Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common

Great British Railway Journeys Season 8 Episode 7

Overview:
Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common

Michael Portillo's journey from the Irish Sea to the North Sea continues by tram from Manchester. At the imposing town hall of the world's first industrial city, Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory. He then heads to the city's National Graphene Institute, where he learns to make the groundbreaking material invented there by two Nobel prize-winning scientists. His Bradshaw's leads him to an 18th-century settlement built by refugees from Europe.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Michael Portillo

Release Date : 2017-01-10

Duration : 30 menit

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Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough
2. Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough
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3. Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees
Darlington to Dunbar
4. Darlington to Dunbar
Longniddry to Edinburgh
5. Longniddry to Edinburgh
Blackpool to Manchester Victoria
6. Blackpool to Manchester Victoria
Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common
7. Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common
Chapeltown to Doncaster
8. Chapeltown to Doncaster
Gainsborough to Ely
9. Gainsborough to Ely
Stowmarket to Harwich
10. Stowmarket to Harwich
Wexford to Wicklow
11. Wexford to Wicklow
Greystones to Dublin
12. Greystones to Dublin
Navan to Mullingar
13. Navan to Mullingar
Dromod to Sligo
14. Dromod to Sligo
Ballina to Westport
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