Episodes
Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Liverpool to Blackpool (BBC One Tuesday 23 May 2023)
Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Liverpool to Blackpool airs Tuesday 23 May 2023 on BBC One.
Michael Portillo leaves the Isle of Man and sails across the Irish Sea towards Liverpool, with its mighty port and historic waterfront.
After visiting the International Slavery Museum in Royal Albert Dock, he contemplates London’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. He rides the Merseyrail to Birkenhead, where he examines a German U-boat and then visits the underground command centre used during the Battle of the Atlantic.
After visiting Crosby, where he sees dozens of iron men facing west, he travels to Blackpool, where he studies the city’s wartime history.
Season 2 Episode 2
Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Liverpool to Blackpool airs Tuesday 23 May 2023 at 6.30pm on BBC One
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