Leicester to Loughborough (S05E09)
S05E09
With his Victorian Bradshaw's in hand, Michael Portillo embarks on the next segment of his northern adventure along Robert Stephenson's London to Birmingham route. Starting in Leicester, he delves into the story of the notorious hunchbacked King Richard III, whose final resting place, as noted in Bradshaw's, is at Grey Priory. Michael learns about the quest to locate the king's remains and how researchers confirmed the identity of a skeleton discovered beneath a parking lot. Continuing on from Rothley, he takes a journey on the Great Central Railway to Loughborough, where the bells have been chiming since 1839.
Show
Great British Railway Journeys
Episode
S05E09
Air Date
Jan 16, 2014
Season 5 Episodes
S05E01
Manchester to Birkenhead
S05E02
Southport to Leyland
S05E03
Preston to Rochdale
S05E04
Haworth to Huddersfield
S05E05
Honley to Chesterfield
S05E06
London Euston to Cheddington
S05E07
Bletchley to Newport Pagnell
S05E08
Northampton to Nuneaton
S05E09
Leicester to Loughborough
S05E10
Nottingham to Leeds
S05E11
Southampton to Basingstoke
S05E12
Winchfield to Crowthorne
S05E13
Wokingham to Bradford-on-Avon
S05E14
Chippenham to Gloucester
S05E15
Cheltenham to Wolverhampton
S05E16
Norwich to Brandon
S05E17
Ipswich to Chelmsford
S05E18
Ilford to Rochester
S05E19
Faversham to Dorking
S05E20
Brighton to Chichester