There were four series broadcast on bbc two between 1980 and 1999, with the shorter series title being used for all but the first. A companion to the phenomenally successful great british railway journeys, this series sees michael portillo swapping his treasured copy of bradshaws handbook for its. Great continental railway journeys tv series 2012 imdb. Great american railroad journeys series 2 page 5 digital spy. Michael palin travels through northern ireland and ireland and finds out more about his irish ancestors, experiences the peace train from belfast to dublin, and visits cork. Petersburg to tashkent former kirov prima ballerina natalia makarova explores the railways of russia, taking in volgograd, samarkand and the river volga, and. Canterbury to margate series 2 great british railway journeys. Great british railway journeys catch up, series 10. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us and what remains of bradshaws britain, as his journey goes through kent, from london bridge around the scenic. Tying in with a bbc2 series, this book comprises accounts of. Title screen for most episodes from series 2 onward. Great australian railway journeys series 1 docuwiki. A companion to the phenomenally successful great british railway journeys, this series sees michael portillo swapping his treasured copy of.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Michael palins great railway journeys dvd region 2 for. Michael portillo will host great australian railway journeys on sbs. Watch all episodes from great canadian railway journeys on demand. Find out when great asian railway journeys is on tv, including series 1episode 2. Great continental railway journeys, series 2 bbc two. Mar 17, 2020 but, you may also be distrustful of it for already patting itself on the back.
Using an 1899 copy of appletons guidebook to the railways of the united states and canada, portillo explores historic canadian railways and learns about the places along the way. Great australian railway journeys to premiere on sbs february 4. In a series of epic railway journeys, michael portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of george bradshaws victorian railway guidebook. Great railway journeys, originally titled great railway journeys of the world, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by bbc television. The official game of great british railway journeys is coming to steam 5th march. In this case with great british railway journeys, it merely adopted the name of a tv series that ran on bbc. He his more at ease than when he first started the first series, i hope he gets the chance to present more historytravel programs in the near future, he shares the same initials as another great travel presenter michael palin. The great british railway journeys video game arrives this. Popular videos great british railway journeys great british railway journeys topic. Great british railway journeys documentary sbs on demand.
The first four series of the bbc documentary following michael portillo as he travels around europe taking as his guide the 19 pamphlet bradshaws continental railway guide. Great continental railway journeys, series 2 on itunes. Mar 11, 2019 great canadian railway journeys catch up bbc 2. Amazing train journeys around the world chris continues his railway adventures in this hit series for channel 5. Find out when great british railway journeys is on tv, including series 10episode 2. Series 2 2017 in his second series, portillo took two railroad journeys around the midwestern and central regions of the united states, spanning a total of 20 episodes. With 45 years experience great rail journeys specialise in escorted rail tours. Great british railway journeys series 11 episodes episode guide.
Michael palins great railway journeys confessions of a train spotter 1980 duration. We are the leading uk rail holiday company specialising in escorted tours. Uk tv returning series 2018 a list of 219 titles created 06 dec 2017 see. Great continental railway journeys, its an entertaining documentary, wich shows many european cities and place, its funny, and shows cities wich deserve more popoluarity but are unknown from most of the tourist. Dovetail games has confirmed that the official great british railway journeys video game will be released on pc via steam on march 5, 2020. With michael portillo, alex hutchinson, paul bennett, jonathan betts. Bbc great canadian railway journeys series 1 10of15. Great continental railway journeys michael portillo travels on the great train routes of europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in george bradshaws 19 continental railway guide. The series combines celebrity travelogue with history, engineering, a lot of fun and some serious adventure.
Great british railway journeys is a railway simulator developed by the dovetail games studio, which is the spinoff of the train simulator series. Great asian railway journeys michael portillo is in south east asia, armed with his 19 bradshaws handbook. Great asian railway journeys is a 20part bbc travel and history documentary series produced by boundless and presented by michael portillo, a former conservative mp and minister of state for transport. Great railway journeys of the world tv series 1980 imdb. Michael portillo makes various railway journeys across the uk, using a 150yearold bradshaws guide a collection of railway timetables and a guidebook. Michael portillo crosses the atlantic to ride the railroads of america, armed with appletons general guide to the united states. Following the format of the highly successful great british railway journeys and related series with portillo as presenter, each episode features a railway journey in southeast asia using.
The video game arriving on march 5 is the official tiein to popular bbc 2 series, great british railway journeys. Passionate about trains, michael portillo embarks on five epic rail journeys, each split into five legs, travelling the length and breadth of the uk as he retraces routes that were described in his original 1860s copy of bradshaws railway handbook. Travel documentary hosted by michael portillo, published by bbc in 2019 english narration cover informationmichael portillo ventures down under to explore australia by train. Great british railway journeys is a bbc documentary series presented by michael portillo, a former conservative mp and cabinet minister who was instrumental. A continent whose industrialists, factories and mines had created wealth, whose scientists and engineers were discovering and constructing the marvellous and whose artists were challenging old ways, whilst intellectuals plotted. Great british railway journeys, series 2 episode guide bbc two. The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a wellknown figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection. Great series and very interesting, mp has really taken to this type of tv work. We took care of more than 50,000 customers in 2019. Michael meets milliner mrs ngo, who teaches him how to make the iconic conical hat. Watch all episodes from great british railway journeys on demand. May 22, 2017 a companion to the phenomenally successful great british railway journeys, this series sees michael portillo swapping his treasured copy of bradshaws handbook for its stateside counterpart an.
Michael portillo makes various railway journeys across the uk, using a 150yearold. Michael palin travels through northern ireland and ireland. Series 2, london bridge to chatham michael portillo takes a walk through the worlds first underwater tunnel at rotherhithe. Interesting stories and news about the tourist railway industry. Former kirov prima ballerina natalia makarova explores the railways of russia, taking in volgograd, samarkand and the river volga, and dancing on the railway itself. Bbc have commissioned 4x60 of great indian railway journeys and 2x60 of brand new great continental railway journeys. Clive anderson takes to the railways where he meets a nomadic tribe, visits buddhist caves, experiences the. In this series, michael returns to his native spain to discover what the intrepid tourists of the belle epoque experienced on their travels through the fading. Alaska, argentina, southern africa, caucasus, scandinavia. It leads him on a spectacular 2,500mile railway adventure across six countries. Van camp creator and producer of the great scenic railway journeys programs.
Produced by cartographer george bradshaw, the pamphlet documents a number of european railway journeys and the various towns and hamlets along the way. Former minister of state for transport michael portillo takes to the tracks in the second series of the bbc tv documentary great british railway journeys. Steered by his 19 bradshaws continental railway guide, michael portillo journeys through a prosperous prewar europe of emperors and kings, pomp and elegance. Great scenic railway journeys your guide to railway adventures. Now take to the rails and start your own adventure driving iconic trains across five famous routes from the hit television series. Michael portillo travels on the great train routes of europe, as he retraces more of the journeys featured in george bradshaws 19 continental railway guide. Bbc two great asian railway journeys episode guide. In the show michael portillo follows in the footsteps of the father of the train timetable george bradshaw. Great railway journeys by clive anderson goodreads. The ninth series of great british railway journeys 15x30 and third series of great american railroad journeys 20x30 are both currently in production. The game is based on the licence of a television programme of the same title, broadcast by the bbc. Great british railway journeys series 2 page 8 digital spy. Great british railway journeys tv series 2010 imdb. Michael portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of george bradshaws victorian railway guidebook.