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Great British Railway Journeys (2010 – ...)

2010 • 16 seasons • Documentary
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Great British Railway Journeys · S5E20 — Brighton to Chichester

Season 5 episodes

Synopsis

As his travels between Norwich and Chichester drew to a close, Michael Portillo explored the story behind Brighton’s remarkable Pavilion, uncovering that Queen Victoria held little enthusiasm for the Prince Regent's extravagant tastes. While the railways above ground brought crowds of visitors to enjoy fashionable Brighton, beneath the streets Victorian engineers constructed an impressive network of sewers, extending over forty miles and still in operation today. At Bramber, he found that touris