As he journeys across Transylvania, Switzerland, North Africa, Italy, Finland, and The Netherlands, he stays in recommended hotels, explores the sights and samples local traditions. Combining the ...

Michael Portillo has said his railway TV series are more about life off trains than on them. The former cabinet minister’s new programme, Great Asian Railway Journeys, looks at colonial history.

Armed with his Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo continues his journey through southern Scotland. He celebrates Victorian iron and steel in Motherwell and admires one of its crowning achievements - ...

Michael Portillo continues his rail journey, learning to make potted shrimp at Morecambe Bay, helping clip the topiaries at Levens Hall and visiting Cartmel's 12th-century priory. Michael Portillo is ...

Michael Portillo embarks on another journey exploring the shores of Britain. In Lyme Regis he learns of a pioneering palaeontologist, at the HQ of the Met Office he presents a TV weather forecast and ...

Game effort: Michael Portillo on board a ship at the Boston Tea Party ShipsBBC/Boundless part of FremantleMedia UK Herewith the third American series, around the East Coast, its history perhaps ...

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Michael Portillo, presenter of `Great British Railway Journeys', `Great Continental Railway Journeys' and `Great American Railroad Journeys', embarks on an adventure to India to experience the country ...

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Monday's edition of PBS's "Great American Railroad Journeys" could easily be subtitled, "Twin Cities For Dummies." In this one-hour episode, premiering at 9 p.m. on TPT, Ch. 2, host Michael Portillo, ...