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Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street

Great British Railway Journeys Series 15

Episode 15 of 15

Michael Portillo confronts a detachment of Gurkhas, produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker that is key to making plastic.

Michael Portillo confronts a detachment of Gurkhas, produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker that is key to making plastic, before ending his postwar journey from Merseyside to Teesside in a recreated 1950s street, where childhood memories are rekindled in the Beamish Museum hairdresser.

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Fri 5 Jul 2024 08:20

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Role	Contributor
Presenter	Michael Portillo
Director	Mike Arnott
Series Editor	Alison Kreps
Executive Producer	John Comerford
Production Company	Fremantle

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