The award winning actress julie walters rides upon the uk’s most beautiful coastal railways. Dame julie walters is setting off to travel the length and breadth of the uk on britain’s dramatic coastal railway to discover how much of it’s seaside dwelling nation still depends on the rails. Episode one julie takes off on scotland's west highland railway, with the train from harry potter, wartime spies, and cattle wrangling on skye episode two julie heads from newcastle to edinburgh, via the beautiful coastal town of alnmouth and a date with a lobster breeder and the biggest gannet colony on earth. Episode three julie heads for cornwall, where she learns about smugglers and joins the rnli on a practise run off st ives. She also visits paignton, kingswear polperro, and eats some fancy cake.  episode four julie travels from cardigan bay to liverpool via tywyn, the inspiration behind thomas the tank engine. There's also a trip through snowdonia, and the fastest zip wire in europe. No. Discs 1 dvd cert e running time 3 hrs release date 18 dec 2017