Portillo's Greatest Railway Journeys

S1E10

Railways and Royalty

Air date: 19/Dec/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael reflects on 180 years of royal fascination with the railways. He recalls King George V and Queen Mary's Royal Train Tour in 1913 to the calm the militant north of England.

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Michael reflects on 180 years of royal fascination with the railways. He recalls King George V and Queen Mary's Royal Train Tour in 1913 to the calm the militant north of England.

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S1E9

Railways, Law and Order

Air date: 12/Dec/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael looks back at notorious crimes on the railways during the times of his Bradshaw's and Appleton's Guides and delves into the history of skullduggery by the owners of North American railroads.

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Michael looks back at notorious crimes on the railways during the times of his Bradshaw's and Appleton's Guides and delves into the history of skullduggery by the owners of North American railroads.

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S1E8

Railways and the Industrial Revolution

Air date: 05/Dec/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael returns to the cradle of the Railways, Rainhill, a little town not far from Liverpool in the northwest of England, where in 1829,a competition was held to discover the most improved engine.

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Michael returns to the cradle of the Railways, Rainhill, a little town not far from Liverpool in the northwest of England, where in 1829,a competition was held to discover the most improved engine.

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S1E7

Railways and War

Air date: 28/Nov/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael Portillo has travelled thousands of miles across five continents and through two centuries of history aboard some of the world's most exhilarating and spectacular railways.

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Michael Portillo has travelled thousands of miles across five continents and through two centuries of history aboard some of the world's most exhilarating and spectacular railways.

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S1E6

Railways and Imperialism

Air date: 21/Nov/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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The invention of railways less than 200 years ago coincided with the colonization by Europeans of vast swathes of the world.

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The invention of railways less than 200 years ago coincided with the colonization by Europeans of vast swathes of the world.

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S1E5

Railways and Culture

Air date: 07/Nov/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael explores how railways enabled the dissemination of cultural, social, religious and political ideas.

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Michael explores how railways enabled the dissemination of cultural, social, religious and political ideas.

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S1E4

Railways and Nationhood

Air date: 31/Oct/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael Portillo explores how railways have contributed to the creation of countries, linking people across deserts and mountains and binding together different ethnicities and religions.

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Michael Portillo explores how railways have contributed to the creation of countries, linking people across deserts and mountains and binding together different ethnicities and religions.

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S1E3

Railways and the Economy

Air date: 24/Oct/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael examines how railways have shaped the world economy. He recalls how the first tracks were laid to shift coal and iron ore, using animals or winches, long before locomotives were invented.

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Michael examines how railways have shaped the world economy. He recalls how the first tracks were laid to shift coal and iron ore, using animals or winches, long before locomotives were invented.

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S1E2

Railways and Tourism

Air date: 17/Oct/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael Portillo celebrates over a decade of railway adventures across the world. In this episode, he looks at how railways gave birth to modern tourism. The first railway companies were quick to spot a business opportunity, as was George Bradshaw, who quickly published his descriptive guidebooks, whetting the appetites of thousands less wealthy than the aristocracy for travel.

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Michael Portillo celebrates over a decade of railway adventures across the world. In this episode, he looks at how railways gave birth to modern tourism. The first railway companies were quick to spot a business opportunity, as was George Bradshaw, who quickly published his descriptive guidebooks, whetting the appetites of thousands less wealthy than the aristocracy for travel.

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S1E1

Political Railways

Air date: 10/Oct/2020 · Runtime: 45 min

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Michael explores how politics, domestic and international, have shaped the railways. He recalls the political decisions which green lit the great North American transcontinental railways.

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Michael explores how politics, domestic and international, have shaped the railways. He recalls the political decisions which green lit the great North American transcontinental railways.

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