TWC featured on BBC2's Great British Railway Journeys
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook.
Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.
Following in the footsteps of Queen Victoria, Michael uses the railways she often rode from Windsor Castle to her country getaway on the Isle of Wight from which his journey continues west, to Portland.
En route Michael stops in Alresford, to taste a victorian superfood – watercress. While there he met with Tom Amery, Managing Director of The Watercress Company to discuss the history of watercress production in the area as well as the health benefits of the crop. He also tries his hand at driving a steam train on the challenging Watercress Line.
