Name: Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus
Released: 2021-05-25

Great British Railway Journeys

S13 · E7 — Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus

S13:E7 · Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus

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10 episodes in this season

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30 min

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30 min

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30 min

Deal to Margate

30 min

Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent

30 min

Chislehurst to Kennington

30 min

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Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus

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Hampstead to Islington

30 min

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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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Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus

Season 13 · Episode 7 · May 25, 2021

Michael continues his travels through the capital in the heart of London’s East End. Michael explores Hackney Wick, today transformed from the time of his 1930s Bradshaw’s guide, when factories belched smoke and the Communist Party of Great Britain launched The Daily Worker. Michael hears about the newspaper’s origins and aims from the editor of its modern incarnation, The Morning Star. A bout in the ring at Repton Boxing Club has Michael floating like a butterfly - if not stinging like a bee - as he discovers one of Britain’s greatest fighters, Ted 'Kid' Lewis. Michael is captivated by the story of the Jewish refugee from the Russian pogroms, who twice became welterweight champion of the world. A night at one of the earliest railway hotels, the Great Northern, sets the scene for Michael to explore the railway revolution of the interwar years, when around 150 companies were rationalised into the 'big four', heralding a golden age of glamour, speed and style.

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Great British Railway Journeys

TV Series

201030m7.4

Documentary

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Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus

Season 13 · Episode 7 · May 25, 2021

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