BBC - Great British Railway Journeys Series 11 (2020) Part 1 Newcastle to County Durham

Great British Railway Journeys Series 11

Michael Portillo begins a new series of railway journeys through 1930s Britain, armed with an interwar Bradshaw's guide. He explores an unmistakably modern era of glamorous locomotives, cinema and dance halls but also a time of high unemployment and widespread poverty.

Part 1 Newcastle to County Durham

Beginning just outside Newcastle in Jarrow, Michael uncovers the desperation which led 200 men to march 300 miles to Westminster in order to petition the government for work.

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