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Season 1 – Railway Walks

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Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks, overgrown cuttings and ancient viaducts of Britain's lost rail empire.
Railway Walks — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Oct 2, 2008 The Peak Express Julia Bradbury begins her exploration of Britain's lost rail empire in Derbyshire, the heart of the Peak District, with a walk along the popular Monsal Trail, where limestone cliffs and gorges abound along with Midway Railway tunnels and viaducts. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 16, 2008 Discovering Snowdonia Julia Bradbury walks along Snowdonia's stunning Mawddach estuary in North Wales, where a railway opened in the 1860s brought a flood of tourists from England. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 16, 2008 The Birth of Steam Julia Bradbury follows the route of a Cornwall railway that hasn't operated for 140 years in a region where mining tin and copper once made Redruth the richest region in the country. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 23, 2008 The Whisky Train Julia Bradbury walks Scotland's Speyside Way, which follows the route of a railway that once served a remote region home to world famous whisky. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 30, 2008 Harbouring History The backstreets of Weymouth seem like an unlikely spot to explore railway history, but Julia Bradbury discovers there was once a short railway that ran south from the Dorset town and across the unique coastal features of Chesil Beach and Portland. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 6, 2008 Gateway to the Highlands Julia Bradbury follows railways of the Scottish Highlands in her longest and most dramatic walk. Details

Season Info

Director
Owen Rodd, Janusz Ostrowski
Executive Producer
Eric Harwood, Richard Klein
Network
BBC
Genre
Documentary, Nature, Travel
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Oct 2, 2008