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Back up to: Great British Railway Journeys
25/25 Michael discovers how the railways helped train commandos at Lochailort in World War II.
24/25 Michael travels up the west coast of Scotland and looks at the parallel roads of Glenroy.
23/25 Michael Portillo discovers how trains spread the word about Oban whisky.
22/25 Michael Portillo explores the Dumbarton shipyards that built the Cutty Sark.
21/25 Michael visits the hometown of Robbie Burns and finds out how to make haggis.
20/25 Michael explores Kent's sparkling wine industry.
19/25 Michael discovers how the Victorians initiated the building of the Channel Tunnel.
18/25 Michael goes whelk fishing in Whitstable.
17/25 Michael Portillo discovers how the railways turned cricket into a national sport.
16/25 Michael Portillo takes a walk through the world's first underwater tunnel at Rotherhithe.
15/25 Michael finds out how trains transformed the traditional British sport of fox hunting.
14/25 Michael Portillo finds out about shoddy, a successful 19th-century recycling industry.
13/25 Michael Portillo takes a Turkish bath in the famous spa town of Harrogate.
12/25 Michael Portillo visits the historic Durham Cathedral and takes a Dracula tour in Whitby.
11/25 Michael Portillo visits the first locomotive factory in the world.
10/25 Michael Portillo takes the train to the top of Wales's highest peak, Mount Snowdon.
9/25 Michael Portillo visits the Victorian slate capital of Blaenau Ffestiniog.
8/25 Michael Portillo visits Chester's Roman remains and goes mussel fishing in north Wales.
7/25 Michael explores historic Chirk Castle and has a go at making traditional Cheshire cheese.
6/25 Michael Portillo visits the world's first iron-framed building in Shrewsbury.
5/25 Michael gets a rare chance to drive a heritage diesel train and samples some Cromer crab.
4/25 Michael goes fishing with the last eel trapper on the Fens at Ely.
3/25 Michael Portillo discovers how the trains transformed Newmarket's races.
2/25 Michael Portillo explores the changing fortunes of London's docks.
1/25 Michael finds out about Brighton's aquarium and discovers the Crystal Palace's wonders.
