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.
Introduction
Oct 23, 1980
Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
Coast to Coast
Oct 30, 1980
Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
The Long Straight
Nov 13, 1980
Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
Deccan
Nov 13, 1980
Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
Confessions of a Train Spotter
Dec 4, 1980
Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
Zambezi Express
Dec 4, 1980
Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
Three Miles High
Dec 11, 1980
Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
Changing Trains
Dec 18, 1980
Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.
