Great Railway Journeys(1980–1999)

Introduction

Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.

Coast to Coast

Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.

The Long Straight

Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.

Deccan

Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.

Confessions of a Train Spotter

Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.

Zambezi Express

Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.

Three Miles High

Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.

From Hong Kong to Ulaanbaatar

Clive Anderson takes a humorous look at the contradictions and confusions of present-day China as he makes his way from Hong Kong, via Shanghai, Beijing and the Great Wall, to end up in Ulaan Baatar in Mongolia.

India: East to West

Ian Hislop travels from Kolkata, the former capital of the British Raj and present seat of the Marxist government of West Bengal, to Rajasthan.

Granada to Salamanca

Michael Portillo explores his roots in a trek across the railway networks of Spain.

Tokyo to Kagoshima

Fergal Keane travels through Japan and receives earthquake training and etiquette lessons.

Los Mochis to Veracruz

Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.

Guantanamo to Pinar Del Rio

Nick Hancock crosses Cuba, battling hurricanes as well as the crumbling infrastructure.

St Louis to Dogon Country

Hollywood star Danny Glover rides the oldest line in Africa, the Bamako Express.

Crewe to Crewe with Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood makes a round trip to the north of Britain from Crewe, taking in both the east and west coasts, and Thurso, the most northerly point possible by train.

Aleppo to Aqaba

Great Zimbabwe to Kilimatinde

The High Andes to Patagonia

Mombasa to the Mountains of the Moon

London to Arcadia