BBC Great British Railway Journeys Series5 18of20 Ilford to Roch

Great British Railway Journeys Series5

Travel Documentary hosted by Michael Portillo, published by BBC in 2014 - English narration





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Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. He travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.

18) Ilford to Rochester
Steered by his Bradshaw's, Michael Portillo heads along the Essex bank of the Thames before crossing the river into the Garden of England, Kent. He begins this leg at Barkingside, where a Victorian philanthropist called Dr Thomas Barnardo made it his life's work to transform the lives of destitute children. From Upminster Michael takes the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway to Tilbury and finds out how the line and the old station transformed the town into one of the country's most important ports. At the docks, Michael tries his hand at loading a container on to a pocket wagon. Over the river at Gravesend Michael discovers how one of Queen Victoria's favourite army officers, General Gordon, left his mark on the town. Michael's last destination on this leg is Rochester, where he encounters a host of familiar characters and explores the city which was home to one of the Victorian era's greatest writers, Charles Dickens.

Technical Specs
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* Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4.1
* Video Bitrate: CRF 20 (~3800Kbps)
* Video Resolution: 1280x720
* Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
* Frames Per Second: 25
* Audio Codec: AAC-LC
* Audio Bitrate: Q=0.41 VBR 48KHz (~128Kbps)
* Audio Channels: 2
* Run-Time: 29 mins
* Number Of Parts: 20
* Part Size: 832 MB (average)
* Source: HDTV
* Encoded by: JungleBoy