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- Season 0 1970-01-01
- Season 1 2010-01-04
- Season 2 2011-01-03
- Season 3 2012-01-02
- Season 4 2013-01-07
- Season 5 2014-01-06
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- Season 7 2016-01-04
- Season 8 2017-01-02
- Season 9 2018-01-01
- Season 10 2019-02-04
- Season 11 2020-01-06
- Season 12 2021-04-26
- Season 13 2021-05-17
- Season 14 2023-06-19
- Season 15 2024-03-18
- Season 16 2025-04-07
Season 16 Episode
- Season 13 Biggin Hill to Ashdown Forest
- Season 13 Hassocks to Benenden
- Season 13 Rye to Dungeness
- Season 13 Deal to Margate
- Season 13 Herne Bay to Leeds Castle, Kent
- Season 13 Chislehurst to Kennington
- Season 13 Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus
- Season 13 Hampstead to Islington
- Season 13 Dagenham to Battersea
- Season 13 Park Royal to Westminster
Great British Railway Journeys - Season 13 Episode 2 Hassocks to Benenden
7.30 30 minutes Starting in Hassocks, Michael makes his way to the beautiful Sussex village of Ditchling, where, between the wars, a Roman Catholic community of artists made their home. Michael finds out how they made their mark on the village, the capital and the nation’s railways.
In the seaside town of Bexhill-on-Sea, Michael hears of the work of the wartime air raid precautions wardens, immortalised in the BBC series Dad’s Army. He discovers Bexhill was heavily bombed from the air and became a target of the Nazi invasion plan, Operation Sealion.
Michael takes the train north to the village of Burwash, where he finds a magnificent Jacobean house called Bateman’s. Its occupant - until 1936, when Michael’s guidebook was published - was the most famous writer in the country, Rudyard Kipling, author of the Jungle Book. Michael learns about his life and work.
The delightful Kent and East Sussex heritage railway conveys Michael from Bodiam Castle through the scenic Rother Valley to Tenterden.
