Great American Railway Journeys “Providence, Rhode Island, to New London, Connecticut” 20 June 2022: Monday on BBC Four
Led by his 19th-century Appleton’s guidebook, Michael Portillo’s railway journey continues through New England. On the banks of the Providence River, he discovers a club that traces its roots and culinary traditions back to the 1840s. Michael joins in with one of its legendary open-air ‘clambakes’.
In the Rhode Island capital, Providence, Michael is on the trail of an historic company that counts US presidents among its customers. Portillo practises the art of penmanship at AT Cross, America’s oldest manufacturer of writing instruments. Travelling west to New London, Connecticut, Michael visits the elite US Coast Guard Academy. Established around the time of his guidebook in 1876, 300 cadets enrol every year and train to defend more than one hundred thousand miles of American coastline.
On the literary trail, Michael visits the childhood summer home of an American dramatist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eugene O’Neill’s deeply personal and ground-breaking work dealt with human frailty and the struggles of modern life and transformed American theatre.
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About Great American Railway Journeys
Great Railway Journeys is a BBC documentary series presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister who was instrumental in saving the Settle to Carlisle line from closure in 1989 (Wikipedia).
This show is broadcast on BBC Two, also known as the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Latest Episodes of Great American Railway Journeys
- Great American Railway Journeys “New Haven, Connecticut, to Mount Washington, New Hampshire” 21 June 2022: Tuesday on BBC Four
- Great American Railway Journeys “Providence, Rhode Island, to New London, Connecticut” 20 June 2022: Monday on BBC Four
- Great American Railway Journeys “Plymouth to Nantucket” 16 June 2022: Thursday on BBC Four
- Great American Railway Journeys “Boston to Concord, Massachusetts” 15 June 2022: Wednesday on BBC Four
- Great American Railway Journeys “Boston” 14 June 2022: Tuesday on BBC Four
