Series 1 (2016)

Manhattan: Grand Central to Broadway
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February 1, 2016 • 29m

Michael begins his American odyssey in New York City. Starting at Grand Central Terminal, the 'gateway to the nation', he boards t...Read more

Manhattan: Lower East Side to World Trade Center
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February 2, 2016 • 29m

Michael continues his American journey in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he narrowly avoids a scrap with an historic gang of N...Read more

Brooklyn to Montauk
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February 3, 2016 • 29m

From Manhattan, Michael follows his Appleton's Guide east, travelling on the Long Island Railroad. He begins in Brooklyn, where he...Read more

New York City to Garrison
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February 4, 2016 • 29m

Michael follows America's mighty Hudson River north, riding on the United States' national rail carrier service, Amtrak. He learns...Read more

Poughkeepsie to Albany
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February 5, 2016 • 29m

Michael Portillo continues his railroad journey through New York State following his Appleton's Guide. Beginning in the city of Po...Read more

Schenectady to Rochester
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February 8, 2016 • 29m

Michael heads west through New York State. He has a lightbulb moment in Schenectady, when he discovers how Thomas Edison's General...Read more

Buffalo to Niagara Falls
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February 9, 2016 • 29m

Michael braves the awesome power and drenching spray of Niagara Falls on the Maid of the Mist to share what artists, daredevils an...Read more

Philadelphia to Atlantic City
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February 10, 2016 • 29m

Michael embarks on a new railroad journey from the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, south to the first permanent English colo...Read more

Lancaster to Gettysburg
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February 11, 2016 • 29m

Michael hitches a ride with the Amish in a horse-drawn buggy through rich countryside settled in the 18th century by religiously o...Read more

Wilmington to Havre de Grace
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February 12, 2016 • 29m

Michael reaches a milestone on his American journey: the boundary between the northern and southern states, known as the Mason-Dix...Read more

Baltimore to Fort McHenry
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February 15, 2016 • 29m

In Baltimore, home of the first railroad in the United States, the Baltimore and Ohio, he discovers how the first American steam e...Read more

Washington DC
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February 16, 2016 • 29m

Michael arrives in the nation's capital, Washington DC. He admires its fine public buildings, including the largest library in the...Read more

Georgetown to Mount Vernon
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February 17, 2016 • 29m

On this leg, Michael soaks up some old-school jazz in Washington's U Street neighbourhood, where the big band jazz king, Duke Elli...Read more

Manassas to Richmond
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February 18, 2016 • 29m

Michael Portillo arrives in Manassas, scene of two crucial battles during the American Civil War - the first railroad battles in U...Read more

Petersburg to Jamestown
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February 19, 2016 • 29m

In Petersburg, Virginia, the choir of the First Baptist Church is in fine voice as Michael discovers how, during the 19th century,...Read more