Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Ballarena to Giant’s Causeway (BBC 2 Monday 5 June 2023)

Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Ballarena to Giant’s Causeway airs Monday 5 June 2023 on BBC 2

Michael Portillo starts his train trip through Ulster and Leinster on the north and east coasts of Ireland from the beautiful Causeway Coast in Northern Ireland.

From the blustery shores of Loch Foyle, he travels to explore the spectacular basalt landscape of the Giant’s Causeway and the 17th-century roots of Ireland’s sectarian divide, to meet local teenagers learning about their coastal home, and to join an archaeological expedition.

Season 2 Episode 11

Michael Portillo embarks on railway adventures around the coasts of the British Isles.

Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Ballarena to Giant’s Causeway airs Monday 5 June 2023 at 6.30pm on BBC 2

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