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Great Continental Railway Journeys

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Total number of episodes:782Last broadcast:11/12/2023 at 19:00
Rating:3.5 of 5 (825x)
Series 3
1:00:00

NewSeries 3, Episode 5 - Haifa to the Negev

3.0 3 x
Michael Portillo travels through Israel and Palestine, visiting Jerusalem's Christian, Jewish and Muslim quarters and Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Series 4
1:00:00

NewSeries 4, Episode 6 - Barcelona to Mallorca

4.0 3 x
Travelling from Barcelona to Majorca, Michael Portillo traces the early roots of the Spanish Civil War, which divided his family and sent his father into exile.
1:00:00

NewSeries 4, Episode 5 - The Black Forest to Hannover

4.0 2 x
Michael Portillo goes deep into the Black Forest, and he discovers how Germany's reputation for making quality goods was established.
1:00:00

NewSeries 4, Episode 4 - Athens to Thessaloniki

3.0 2 x
Michael Portillo travels from the Athens port of Piraeus, north to the city of Thessaloniki, exploring the Acropolis and sampling moussaka and baklava.
Series 3
1:00:00

NewSeries 3, Episode 4 - La Coruna to Lisbon

4.0 3 x
Michael Portillo travels through Spain and Portugal, meeting people from all over the world on the pilgrims' trail to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.
1:00:00

NewSeries 3, Episode 4 - La Coruna to Lisbon

4.0 2 x
Michael Portillo travels through Spain and Portugal, meeting people from all over the world on the pilgrims' trail to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.
1:00:00

NewSeries 3, Episode 3 - Warsaw to Krakow

4.0 4 x
Michael Portillo uses his 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide to explore Poland, visiting Warsaw, Lodz, Poznan, Wroclaw and Krakow along the way.
1:00:00

NewSeries 3, Episode 3 - Warsaw to Krakow

3.0 2 x
Michael Portillo uses his 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide to explore Poland, visiting Warsaw, Lodz, Poznan, Wroclaw and Krakow along the way.
1:00:00

NewSeries 3, Episode 2 - Rome to Taormina

4.0 3 x
Michael Portillo travels down the spine of Italy from Rome to Sicily, along the way visiting Naples to find out about the country's first railway.
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Series 3, Episode 5 - Haifa to the Negev

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Michael Portillo travels through Israel and Palestine, visiting Jerusalem's Christian, Jewish and Muslim quarters and Bethlehem in the West Bank.
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