Great Railway Journeys of the World (1980)

Original title

Great Railway Journeys

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

4 seasons, 28 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A TV series where a presenter travels by train through a country they have a personal connection to. Each episode follows their journey and shares their experiences along the way.

leisurelypersonalreflectivenostalgicinformativewanderingcontemplativegrounded

What happens

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. The first series, which used the longer title, was broadcast on BBC2 in 1980. After a 14-year hiatus, a further three series were broadcast between 1994 and 1999, using the shorter series title. Similar series were broadcast in 1983, Great Little Railways, and 2010, Great British Railway Journeys. The first series featured the first television travelogue by comedian and comic actor Michael Palin ("Confessions of a Trainspotter"), who later presented a number of travel series starting with Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin in 1989. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Great Railway Journeys (1994)
• Great British Railway Journeys (2010)
• Timewatch (1982)
• Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (1980)
• Tough Trains (2014)
• Globe Trekker (1994)
• Holidays in the Danger Zone
• Map Man (2004)