Great Railway Journeys

TV Show · Travel

Public figures travel the world by train.

1994 · 1h 0m
Director Jonathan Stedall

Season 2

  • EPISODE 1
    Clive Anderson: Hong Kong to Ulaan Baatar
    Clive Anderson visits Mao's birthplace, the Confucian burial grounds of Qufu and Datong's Buddhist caves while traveling across China.
    1h
  • EPISODE 2
    Rian Malan: Cape Town to The Lost City
    Journalist Rian Malan travels through South Africa before the 1994 election, journeying from Cape Town to the Lost City, with stops in Durban and Johannesburg.
    54 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Natalia Makarova: St. Petersburg To Tashkent
    Ballerina Natalia Makarova makes a two-week journey on the Bolshoi Express from St Petersburg to Tashkent, with stops in Moscow and Volgograd (Stalingrad).
    1h
  • EPISODE 4
    Michael Palin: Derry to Kerry
    Michael Palin travels through Northern Ireland and Ireland and finds out more about his Irish ancestors, experiences the peace train from Belfast to Dublin, and visits Cork.
    54 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Lisa St Aubin de Terán: Santos To Santa Cruz
    Poet-novelist Lisa St Aubin de Teran follows the only available long-distance passenger route in Brazil, travelling from Santos west to Bolivia.
    1h
  • EPISODE 6
    Mark Tully: Karachi To The Khyber
    BBC correspondent Mark Tully travels on the first train for a decade to go through the Khyber Pass, closed since the end of the Soviet-Afghan war.
    1h

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  • Great Coastal Railway Journeys
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  • Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Rail
  • The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant
  • The Golden Age of Steam Railways
  • Tropic of Capricorn
  • Great British Train Journeys From Above
  • Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
  • Canal Boat Diaries

Cast & Crew

  • J‌S
    Jonathan Stedall
    Director
  • Janet Street-Porter
    Producer
  • J‌S
    Jonathan Stedall
    Producer
  • Benedict Allen
    Writer

About

Great Railway Journeys

Travel

Public figures travel the world by train.

Information

Studio
bbc_two
Released
1994
Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

Europe

  • Armenia
  • Österreich
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (Français)
  • Deutschland
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg (English)
  • Malta
  • Moldova, Republic Of
  • Nederland
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal (Português)
  • Россия
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • España
  • Sverige
  • Schweiz
  • Türkiye (English)
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina (Español)
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia (Español)
  • Brasil
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
  • Ecuador (Español)
  • El Salvador (Español)
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala (Español)
  • Honduras (Español)
  • México
  • Nicaragua (Español)
  • Panamá
  • Paraguay (Español)
  • Perú
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Venezuela (Español)

The United States and Canada

  • Canada (English)
  • Canada (Français)
  • United States
  • Estados Unidos (Español México)

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Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

Europe

  • Armenia
  • Österreich
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (Français)
  • Deutschland
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg (English)
  • Malta
  • Moldova, Republic Of
  • Nederland
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal (Português)
  • Россия
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • España
  • Sverige
  • Schweiz
  • Türkiye (English)
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom

Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina (Español)
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia (Español)
  • Brasil
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
  • Ecuador (Español)
  • El Salvador (Español)
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala (Español)
  • Honduras (Español)
  • México
  • Nicaragua (Español)
  • Panamá
  • Paraguay (Español)
  • Perú
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Venezuela (Español)

The United States and Canada

  • Canada (English)
  • Canada (Français)
  • United States
  • Estados Unidos (Español México)