Great British Railway Journeys

8:35 AM to 9:00 AM
Monday 16 December
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Taunton to Salisbury Plain

Season 11 Episode 10 of 15

Michael Portillo crosses the county line from Devon into Somerset, seeing first-hand how willow farmers sought to overcome the challenge from the production of synthetic plastics during the 1930s and hearing how tourism has spread across the region, especially amongst the young. In Bath, Michael visits the former home of a refugee emperor, whose country was invaded by the Italian dictator Mussolini, and in whose name a religious movement began that now flourishes worldwide. Travelling east into Wiltshire, he reaches the largest training area of the British Army, Salisbury Plain

Great British Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday +1 at 8:35 AM, Monday 16 December. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
Alison Kreps
Series Editor
George Boyle
Director
John Comerford
Executive Producer