S8E10: Stowmarket to Harwich
Great British Railway Journeys
13 Jan 201729 minTV-G
Michael Portillo is on the final leg of his journey, heading to Harwich. Along the way he meets volunteers on the Mid-Suffolk Light railway and is allowed to drive ‘The Middy’. In Leiston, he uncovers the world’s first purpose-built assembly line. The work of a young Victorian engineering prodigy impresses Michael in Ipswich. In Harwich, he discovers how the port became a gateway to the continent.