Great British Railway Journeys S11E13 - Witham to Felixstowe
Summary:
Michael Portillo's railway journey through 1930s Britain from Canterbury to Skegness reaches Witham in Essex. Here he visits the factory of the world's oldest supplier of metal framed windows which became popular in the 30s.
Crossing into Suffolk, Michael alights at Ipswich and discovers the story of a group of child refugees whose history is intertwined with that of Michael's family.
In the village of Newbourne, over a pint with the locals, Michael hears the story of the rural resettlement scheme that helped over a thousand unemployed industrial workers from the north.
Last stop on this leg is Felixstowe, where Michael boards a boat to reach an isolated country house, where secret research was underway in the 1930s. When war came, the experiments performed here saved Britain from defeat.
UK Air Date 2020/01/22
Release Date 2020/01/22
Channel BBC Two
Genre Documentary/Travel
Source HDTV
Video Format x264 CRF20 1280x720 25 FPS 1932 Kbps
Audio Format 2 Channel 192 Kbps AC3
Duration 28Minutes 51Seconds
Filesize 501.3MiB
Description
Great British Railway Journeys - Witham To Felixstowe: Michael
Portillo's railway journey reaches Witham in Essex. Here he
visits the factory of the world's oldest supplier of metal
framed windows which became popular in the 30s
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