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Railways and the Raj

10 February 2018

9:00 AM

10 February 2018

9:00 AM

Many of our acquaintances now rarely watch 7.30, partly out of irritation with the succession of whingers and trade union officials who dominate the program, but they have been lured away to SBS to watch Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys and American Railroad Journeys. Portillo is enjoying a successful television career after being a leading Conservative politician.

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