Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw\'s Victorian Railway Guidebook, travelling the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed Britain, in this acclaimed BBC series. Portillo\'s railway adventures begin in Liverpool by learning to speak Scouse! His journeys, across 20 episodes, are: Liverpool to Eccles Manchester to Bury Todmorden to York Pontefract to Bridlington Filey to Scarborough Preston to Morecambe Settle to Garsdale Windermere to Kendal Carlisle to Glasgow Edinburgh to Kirkaldy Swindon to Bristol Yatton to Weston Super Mare Torquay to Totnes Bugle to Mevagissey Truro to Penzance Buxton to Matlock Cromford to Burton-on-Trent Walsall to Bournville Coventry to Watford St Pancras to Westminster