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Great British Railway Journeys

Michael Portillo is riding the rails once again as he takes a scenic tour on some of Britain’s most beautiful railway routes. As ever, he’s armed with his vintage Bradshaw’s travel guide and this time he’s on the trail of King George V, the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which still reigns today. Michael travels through Britain’s industrial heartland, uncovering historical intrigues.
201915 episodiTV-G
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Episodi

  1. S10 E1 - Warrington to Preston

    3 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo travels through Britain’s industrial heartland in the footsteps of King George V. Following a royal railway route, he heads to Knowsley Hall, where he finds King George V and Queen Mary being entertained in grand style. Michael arrives in Preston where he discovers the origins of one of Britain’s earliest and most successful women’s soccer teams, the Dick Kerr Ladies.
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  2. S10 E2 - Blackburn to Manchester

    4 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo continues his railway tour in Blackburn, where he catches a glimpse of Edwardian life on film. Then he visits the magnificently renovated mid-19th century Manchester Victoria railway station, before discovering the former home, now a museum and women’s center, of the radical family that organized political campaigns such as the suffragette movement, the Pankhursts.
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  3. S10 E3 - Manchester to Elsecar

    5 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TUTTI
    In Manchester, at the magnificent Heaton Park, Michael Portillo discovers one of the first open-air concerts was held here. In 1909, an opera fan entertained 40,000 visitors by playing Enrico Caruso on a gramophone. In the beautiful Peak District, he joins ramblers in walking country. He then heads to the home of one of the wealthiest dynasties in Britain, the Earls Fitzwilliam.
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  4. S10 E4 - Maltby to Hinckley

    6 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TUTTI
    Michael Portillo heads for Maltby, where he investigates the high-octane sport of whippet racing. Then his taste buds are sorely tested in Burton-on-Trent, where he endeavors to understand the appeal of a dark Edwardian spread which is loved, and hated, all over Britain. On arrival at Hinckley station, Michael is whisked in style to the world-famous Triumph motorbike factory.
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  5. S10 E5 - Birmingham to the Potteries

    7 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches Birmingham, where learns how 90 per cent of the nation’s chain workshops were located there and that female workers earned a pittance, leading to a 1910 strike. In Landywood, he engages in some detective work involving Arthur Conan Doyle and a miscarriage of justice. In Stoke-on-Trent, Michael visits Wedgwood, the center of Britain’s ceramic industry.
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  6. S10 E6 - Newry to Portadown

    10 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo travels by railway, and ferry, across Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. Beginning in Newry, he hears of a specially chartered train that would transport demonstrators campaigning for Irish Home Rule. In Glaslough, he discovers a christening robe belonging to Sir Winston Churchill and finds himself in a sticky situation at an Edwardian bakery in Portadown.
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  7. S10 E7 - Belfast to Portrush

    11 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    In Belfast’s grand Edwardian City Hall, Michael Portillo investigates the scene of a watershed moment in Irish history. He then follows Belfast author CS Lewis into the wardrobe to reach the magical world of Narnia. From Antrim, he heads to the shores of Lough Neagh, the biggest lake in the British Isles, where he finds the largest wild eel fishery in Europe and enjoys a traditional eel meal.
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  8. S10 E8 - Larne to Dumfries

    12 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TUTTI
    Michael Portillo continues his journey from Northern Ireland across the water to Scotland. Leaving from the seaport of Larne he reaches Stranraer and the Mull of Galloway, where in a lighthouse built by railway engineer Robert Stevenson, he discovers a magnificent machine, installed at the turn of the 20th century. In Dumfries, he seeks out Neverland, Peter Pan, and the author JM Barrie.
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  9. S10 E9 - Glasgow to Cumbrae

    13 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo explores the industrial heartland of Glasgow where he is put to work behind the scenes at the city’s circular subway. He then explores the future of shipbuilding on the Clyde and hears how one woman led a successful mass protest against high rents in the city’s notorious tenements. On the island of Cumbrae, Michael investigates a forgotten Scottish expedition to the Antarctic.
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  10. S10 E10 - Hillhead to Connel Ferry

    14 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo falls into line with the University of Glasgow’s Officer Training Corps and joins students for drill. He then discovers a pioneering group of artists known as the Glasgow Boys. The idyllic West Highland railway takes Michael deep into the Highlands where he hears of an unconventional royal marriage between Queen Victoria’s spirited daughter, Princess Louise, and a commoner.
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  11. S10 E11 - Warwick to Radley

    17 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo continues his railway adventure in Warwick’s medieval castle, where he uncovers the scene of an extravagant and scandalous ball. At Cowley, he marvels at a spectacularly automated state-of-the-art production line producing 1,000 iconic Mini cars a day. In Oxford, Michael discovers how medieval pottery inspired legendary writer and spy Lawrence of Arabia.
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  12. S10 E12 - Reading to Taplow

    18 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TUTTI
    Messing about in boats is the name of the game in Henley-on-Thames, where Michael Portillo hears about the world-famous regatta and literary classic The Wind in the Willows. In the pretty village of Cookham, Michael encounters heaven on earth for the artist Stanley Spencer, and across the river at Cliveden he explores the great Italianate mansion, which once belonged to the Astor family.
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  13. S10 E13 - Ealing Broadway to South Kensington

    19 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo reaches London where, in Ealing, he finds comedy at the home of British cinema and is transformed for the silver screen by expert hair and make-up. In Fulham, he heads underground to London’s new super sewer beneath the River Thames. An introduction to Japanese martial arts awaits Michael at the Budokwai dojo in Kensington. But will there be a soft landing?
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  14. S10 E14 - Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend

    20 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TV-G
    Michael Portillo hits central London to explore an exotic store, which was a favorite among Edwardian ladies. At Covent Garden’s Royal Ballet School, he hears how in 1909 a Russian ballet company took London by storm and how its prima ballerina inspired the school’s founding choreographer. Then he heads for Dartford in Kent, where he discovers the origins of netball and gymslips.
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  15. S10 E15 - East Malling to Rye

    21 febbraio 2019
    29min
    TUTTI
    Michael Portillo is on the last leg of his railway journey. In East Malling, he discovers that the Edwardians’ serious attitude towards cultivation bore fruit. In Folkestone, Michael hears how the town coped with more than 100,000 refugees from Belgium fleeing the German invasion of 1914. Hiss last stop is Rye, where he tours the home of one of his favorite authors, Henry James.
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Michael Portillo

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