Great British Railway Journeys
Witham to Saffron Walden
Season 16 Episode 19 of 20
Michael Portillo arrives in the Essex market town of Witham, then heads off to country house Terling Place, before visiting two medieval barns that are thought to be the oldest timber framed structures in England. In Braintree, Michael learns about the town's wool and silk industries, then views a depository of thousands of silk patterns in the Warner and Sons' archive
Great British Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two Northern Ireland at 6:30 PM, Thursday 1 May. (Subtitles, new, audio description.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
Anthony Holland
Director
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Executive Producer