Great British Railway Journeys

Season 2, Episode 14

Episode Title: Batley to Sheffield

Air Date: 2011-01-20

Overview:

Newcastle to Melton Mowbray - Ep 14. Batley to Sheffield. Michael finds out about shoddy, a successful 19th-century recycling industry in the textile town of Batley, discovers how the railways boosted Yorkshire's forced rhubarb trade, and meets the great-great-granddaughter of George Bradshaw himself.