Browse episode ratings trends for Great Railway Journeys. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Great Railway Journeys's 28 episodes.
Best Episodes of Great Railway Journeys
From Hong Kong to Ulaanbaatar
S2 Ep1
8.0
13th Jan 1994
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.
Confessions of a Train Spotter
S1 Ep5
7.5
4th Dec 1980
Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
Singapore to Bangkok
S4 Ep7
7.0
6th Apr 1999
Stephen Tompkinson relives the days of colonial train travel as a pampered passenger on the Eastern and Oriental Express.
St Louis to Dogon Country
S4 Ep6
7.0
9th Feb 1999
Hollywood star Danny Glover rides the oldest line in Africa, the Bamako Express.
Los Mochis to Veracruz
S4 Ep4
7.0
26th Jan 1999
Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
Worst Episodes of Great Railway Journeys
Introduction
S1 Ep1
4.0
23rd Oct 1980
Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
Derry to Kerry
S2 Ep4
6.0
3rd Feb 1994
Palin's second Great Rail Journey (1994) takes him from the ancient walled city of Londonderry to the most western tip of Ireland. He travels his 'family line' as he attempts to trace his great grandmother who left Ireland for the USA over 150 years ago. His trip through still a war-torn Northern Ireland takes him on to Belfast before headng south to Dublin, the capital of the Irish Republic, and on to Wexford, Waterford, the little village of Buttevant and finally Kerry's Dingle Bay, the most western point of Ireland.
Guantanamo to Pinar Del Rio
S4 Ep5
6.5
2nd Feb 1999
Nick Hancock crosses Cuba, battling hurricanes as well as the crumbling infrastructure.
Coast to Coast
S1 Ep2
7.0
30th Oct 1980
Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
Deccan
S1 Ep4
7.0
13th Nov 1980
Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
Great Railway Journeys Episode Guide
Introduction
S1 Ep1
4.0
23rd Oct 1980
Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.
Coast to Coast
S1 Ep2
7.0
30th Oct 1980
Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.
The Long Straight
S1 Ep3
13th Nov 1980
Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.
Deccan
S1 Ep4
7.0
13th Nov 1980
Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.
Confessions of a Train Spotter
S1 Ep5
7.5
4th Dec 1980
Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.
Zambezi Express
S1 Ep6
4th Dec 1980
Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.
Three Miles High
S1 Ep7
11th Dec 1980
Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.
Changing Trains
S1 Ep8
18th Dec 1980
Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.
Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television. The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection. There were four series broadcast on BBC Two between 1980 and 1999, with the shorter series title being used for all but the first. In 2010 a similar series also aired on BBC Two, Great British Railway Journeys.
No network information is available for this show.
The best rated episodes of Great Railway Journeys are:
From Hong Kong to Ulaanbaatar S2E1 rated 8.0
Confessions of a Train Spotter S1E5 rated 7.5
Singapore to Bangkok S4E7 rated 7.0
St Louis to Dogon Country S4E6 rated 7.0
Los Mochis to Veracruz S4E4 rated 7.0
The lowest rated episodes of Great Railway Journeys are:
Introduction S1E1 rated 4.0
Derry to Kerry S2E4 rated 6.0
Guantanamo to Pinar Del Rio S4E5 rated 6.5
Coast to Coast S1E2 rated 7.0
Deccan S1E4 rated 7.0
The first episode of Great Railway Journeys aired on October 23, 1980.
The last episode of Great Railway Journeys aired on April 06, 1999.
