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Preston to Rochdale

Michael Portillo continues his journey through the North West of England. He celebrates Victorian trade with the Preston Guild then heads to Rochdale where he discovers a pioneering movement that helped improve the lot of working families. Michael follows in the tracks of swathes of nineteenth-century working people who made day trips from the industrial towns to Hebden Bridge to walk in the beautiful Calder Valley.

English
  • Originally Aired January 8, 2014
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network BBC Two
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