BBC Great British Railway Journeys Series5 15of20 Cheltenham to

Great British Railway Journeys Series5

Travel Documentary hosted by Michael Portillo, published by BBC in 2014 - English narration





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

15) Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
On the final leg of his journey from Southampton to Wolverhampton, Michael Portillo's first destination is the elegant spa town of Cheltenham, where he discovers a very early locomotive carriage which ran not on rails but on the road and is lucky enough to get behind the wheel. His next stop is the medieval town of Tewkesbury, scene of a grisly battle during the Wars of the Roses. Armour-plated and sword at the ready, Michael joins a group of re-enactors for a taste of the action. Mercifully unscathed, he makes tracks for Droitwich to find out about how a lowly boatman became the King of Salt and lived in a beautiful chateau, an unexpected sight in the Midlands countryside. Michael's journey ends in Wolverhampton, where he hears Queen Victoria made an emotional visit which signalled the end of her exile from public life after mourning her husband, Prince Albert. He learns how the townspeople showed off their talents to the Queen, among them the lost art of Japanning, a speciality of Wolverhampton.

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* Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4.1
* Video Bitrate: CRF 20 (~3800Kbps)
* Video Resolution: 1280x720
* Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
* Frames Per Second: 25
* Audio Codec: AAC-LC
* Audio Bitrate: Q=0.41 VBR 48KHz (~128Kbps)
* Audio Channels: 2
* Run-Time: 29 mins
* Number Of Parts: 20
* Part Size: 832 MB (average)
* Source: HDTV
* Encoded by: JungleBoy