Great British Railway Journeys
Romford to the Blackwater Estuary
Season 16 Episode 17 of 20
Michael Portillo's exploration of Essex continues in Romford. He arrives on the London Overground's Liberty Line to visit a state-of-the-art rail operating centre and discovers how signallers and operators control the movements of over 4,000 trains a day. On the River Blackwater, he takes a trip to the Ross Revenge ship, home to Radio Caroline since the 1980's
Great British Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD at 6:30 PM, Tuesday 29 April. (Subtitles, new, audio description.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
Anthony Holland
Director
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Executive Producer