Epping to Hackney
- Episode aired Jan 5, 2012
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Michael visits Essex to discover why dairy herds travelled the length and breadth of Britain by rail, visits Waltham to see how the gunpowder made there fuelled the building of an empire.Michael visits Essex to discover why dairy herds travelled the length and breadth of Britain by rail, visits Waltham to see how the gunpowder made there fuelled the building of an empire.Michael visits Essex to discover why dairy herds travelled the length and breadth of Britain by rail, visits Waltham to see how the gunpowder made there fuelled the building of an empire.