Great Indian Railway Journeys
Great Indian Railway Journeys is a TV show on BBC2. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 8 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2026.
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In Lucknow, Michael Portillo tastes the kebabs, stops off at Bodh Gaya, and in Kolkata, he glimpses colonial Calcutta in the grand Great Eastern Hotel.
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1:00:00Michael Portillo travels from Mysuru to the first stronghold of the East India Company in Chennai.
50:00Michael Portillo travels from Jodhpur to Delhi, heading into the desert to take a camel ride to a village where life has changed little in centuries.
1:00:00Guided by his Bradshaw's 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a rail journey from Amritsar to Shimla.
Series 6
50:00
50:00Michael Portillo travels from Jodhpur to Delhi, heading into the desert to take a camel ride to a village where life has changed little in centuries.
1:00:00Guided by his Bradshaw's 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a rail journey from Amritsar to Shimla.
Series 1 1:00:00
1:00:00In Lucknow, Michael Portillo tastes the kebabs, stops off at Bodh Gaya, and in Kolkata, he glimpses colonial Calcutta in the grand Great Eastern Hotel.
1:00:00Michael Portillo travels from Mysuru to the first stronghold of the East India Company in Chennai.