Actress Julie Walters explores the UK's most interesting stretches of coastal railways and encounters the culture, people, and history that make each region unique.
EPISODE 1
Episode 1
Julie boards the famous Jacobite steam train for a trip along Scotland's West Highland Railway, famously featured in the Harry Potter movies.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
Julie travels from Newcastle to Edinburgh by high speed train. Along the way, she stops in the coastal town of Alnmouth, visits the world's biggest gannet colony, and goes out to sea with a lobster breeder.
EPISODE 3
Episode 3
Julie travels on the famous Great Western Railway to Cornwall. She recalls childhood holidays when she stops at Torquay before heading to a 'haunted' castle at Kingswear.
EPISODE 4
Episode 4
Julie travels from Cardigan Bay to Liverpool, visiting the heritage railway in Tywyn that was the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine. She also paints a carriage in Boston Lodge, catches the famous Ffestiniog railway through Snowdonia, and visits Europe's fastest zip wire and largest pet cemetery.
Julie Walters
Kim Maddever
Paul Sommers
Aisling Browne
Nicky Waltham
