January 27, 2020 • 30m
In Hong Kong, Michael Portillo investigates how Britain won the island and Kowloon from China after two drug wars. He straddles a ...Read more
January 28, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo continues his exploration of Hong Kong aboard the impressive MTR metro system, which handles six million trips a ...Read more
February 29, 2020 • 30m
Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo embarks on a four-part rail adventure through Thailand from the northern ci...Read more
January 30, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo continues his rail journey through Thailand from Lampang, stopping to help at an elephant hospital, where they ca...Read more
January 31, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo is in the Thai capital, Bangkok, midway through his rail tour of Thailand. He learns how the late 19th-century Ki...Read more
February 3, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo continues his exploration of Thailand by rail, steered by his 1913 Bradshaw’s guide. He steps into the ring under...Read more
February 4, 2020 • 30m
Armed with his 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo boards the Unification Railway for a thousand-mile journey from Ho Chi Minh...Read more
February 5, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo continues his thousand-mile journey through Vietnam aboard the Unification Railway from Ho Chi Minh City to the c...Read more
February 6, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo continues his thousand-mile journey aboard the Unification Railway from Ho Chi Minh City in the south to the capi...Read more
February 7, 2020 • 30m
Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael continues his thousand-mile journey through what was then French Indochina and is to...Read more
February 10, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo’s 2500-mile railway tour of south east Asia reaches its southern most point in Indonesia. His journey crosses the...Read more
February 11, 2020 • 30m
Michael continues his journey across the largest island of the Indonesian archipelago, from the capital, Jakarta. His seven-hour r...Read more
February 12, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo’s rail tour of south east Asia resumes in the southern archipelago of Indonesia. Michael is in Java’s Central pro...Read more
February 13, 2020 • 30m
Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw’s guidebook on a 2,500-mile rail tour of south east Asia, Michael Portillo is in Indonesia, today one...Read more
February 14, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo’s 2,500-mile rail tour of south east Asia reaches Malaysia. On the island of Penang, Michael traces the origins ...Read more
February 15, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of south east Asia continues in Malaysia. His journey resumes in Kuala Kangsar, where he taps ...Read more
February 18, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo continues his 2,500-mile rail tour of south east Asia. On this leg, he explores the phenomenal growth of Malaysia...Read more
February 19, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo is in Malaysia on a 2,500-mile tour of south east Asia. His 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide takes him to Melaka, for centur...Read more
February 20, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo’s south east Asian railway tour reaches its final stop - the phenomenally successful island city state of Singapo...Read more
February 21, 2020 • 30m
Michael Portillo is in the island city state of Singapore on the last leg of his 2,500-mile exploration of south east Asia. In Tai...Read more