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Aberystwyth to Newtown
Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw's Guide, Michael Portillo travels from Aberystwyth into the Cambrian Mountains at Devil's Bridge and finishes in Newtown, Powys. Michael's 250-mile tour of North Wales draws to a close in style at the birthplace of the nation's first classical music festival, Gregynog Hall, near Newtown. Michael is intrigued to discover that its founders, sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, used the fortune they inherited from their grandfather, a noted Welsh railway builder, to establish the country estate as a centre for art and music from 1933. In the glorious music room, a Welsh harpist helps to evoke the spirit of festivals past and present.
Aired: May 14, 2021 Genre: DocumentaryCasts: Michael PortilloProducers:Duration: 30m Rating: 0 Country: United Kingdom Production: Talkback Thames, Fremantle UK
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01: Oxford to Abingdon02: Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield03: West Ruislip to Windsor04: Guildford to Aldershot05: Farnborough to Winchester06: Saxmundham to Dedham07: Colchester to Chadwell Heath08: Potters Bar to Cardington09: Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge10: Newmarket to Walsingham11: Crewe to Shotton12: Rhyl to Anglesey13: Bangor to Betws y Coed14: Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth15: Aberystwyth to Newtown