Great British Railway Journeys
Reading to Taplow
Season 10 Episode 12 of 15
Michael Portillo picks up his rail journey from Warwick to Rye. In Reading, he traces the origins of education for workers and in Henley-on-Thames he slips into a launch to hear about the world-famous regatta. Afternoon tea on the bank offers a chance for Michael to hear about four heroes of early 20th-century literary classic The Wind in the Willows
Great British Railway Journeys airs on Yesterday at 12:00 PM, Thursday 27 June. (Subtitles.)
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