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The Worst Episodes of Great Railway Journeys

Every episode of Great Railway Journeys ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Great Railway Journeys!

Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television. The premise of...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two

Worst Episodes Summary

"Introduction" is the worst rated episode of "Great Railway Journeys". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/23/1980. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Coast to Coast".

  • Introduction
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    #1 - Introduction

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/1980

    Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.

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    Writer: N/A

  • Coast to Coast
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    #2 - Coast to Coast

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/1980

    Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.

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    Writer: N/A

  • The Long Straight
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    #3 - The Long Straight

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/1980

    Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.

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  • Deccan
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    #4 - Deccan

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/1980

    Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.

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  • Zambezi Express
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    #5 - Zambezi Express

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/1980

    Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.

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  • Three Miles High
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    #6 - Three Miles High

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/1980

    Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.

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  • Changing Trains
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    #7 - Changing Trains

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/1980

    Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.

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  • From Hong Kong to Ulaanbaatar
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    #8 - From Hong Kong to Ulaanbaatar

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/1994

    Clive Anderson takes a humorous look at the contradictions and confusions of present-day China as he makes his way from Hong Kong, via Shanghai, Beijing and the Great Wall, to end up in Ulaan Baatar in Mongolia.

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  • Cape Town to the Lost City
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    #9 - Cape Town to the Lost City

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/1994

    Finally, in South Africa, Rian Malan escapes riot-torn Cape Town and makes his way across the country to Johannesburg, talking to people of all races and wrestling with South Africa's violent past and increasingly ominous future. He ends his journey amid the bizarre splendour of the Palace of the Lost City hotel in Bophuthatswana.

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  • St Petersburg to Tashkent
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    #10 - St Petersburg to Tashkent

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/27/1994

    Former Kirov prima ballerina Natalia Makarova explores the railways of Russia, taking in Volgograd, Samarkand and the river Volga, and dancing on the railway itself

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    Writer: N/A

  • Derry to Kerry
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    #11 - Derry to Kerry

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/3/1994

    Palin's second Great Rail Journey (1994) takes him from the ancient walled city of Londonderry to the most western tip of Ireland. He travels his 'family line' as he attempts to trace his great grandmother who left Ireland for the USA over 150 years ago. His trip through still a war-torn Northern Ireland takes him on to Belfast before headng south to Dublin, the capital of the Irish Republic, and on to Wexford, Waterford, the little village of Buttevant and finally Kerry's Dingle Bay, the most western point of Ireland.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Palin

  • Santos to Santa Cruz
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    #12 - Santos to Santa Cruz

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/1994

    In South America Lisa St Aubin de Terán travels from Santos on the coast of Brazil, near Sáo Paulo, over the mountains and plains of Brazil to the Pantanal Swamp, a wilderness of lush vegetation, and on to the city of Santa Cruz, home of the cocaine barons in Bolivia. She vividly describes the contrasts of beauty and poverty which she finds in the two countries.

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  • Karachi to the Khyber
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    #13 - Karachi to the Khyber

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/1994

    In Pakistan, Mark Tully journeys from Karachi in the south to the Khyber Pass on the Afghan border in the north, making a diversion to travel to Quetta via the spectacular Bolan Pass on one of the most challenging lines built by British engineers anywhere in the world.

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  • Crewe to Crewe with Victoria Wood
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    #14 - Crewe to Crewe with Victoria Wood

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1996

    Victoria Wood makes a round trip to the north of Britain from Crewe, taking in both the east and west coasts, and Thurso, the most northerly point possible by train.

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  • Aleppo to Aqaba
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    #15 - Aleppo to Aqaba

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1996

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  • London to Arcadia
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    #16 - London to Arcadia

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1996

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ben Okri

  • Halifax to Porteau Cove
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    #17 - Halifax to Porteau Cove

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/1996

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  • India: East to West
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    #18 - India: East to West

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1999

    Ian Hislop travels from Kolkata, the former capital of the British Raj and present seat of the Marxist government of West Bengal, to Rajasthan.

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    #19 - Granada to Salamanca

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1999

    Michael Portillo explores his roots in a trek across the railway networks of Spain.

    Director: Jonathan Stedall

    Writer: Michael Portillo

  • Tokyo to Kagoshima
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    #20 - Tokyo to Kagoshima

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1999

    Fergal Keane travels through Japan and receives earthquake training and etiquette lessons.

    Director: William Cran

    Writer: Fergal Keane

  • Los Mochis to Veracruz
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    #21 - Los Mochis to Veracruz

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/1999

    Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.

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  • Guantanamo to Pinar Del Rio
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    #22 - Guantanamo to Pinar Del Rio

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1999

    Nick Hancock crosses Cuba, battling hurricanes as well as the crumbling infrastructure.

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  • St Louis to Dogon Country
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    #23 - St Louis to Dogon Country

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/1999

    Hollywood star Danny Glover rides the oldest line in Africa, the Bamako Express.

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  • Singapore to Bangkok
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    #24 - Singapore to Bangkok

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/1999

    Stephen Tompkinson relives the days of colonial train travel as a pampered passenger on the Eastern and Oriental Express.

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  • Confessions of a Train Spotter
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    #25 - Confessions of a Train Spotter

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/1980

    Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.

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