Great British Railway Journeys (2010)

Name: Great British Railway Journeys
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Michael Portillo

Documentary

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (459 votes)
Seasons: 12
Streaming (US): Britbox Apple TV Channel · BritBox · BBC Select Apple Tv channel · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 12 seasons indexed

Cast

Michael Portillo Self - Presenter

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

8.21 avg 19 episodes 7.8 → 8.0

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Liverpool to Eccles	7.8	11
2	Manchester to Bury	8.5	12
3	Todmorden to York	7.8	12
4	Pontefract to Bridlington	8.5	13
5	Filey to Scarborough	8.2	12
6	Preston to Morecambe	8.1	10
7	Settle to Garsdale	8.9	12
8	Windermere to Kendal	8.2	10
9	Carlisle to Glasgow	8.3	11
10	Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy	8.3	11
11	Swindon to Bristol	8.2	12
12	Yatton to Weston Super Mare	7.8	10
13	Torquay to Totnes	8.6	12
14	Bugle to Mevagissey	8.0	10
15	Truro to Penzance	8.6	9
16	Buxton to Matlock	7.8	11
17	Cromford to Burton-on-Trent	8.0	11
18	Walsall to Bournville	8.4	10
19	Coventry to Watford	8.0	9

Season 2 (2011)

8.64 avg 14 episodes 8.7 → 9.0

Rebound

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Brighton to Crystal Palace	8.7	9
3	Enfield to Cambridge	8.8	7
4	Ely to King's Lynn	8.6	7
9	Llanwrst to Porthmadog	9.0	8
10	Llanberis to Holyhead	8.9	10
14	Batley to Sheffield	9.0	7
17	Aylesford to Tunbridge Wells	8.6	7
18	Canterbury to Margate	8.2	7
19	Sandwich to Folkestone	8.4	7
20	Hythe to Hastings	8.4	7
21	Ayr to Paisley	8.2	7
22	Dumbarton to Tyndrum	8.6	7
23	Oban to Corrour	8.5	8
24	Roybridge to Glenfinnan	9.0	7

Season 3 (2011)

8.38 avg 12 episodes 8.3 → 8.7

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Great Yarmouth to Beccles	8.3	8
2	Darsham to Felixstowe	8.2	6
3	Sudbury to Southend	8.6	6
4	Epping to Hackney	8.4	6
5	Fenchurch to Embankment	8.2	6
6	Windsor to Didcot	9.0	8
12	Hartlebury to Great Malvern	7.6	6
13	Lydney to Newport	8.2	7
14	Cardiff to Brecon	8.9	9
15	Port Talbot to Milford Haven	7.6	8
16	Berwick-upon-Tweed to Morpeth	8.8	6
20	Heysham to Sneafell	8.7	7

Season 5 (2014)

8.16 avg 5 episodes 8.2 → 8.6

Big finale

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Manchester to Birkenhead	8.2	7
2	Southport to Leyland	7.8	7
3	Preston to Rochdale	8.2	6
4	Haworth to Huddersfield	8.0	7
19	Faversham to Dorking	8.6	6

Season 6 (2015)

7.92 avg 10 episodes 7.3 → 7.8

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ayr to Stewarton	7.3	8
2	Greenock to Larkhall	7.9	8
6	Amersham to Regent's Park	8.0	6
10	High Street Kensington to London Bridge	8.4	6
13	Hessle to York	7.8	6
15	Newcastle to Lindisfarne	8.5	7
16	Pembroke Dock to Swansea	7.6	6
17	Swansea to Hereford	8.0	10
18	Abergavenny to Hanborough	7.9	10
20	Oakham to Cambridge	7.8	7

Season 7 (2016)

8.00 avg 7 episodes 8.4 → 8.0

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Carlisle to Penrith	8.4	11
2	Windermere to Carnforth	8.0	7
3	Preston to Swinton	8.2	6
4	St Helens to Knutsford	7.8	6
5	Ashley to Alton	8.0	7
6	Dover to Lewes	7.6	6
13	Stroud to Bath	8.0	6

