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- Gerard Thornhill has always lived with his overbearing mother. Fast approaching middle-age, he is desperate to escape the monotony of his everyday life. Imprisoned in his rural surroundings by his mother, there seems to be no way out until a mysterious phone call from a remote telephone box presents him with an opportunity.
- Michael arrives in Littlehampton, where he discovers how Victorian engineers dug deep to defend the town's residents from cholera and learns how their drills still access clean water around the world.
- At East Grinstead, Michael dons a boiler suit and takes to the footplate of a loco on the Bluebell Railway, Britain's first passenger carrying heritage line.
- Michael's journey through the home counties continues at Woking, Surrey, where he uncovers the story of Britain's first purpose-built crematorium, a response to overcrowded cemeteries and London's ever-expanding population.
- A royal residence beckons for Michael as he is treated to a behind-the-scenes tour of the world's longest vine at Hampton Court Palace.
- Michael begins the final leg of this journey through the home counties at Egham, where a perfectly preserved, historic steam fair offers the original white-knuckle ride.