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Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Dover to Margate

Series 3, episode 13

Directed by (unconfirmed)
Celestino Ingrao

Michael Portillo's journey continues into Dover, where he hears how, in 1940, over 300,000 soldiers were rescued from Germany's attack on the beaches of Dunkirk. On a pilgrim route into Canterbury, he learns how the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 prompted a surge of pilgrimage to the cathedral. In Margate, Michael admires the Turner Contemporary art gallery

Cast (unconfirmed)

Michael Portillo
Alison Kreps