

Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television. The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection. There were four series broadcast on BBC Two between 1980 and 1999, with the shorter series title being used for all but the first. In 2010 a similar series also aired on BBC Two, Great British Railway Journeys.
BBC Two
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60 min

Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
Oct 23, 1980

Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
Oct 30, 1980

Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
Nov 13, 1980

Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
Nov 13, 1980

Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
Dec 4, 1980

Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
Dec 4, 1980

Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
Dec 11, 1980

Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.
Dec 18, 1980