March 18, 2024 • 28m
Beginning at London Marylebone, the last great Victorian railway terminus to be built in the capital, Michael Portillo embarks on ...Read more
March 19, 2024 • 29m
Michael Portillo joins Navy Wings pilots for a spectacular close formation flight in the skies over Royal Naval Air Station Yeovil...Read more
March 20, 2024 • 28m
Michael Portillo reaches England’s south coast to continue his exploration of postwar Britain, beginning on the steam-powered Swan...Read more
March 21, 2024 • 28m
Michael Portillo reaches Havant, where the Scalextric factory was located, and Haslemere, the surprise birthplace of a musical phe...Read more
March 22, 2024 • 28m
Michael goes on a tour around Heathrow Airport, taking an eerie walk around the mothballed Terminal 1 building and ending up atop ...Read more
March 25, 2024 • 29m
Michael Portillo boards the West Highland Line to begin a railway journey across Scotland’s central belt, from the Arrochar Alps t...Read more
March 26, 2024 • 28m
At the home of Scottish football, Glasgow’s Hampden Park stadium, Michael admires the oldest football trophy in the world and hear...Read more
March 27, 2024 • 29m
Michael Portillo continues his postwar Scottish railway adventure, this time from Glasgow to the capital, Edinburgh.
March 28, 2024 • 28m
At the former Midlothian mining village of Newtongrange, Michael meets the son of a miner whose name loomed large in the disputes ...Read more
March 29, 2024 • 29m
Michael’s rail journey through post-war Scotland takes him over the River Tay to Dundee on the trail of Joseph McKenzie, the fathe...Read more
April 1, 2024 • 29m
Michael Portillo twists and shouts through postwar Liverpool, visiting the strikingly contemporary Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedra...Read more
April 2, 2024 • 29m
Michael Portillo reaches the jet age in the Derby suburb of Peartree, where he tours the engineering colossus Rolls-Royce.
April 3, 2024 • 29m
Michael Portillo’s postwar journey from Merseyside to Teesside resumes at Brayford Pool in Lincoln, where England’s oldest canal, ...Read more
April 4, 2024 • 28m
Michael Portillo’s journey finds him in York, a paradise for rail enthusiasts. He discovers the gardens at Harlow Carr in Harrogat...Read more
April 5, 2024 • 28m
Michael Portillo confronts a detachment of Gurkhas, produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker, which is key to making plastic.