Series 3 (2018)

Boston
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January 22, 2018 • 29m

Armed with his 19th-century Appleton's guidebook to the United States and Canada, Michael Portillo embarks on a 1,100-mile railroa...Read more

Boston to Concord, Massachusetts
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January 23, 2018 • 29m

Michael Portillo's 19th-century Appleton's guidebook leads him to the Parker House Hotel, where in his best pinny, he whisks up a Boston cream pie.

Plymouth to Nantucket
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January 24, 2018 • 29m

Led by his Appleton's guidebook and tracing the footsteps of the Pilgrim Fathers, Michael Portillo heads for Plymouth, the home to...Read more

Providence, Rhode Island, to New London, Connecticut
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January 25, 2018 • 29m

Led by his 19th-century Appleton's guidebook, Michael Portillo's railway journey continues through New England. On the banks of th...Read more

New Haven, Connecticut, to Mount Washington, New Hampshire
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January 26, 2018 • 29m

Armed with his Appleton's guide, Michael Portillo's rail voyage goes river deep and mountain high as he continues his journey thro...Read more

Burlington to Plattsburgh
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January 29, 2018 • 29m

Michael Portillo continues his American rail journey through New England as he heads for the Canadian border. First stop is Burlin...Read more

Montreal, Quebec
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January 30, 2018 • 29m

Following a special 1899 Canadian edition of his Appleton's guide, Michael Portillo has left the United States and crossed the bor...Read more

Montreal to Ottawa
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January 31, 2018 • 29m

Steered by his Appleton's guidebook Michael Portillo's train journey continues in Canada's Quebec province. Venturing into the wo...Read more

Thousand Islands to Oshawa, Ontario
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February 1, 2018 • 29m

Using his 1899 Appleton's guide, Michael Portillo's rail odyssey through eastern Canada continues along the Grand Trunk railway, f...Read more

Toronto
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February 2, 2018 • 29m

Michael Portillo's railway journey across eastern Canada concludes in the nation's largest metropolis, Toronto. He begins his Toro...Read more

Reno, Nevada, to Colfax, California
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February 5, 2018 • 29m

Led by his late 19th-century Appleton's guidebook, Michael Portillo sets off on a 1,000-mile American adventure to discover how th...Read more

Sacramento to Napa Valley
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February 6, 2018 • 29m

Continuing his epic Californian rail journey, Michael Portillo begins this leg at the very spot that triggered the 1848 gold rush....Read more

San Francisco to Sausalito, California
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February 7, 2018 • 29m

Armed with his trusty Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo's rail journey through California takes him to the commercial metropolis ...Read more

San Francisco
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February 9, 2018 • 29m

Michael Portillo resumes his exhilarating tour of San Francisco to find that diversity has been at the heart of the city since the...Read more

Berkeley to Yosemite
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February 10, 2018 • 29m

Michael Portillo's rail voyage continues through northern California, moving east in search of the state's greatest national treas...Read more

Santa Clara to Santa Cruz
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February 12, 2018 • 29m

Michael Portillo's thousand-mile rail journey through California continues south toward Santa Clara in the heart of Silicon Valley...Read more

Monterey to Santa Barbara
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February 13, 2018 • 29m

Steered by his late-19th-century Appleton's guidebook, Michael Portillo continues his railroad travels through southern California...Read more

Los Angeles
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February 14, 2018 • 29m

Armed with his Appleton's guide to the United States, Michael Portillo arrives in Los Angeles to delight in the 'city of dreams', ...Read more

Los Angeles to Laguna Beach
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February 15, 2018 • 29m

Michael Portillo strikes oil in the suburbs of Los Angeles, contemplates his navel in the orange groves of Riverside, makes a Cali...Read more

La Jolla to San Diego
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February 16, 2018 • 29m

Michael Portillo is nearing the end of his thousand-mile rail journey from Reno, Nevada, to San Diego in southern California. In t...Read more