05, 2013
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4 - 23Kilkenny to Athy February 06, 2013
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4 - 24Newbridge to Roscrea February 07, 2013
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4 - 25Athlone to Galway February 08, 2013
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Season 3 January 02, 2012
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3 - 1Great Yarmouth to Beccles January 02, 2012
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3 - 2Darsham to Felixstowe January 03, 2012
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3 - 3Sudbury to Southend January 04, 2012
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3 - 4Epping to Hackney January 05, 2012
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3 - 5Fenchurch to Embankment January 06, 2012
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3 - 6Windsor to Didcot January 09, 2012
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3 - 7Reading to Alton January 10, 2012
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3 - 8Winchester to Isle of Wight January 11, 2012
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3 - 9Brockenhurst to Poole January 12, 2012
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3 - 10Wareham to Portland January 13, 2012
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3 - 11Oxford to Pershore January 16, 2012
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3 - 12Hartlebury to Great Malvern January 17, 2012
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3 - 13Lydney to Newport January 18, 2012
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3 - 14Cardiff to Brecon January 19, 2012
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3 - 15Port Talbot to Milford Haven January 20, 2012
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3 - 16Berwick-Upon-Tweed to Morpeth January 23, 2012
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3 - 17Bardon Mill to Wigton January 24, 2012
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3 - 18Cockermouth to Eskdale January 25, 2012
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3 - 19Kirkby-in-Furness to Lancaster January 26, 2012
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3 - 20Heysham to Snaefell January 27, 2012
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3 - 21Bray to Dublin January 30, 2012
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3 - 22Enfield to Drogheda January 31, 2012
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3 - 23Dundalk to Portadown February 01, 2012
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3 - 24Belfast to Whitehead February 02, 2012
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3 - 25Ballymoney to Londonderry February 03, 2012
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Season 2 January 03, 2011
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2 - 1Brighton to Crystal Palace January 03, 2011
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2 - 2Waterloo to Canary Wharf January 04, 2011
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2 - 3Enfield to Cambridge January 05, 2011
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2 - 4Ely to King's Lynn January 06, 2011
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2 - 5Dereham to Cromer January 07, 2011
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2 - 6Ledbury to Shrewsbury January 10, 2011
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2 - 7Telford to Wrexham January 11, 2011
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2 - 8Chester to Conwy January 12, 2011
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2 - 9Llanwst to Porthmadog January 13, 2011
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2 - 10Llanberis to Holyhead January 14, 2011
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2 - 11Newcastle to Chester-le-Street January 17, 2011
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2 - 12Durham to Grosmont January 18, 2011
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2 - 13York to Saltaire January 19, 2011
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2 - 14Batley to Sheffield January 20, 2011
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2 - 15Langley Mill to Melton Mowbray January 21, 2011
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2 - 16London Bridge to Chatham January 24, 2011
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2 - 17Aylesford to Tunbridge Wells January 25, 2011
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2 - 18Canterbury to Margate January 26, 2011
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2 - 19Sandwich to Folkestone January 27, 2011
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2 - 20Hythe to Hastings January 28, 2011
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2 - 21Ayr to Paisley January 31, 2011
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2 - 22Dumbarton to Tyndrum February 01, 2011
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2 - 23Oban to Corrour February 02, 2011
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2 - 24Roybridge to Glenfinnan February 03, 2011
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2 - 25Lochailort to Skye February 04, 2011
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Season 1 January 04, 2010
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1 - 1Liverpool to Eccles January 04, 2010
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1 - 2Manchester to Bury January 05, 2010
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1 - 3Todmorden to York January 06, 2010
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1 - 4Pontefract to Bridlington January 07, 2010
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1 - 5Filey to Scarborough January 08, 2010
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1 - 6Preston to Morecambe January 11, 2010
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1 - 7Settle to Garsdale January 12, 2010
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1 - 8Windermere to Kendal January 13, 2010
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1 - 9Carlisle to Glasgow January 14, 2010
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1 - 10Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy January 15, 2010
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1 - 11Swindon to Bristol January 18, 2010
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1 - 12Yatton to Weston Super Mare January 19, 2010
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1 - 13Torquay to Totnes January 20, 2010
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1 - 14Bugle to Mevagissey January 21, 2010
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1 - 15Truro to Penzance January 22, 2010
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1 - 16Buxton to Matlock January 25, 2010
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1 - 17Cromford to Burton-on-Trent January 26, 2010
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1 - 18Walsall to Bournville January 27, 2010
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1 - 19Coventry to Watford January 28, 2010
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1 - 20St Pancras to Westminster January 29, 2010
Overview
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.
Cast
Self - Presenter