Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones(2012)

Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones is a documentary series following the Welsh actor and presenter as he retraces historic pathways and forgotten routes across the United Kingdom. Griff Rhys Jones explores the stories behind Britain's most significant travel corridors—from ancient roads and medieval tracks to Victorian railways and lost highways—uncovering the people, places, and events that shaped these vital connections. Each journey reveals how these routes influenced commerce, culture, and community across the nation. The series combines travel, history, and personal discovery as Rhys Jones investigates what these pathways meant to past generations and how they've been abandoned or transformed over time. Britain's Lost Routes offers viewers an engaging look at the hidden geography and social history woven into the British landscape.