Name: Dagenham to Battersea
Released: 2021-05-27

Great British Railway Journeys

S13 · E9 — Dagenham to Battersea

S13:E9 · Dagenham to Battersea

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10 episodes in this season

Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest

30 min

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

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Dagenham to Battersea

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30 min

Great British Railway Journeys

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Dagenham to Battersea

Season 13 · Episode 9 · May 27, 2021

Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw’s guide, Michael is in London, where he tracks the River Thames from east to west. Michael is drawn to the industrial eastern suburb by the unexpected sound of pipes. He finds their origins in a Sunday school band for girls begun by a cleric in the 1930s. Still going strong, the Dagenham Girl Pipers explain their history and success, as well as treating Michael to a performance of Tipperary. Aboard a Thames Rocket boat, Michael finds out how the river is both the lifeblood of and an existential threat to the capital. He hears how a great flood claimed 14 lives in 1928 and investigates how London is protected today on a visit to the Thames Barrier. Michael finishes this leg of his tour at one of London’s most iconic buildings, Battersea Power Station, built during the 1930s by Giles Gilbert Scott.

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Great British Railway Journeys

TV Series

201030m7.4

Documentary

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Dagenham to Battersea

Season 13 · Episode 9 · May 27, 2021

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