Great British Railway Journeys
Solihull to Birmingham International
Season 16 Episode 15 of 20
On the final leg of his tour of the Midlands, Michael Portillo travels to the Land Rover factory in Solihull, which produced the first model in the 1940s. In Hall Green, he visits the childhood neighbourhood of author JRR Tolkien and learns how the peaceful rural setting of Sarehole Mill provided inspiration for the fantasy world of Middle Earth in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
Great British Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two Northern Ireland at 6:30 PM, Friday 25 April. (Subtitles, new, audio description.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
Mike Arnott
Director
Alison Kreps
Executive Producer
John Comerford
Executive Producer