
Overview
Michael Portillo continues his journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton beginning today in Chippenham, where at Lacock Abbey he discovers how the world's first photographic negative was made and learns how to make a print. He travels on to Bristol to visit the Victorian Clifton Zoo, where he finds tigers and polar bears before him also arrived by train. Next stop is Severn Tunnel Junction in Wales, where he explores an extraordinary piece of Victorian engineering with its own pump house pumping out millions of gallons a day to keep it dry. Michael then heads for Gloucester to find out why the station became infamous for lost luggage. At the city's cathedral, Michael meets a stonemason who bravely invites him to chip away.
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5 - 1Manchester to Birkenhead January 06, 2014
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5 - 2Southport to Leyland January 07, 2014
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5 - 3Preston to Rochdale January 08, 2014
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5 - 4Haworth to Huddersfield January 09, 2014
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5 - 5Honley to Chesterfield January 10, 2014
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5 - 6London Euston to Cheddington January 13, 2014
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5 - 7Bletchley to Newport Pagnell January 14, 2014
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5 - 8Northampton to Nuneaton January 15, 2014
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5 - 9Leicester to Loughborough January 16, 2014
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5 - 10Nottingham to Leeds January 17, 2014
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5 - 11Southampton to Basingstoke January 20, 2014
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5 - 12Winchfield to Crowthorne January 21, 2014
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5 - 13Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon January 22, 2014
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5 - 14Chippenham to Gloucester January 23, 2014
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5 - 15Cheltenham to Wolverhampton January 24, 2014
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5 - 16Norwich to Brandon January 27, 2014
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5 - 17Ipswich to Chelmsford January 28, 2014
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5 - 18Ilford to Rochester January 29, 2014
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5 - 19Faversham to Dorking January 30, 2014
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5 - 20Brighton to Chichester January 31, 2014