Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Great Coastal Railway Journeys
GenreTravel documentary
Presented byMichael Portillo
ComposerJon Wygens
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes65
Production
Executive producer
  • John Comerford
Running time30 minutes
Production company
Original release
Network
Release24 January 2022 (2022-01-24) 
present
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Great Coastal Railway Journeys is a BBC documentary series produced by Naked West and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport.

Following the format of Great British Railway Journeys and related series with Portillo as presenter, each episode of this series features a coastal railway journey through England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland. Series 1 was first broadcast on BBC Two in January–February 2022, series 2 in May–June 2023, and series 3 in April–May 2024.

In addition to Great British Railway Journeys, Portillo has presented seven other programmes with a similar format: Great Continental Railway Journeys, Great American Railroad Journeys, Great Indian Railway Journeys, Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys, Great Canadian Railway Journeys, Great Australian Railway Journeys, and Great Asian Railway Journeys.