15 Season
270 Episode
Great British Railway Journeys - Season 14 Episode 4 Wakefield to Leeds (2024)
Watch Great British Railway Journeys - Season 14 Episode 4 Wakefield to Leeds Full Episodes Online Free Streamings FMovies. From Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. He pauses to admire the tall spire of Wakefield Cathedral and its resident peregrine falcons before heading to the banks of the River Calder. In a vast factory, he finds the headquarters of a shirt manufacturer, Double Two, a pioneering wartime business co-founded by a Jewish refugee from Austria. In Leeds, Michael heads for the Chapeltown area to investigate the origins of the Leeds West Indian Carnival in 1967 and try his hand on the steel drums. In the city's Harehills district, he admires the back-to-back houses once condemned as slums but now highly prized for their character and community.
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : BBC Two
- Keyword : railroad
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- Cast : Michael Portillo
