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10 episodes in this season

Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest

30 min

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Hassocks to Benenden

30 min

Rye to Dungeness

30 min

Deal to Margate

30 min

Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent

30 min

Chislehurst to Kennington

30 min

Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus

30 min

Hampstead to Islington

30 min

Dagenham to Battersea

30 min

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Park Royal to Westminster

30 min

Great British Railway Journeys

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201030m7.4

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Hassocks to Benenden

Season 13 · Episode 2 · May 18, 2021

Starting in Hassocks, Michael makes his way to the beautiful Sussex village of Ditchling, where, between the wars, a Roman Catholic community of artists made their home. Michael finds out how they made their mark on the village, the capital and the nation’s railways. In the seaside town of Bexhill-on-Sea, Michael hears of the work of the wartime air raid precautions wardens, immortalised in the BBC series Dad’s Army. He discovers Bexhill was heavily bombed from the air and became a target of the Nazi invasion plan, Operation Sealion. Michael takes the train north to the village of Burwash, where he finds a magnificent Jacobean house called Bateman’s. Its occupant - until 1936, when Michael’s guidebook was published - was the most famous writer in the country, Rudyard Kipling, author of the Jungle Book. Michael learns about his life and work. The delightful Kent and East Sussex heritage railway conveys Michael from Bodiam Castle through the scenic Rother Valley to Tenterden.

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Great British Railway Journeys

TV Series

201030m7.4

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Hassocks to Benenden

Season 13 · Episode 2 · May 18, 2021

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