Great British Railway Journeys: Leicester to Loughborough

Michael Portillo is guided by his Bradshaw's Handbook on a journey from London's Euston station to Leeds, on Robert Stephenson's first intercity railway line from the capital. He begins this leg in Leicester, where he picks up the trail of 'the famous crook-backed King Richard III', who Bradshaw's informs him was buried at the Grey Priory. Michael finds out about the hunt for the king's remains and how scientists managed to prove that the skeleton found under a car park was him. From Rothley, Michael works his passage on the Great Central Railway to Loughborough, where the bells have been tolling since 1839.