Series 15 (2024)

Denham to Swindon
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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

Chippenham to Yeovil
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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

Swanage to Portchester
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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

Havant to Guildford
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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

Wokingham to Heathrow
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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

Loch Lomond to Kelvinbridge
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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

Glasgow to Cumbernauld
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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

Shawlands to Livingston
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March 27, 2024 • 29m

Michael Portillo continues his postwar Scottish railway adventure, this time from Glasgow to the capital, Edinburgh.

Edinburgh to Queensferry
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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

Dundee to Loch of the Lowes
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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

Liverpool to Uttoxeter
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April 1, 2024 • 29m

Michael Portillo twists and shouts through postwar Liverpool, visiting the strikingly contemporary Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedra...Read more

Derby to Nottingham
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April 2, 2024 • 29m

Michael Portillo reaches the jet age in the Derby suburb of Peartree, where he tours the engineering colossus Rolls-Royce.

Lincoln to York
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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

York to Skipton
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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

Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street
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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.