Great Coastal Railway Journeys Season 2 Episode 16 - Weymouth to Lulworth

Airdate: 2023-Jun-12

Episode summary:

Michael is on a rail journey across the southern coast of England, beginning in Dorset. In Portland Harbour, Michael takes to the water with four-time Paralympian Hannah Stodel. After a quick stop on the distinctive 18-mile-long Chesil Beach, Michael makes his way to Abbotsbury Swannery to take in the amazing sight of their 800-strong colony of mute swans.In the county town of Dorchester, Michael hears the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, who paved the way for today's trade unions. Finally, he visits the ghostly village of Tyneham, whose residents were ordered by the British Army to evacuate temporarily just days before Christmas in 1943 but never returned.

About Great Coastal Railway Journeys series:

Michael Portillo embarks on railway adventures around the coasts of the British Isles.