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Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Southampton to Isle of Wight (BBC 2 Wednesday 14 June 2023)
Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Southampton to Isle of Wight airs Wednesday 14 June 2023 on BBC 2.
The National Oceanography Centre is located in Southampton, one of the busiest ports on England’s southern coast and it’s where Michael is starts this leg. Michael boards a ferry from the port and travels to the Isle of Wight, where he rides the island’s railway on repurposed London Underground cars.
He learns of a daring wartime mission behind enemy lines to acquire this pungent plant, and he finds a highly specialised farm that produces up to 15 different types of garlic in the island’s hinterland.
Michael makes it to the Needles, the island’s famous chalk stacks, the site of a top-secret Cold War operation where British space rockets were developed and tested.
Season 2 Episode 18
Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Southampton to Isle of Wight airs Wednesday 14 June 2023 at 6.30pm on BBC 2
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