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Great Railway Journeys

1980 4 Seasons 7Series

Documentary

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.

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William Cran

Director

Jonathan Stedall

Director

Fergal Keane

Writer

Michael Palin

Writer

Michael Portillo

Writer

Ben Okri

Writer

Top Cast

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Self - Presenter · 2 eps

Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Stephen Tompkinson

Stephen Tompkinson

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Nick Hancock

Nick Hancock

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Buck Henry

Buck Henry

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Clive Anderson

Clive Anderson

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Eric Robson

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Fergal Keane

Fergal Keane

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Ian Hislop

Ian Hislop

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Ben Okri

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Benedict Allen

Benedict Allen

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Mark Tully

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Natalia Makarova

Natalia Makarova

Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Rian Malan

Self - Presenter · 1 ep