Season 8 (2017)

7.91 avg 15 episodes 9.3 → 7.8 29 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Flying Scotsman	9.3	11
2	Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough	6.8	7
3	Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees	8.2	7
4	Darlington to Dunbar	8.0	6
5	Longniddry to Edinburgh	7.8	7
6	Blackpool to Manchester Victoria	8.2	7
7	Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common	8.0	6
8	Chapeltown to Doncaster	7.4	6
9	Gainsborough to Ely	7.6	7
10	Stowmarket to Harwich	7.8	6
11	Wexford to Wicklow	7.7	7
12	Greystones to Dublin	7.7	8
13	Navan to Mullingar	8.6	9
14	Dromod to Sligo	7.8	6
15	Ballina to Westport	7.8	6

Season 9 (2018)

7.96 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 8.2 29 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cromer to Cambridge	7.7	10
2	Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill	8.3	10
3	Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea	7.7	8
4	Chichester to Cowes	7.9	8
5	Swanwick to Brownsea Island	8.3	8
7	Pontyclun to Ebbw Vale Town	8.0	6
11	Hull to Malton	7.6	6
12	York to Frizinghall	8.2	6

Season 11 (2020)

7.86 avg 14 episodes 7.9 → 7.7

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Newcastle to County Durham	7.9	8
2	Kielder Forest to Edinburgh	7.9	8
3	Falkirk to Dundee	7.9	8
4	Dundee to Aberdeen	8.2	9
5	Elgin to Loch Ness	7.9	8
6	St Ives to St Day	7.7	6
7	Truro to St Mawgan	7.6	6
8	Bodmin to Totnes	8.2	5
9	Paignton to Tiverton	7.6	7
10	Taunton to Salisbury Plain	7.5	6
11	Canterbury to Alexandra Palace	7.6	5
13	Witham to Felixstowe	8.2	5
14	Saxmundham to Norwich	8.2	5
15	Attleborough to Skegness	7.7	6

Season 12 (2021)

7.59 avg 15 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 29 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Oxford to Abingdon	7.3	7
2	Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield	7.4	8
3	West Ruislip to Windsor	7.1	8
4	Guildford to Aldershot	7.2	9
5	Farnborough to Winchester	7.6	9
6	Saxmundham to Dedham	7.1	8
7	Colchester to Chadwell Heath	7.8	6
8	Potters Bar to Cardington	7.8	6
9	Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge	7.7	6
10	Newmarket to Walsingham	7.5	8
11	Crewe to Shotton	8.0	6
12	Rhyl to Anglesey	8.0	7
13	Bangor to Betws y Coed	7.7	8
14	Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth	7.9	8
15	Aberystwyth to Newtown	7.7	7

Season 13 (2021)

7.68 avg 9 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 29 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest	8.0	8
2	Hassocks to Benenden	6.6	8
3	Rye to Dungeness	7.4	8
4	Deal to Margate	7.8	6
5	Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent	7.5	6
6	Chislehurst to Kennington	7.7	6
7	Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus	7.5	6
8	Hampstead to Islington	8.4	5
9	Dagenham to Battersea	8.2	5

Season 14 (2023)

7.78 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 7.7 29 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Preston to Rawtenstall	7.5	6
2	Urmston to New Islington	7.5	6
3	Oldham to Wakefield	7.6	5
4	Wakefield to Leeds	8.0	5
5	Bradford to Hebden Bridge	7.6	5
6	Tilbury to Barbican	8.2	6
7	Waterloo to Regent's Park	7.8	6
8	Paddington to Ongar	8.2	5
11	Derby to Hinckley	7.8	5
12	Coventry to Leamington Spa	7.8	5
13	Long Itchington to Moseley	7.5	6
14	Wolverhampton to Cheltenham	7.9	7
15	Tewkesbury to Filton	7.7	6