Great British Railway Journeys
London Bridge to Chatham
Season 2 Episode 16 of 25
Michael Portillo embarks on the next leg of his journey, travelling from London Bridge through Kent and around the scenic south coast to Hastings. He begins by visiting the Royal Observatory to learn how Greenwich Mean Time standardised time on the railways, goes through the world's first underwater tunnel at Rotherhithe and explores the historic dockyards at Chatham
Great British Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 11:30 AM, Wednesday 2 April. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
Fiona Caldwell
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Charlie Bunce
Executive Producer