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Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common
Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common Michael Portillo's journey from the Irish Sea to the North Sea continues by tram from Manchester. At the imposing town hall of the world's first industrial city, Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory. He then heads to the city's National Graphene Institute, where he learns to make the groundbreaking material invented there by two Nobel prize-winning scientists. His Bradshaw's leads him to an 18th-century settlement built by refugees from Europe.
Aired: Jan 10, 2017 Genre: DocumentaryCasts: Michael PortilloProducers:Duration: 30m Rating: 0 Country: United Kingdom Production: Talkback Thames, Fremantle UK
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01: The Flying Scotsman02: Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough03: Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees04: Darlington to Dunbar05: Longniddry to Edinburgh06: Blackpool to Manchester Victoria07: Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common08: Chapeltown to Doncaster09: Gainsborough to Ely10: Stowmarket to Harwich11: Wexford to Wicklow12: Greystones to Dublin13: Navan to Mullingar14: Dromod to Sligo15: Ballina to Westport