Oct 2020 - present
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Browse episode ratings trends for Portillo's Greatest Railway Journeys. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Portillo's Greatest Railway Journeys's 10 episodes.
S1 Ep7
28th Nov 2020
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.
S1 Ep2
17th Oct 2020
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.
S1 Ep1
10th Oct 2020
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.
S1 Ep2
17th Oct 2020
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.
S1 Ep3
24th Oct 2020
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.
