Ninilchik to Wasilla: Michael Portillo begins a journey across Alaska, learning its links with Russia, feeding a sea otter pup and joining the US Arctic Warriors for parachute training. [S]
Talkeetna to Juneau: Michael Portillo continues to explore Alaska, helping a homesteader fell a tree to clear land for a log cabin and meeting scientists studying the Northern Lights. [S]
Skagway to Vancouver: Michael Portillo crosses over from Alaska to Canada, where he visits the home of the Vancouver Giants and tries his hand at ice hockey. [S]
9/10. Michael Portillo continues his 1,000-mile journey from the northern state of Minnesota to the home of the blues in Memphis, Tennessee. Also in HD. [S,AD]
9/10. Michael Portillo continues his 1,000-mile journey from the northern state of Minnesota to the home of the blues in Memphis, Tennessee. Also in HD. [S,AD]
8/10. Michael Portillo embarks on a new American rail journey from Milwaukee to Chicago. Michael learns how the first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built. Also in HD. [S,AD]
7/10. Michael Portillo embarks on a rail journey that begins in Minnesota and ends in Wisconsin, finding out how the Mississippi was made navigable. Also in HD. [S,AD]
6/10. Michael Portillo embarks on a rail journey that starts and ends on the Mississippi River, going from the home of F Scott Fitzgerald to Graceland in Memphis. Also in HD. [S,AD]
6/10. Michael Portillo embarks on a rail journey that starts and ends on the Mississippi River, going from the home of F Scott Fitzgerald to Graceland in Memphis. Also in HD. [S,AD]
5/10. Michael Portillo arrives in the state capital of New Mexico. He explores the colonial architecture and visits a Native American pueblo. Also in HD. [S,AD]
5/10. Michael Portillo arrives in the state capital of New Mexico. He explores the colonial architecture and visits a Native American pueblo. Also in HD. [S,AD]
4/10. Michael Portillo reaches Colorado. Michael is transported back to the Mexican American War of 1848 and finds himself inspecting the troops. Also in HD. [S,AD]
4/10. Michael Portillo reaches Colorado. Michael is transported back to the Mexican American War of 1848 and finds himself inspecting the troops. Also in HD. [S,AD]
3/10. In Lawrence, Kansas, Michael Portillo joins the Jayhawks basketball team before travelling through 'tornado alley' to Topeka to meet a storm chaser. Also in HD. [S,AD]
3/10. In Lawrence, Kansas, Michael Portillo joins the Jayhawks basketball team before travelling through 'tornado alley' to Topeka to meet a storm chaser. Also in HD. [S,AD]
2/10. Michael Portillo discovers the hidden pleasures of 19th-century railroad workers in Sedalia and discovers the birthplace of ragtime. Also in HD. [S,AD]
2/10. Michael Portillo discovers the hidden pleasures of 19th-century railroad workers in Sedalia and discovers the birthplace of ragtime. Also in HD. [S,AD]
1/10. Michael Portillo rides the railroads of North America with his Appleton's Guide. In St Louis, Michael ascends the Gateway Arch. Also in HD. [S,AD]
1/10. Michael Portillo rides the railroads of North America with his Appleton's Guide. In St Louis, Michael ascends the Gateway Arch. Also in HD. [S,AD]
20/20. Clad in khaki boiler suit and dark glasses, Michael Portillo joins the US Navy Pacific Fleet, birthplace of the elite flying academy Top Gun. Also in HD. [S,AD]
20/20. Clad in khaki boiler suit and dark glasses, Michael Portillo joins the US Navy Pacific Fleet, birthplace of the elite flying academy Top Gun. Also in HD. [S,AD]
19/20. Michael Portillo strikes oil in the suburbs of LA, contemplates his navel in the orange groves of Riverside and paints a pretty picture in Laguna Beach. Also in HD. [S,AD]
19/20. Michael Portillo strikes oil in the suburbs of LA, contemplates his navel in the orange groves of Riverside and paints a pretty picture in Laguna Beach. Also in HD. [S,AD]
18/20. Michael Portillo arrives in Los Angeles and heads for the Warner Brothers studio, founded on Sunset Boulevard at the same time as his Appleton's guide was published. Also in HD. [S,AD]
18/20. Michael Portillo arrives in Los Angeles and heads for the Warner Brothers studio, founded on Sunset Boulevard at the same time as his Appleton's guide was published. Also in HD. [S,AD]
17/20. Michael Portillo continues his railroad travels. In the historic port of Monterey, Michael raises the Bear Flag of the one-time Republic of California. Also in HD. [S,AD]
17/20. Michael Portillo continues his railroad travels. In the historic port of Monterey, Michael raises the Bear Flag of the one-time Republic of California. Also in HD. [S,AD]
15/20. Michael Portillo visits the seismology department at UC Berkeley and hears the story of the catastrophic 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Also in HD. [S,AD]
15/20. Michael Portillo visits the seismology department at UC Berkeley and hears the story of the catastrophic 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Also in HD. [S,AD]
14/20. Michael Portillo finds that diversity has been at the heart of San Francisco since the days of the gold rush, though not always harmoniously so. Also in HD. [S,AD]
13/20. Armed with his trusty Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo's Californian rail journey takes him to the commercial metropolis of San Francisco. Also in HD. [S,AD]
11/20. Michael Portillo's American adventure continues. Beginning in Nevada, Michael takes to the skies over the dramatic Sierra Nevada mountain range. Also in HD. [S,AD]
11/20. Michael Portillo's American adventure continues. Beginning in Nevada, Michael takes to the skies over the dramatic Sierra Nevada mountain range. Also in HD. [S,AD]
10/20. Michael Portillo begins his Toronto tour with the ambitious underground engineering works at Union Station, which is now busier than the city's international airport. Also in HD. [S,AD]
10/20. Michael Portillo begins his Toronto tour with the ambitious underground engineering works at Union Station, which is now busier than the city's international airport. Also in HD. [S,AD]
9/20. Michael Portillo's rail odyssey through eastern Canada continues along the Grand Trunk railway, following the route of the St Lawrence River. Also in HD. [S,AD]
8/10. Michael Portillo explores the province of Quebec, taking the fabulously scenic Charlevoix train along the north bank of the mighty St Lawrence River to La Malbaie. Also in HD. [S,AD]
6/10. Michael Portillo begins a new journey on the tracks of the Ocean line to explore Canada's maritime provinces en route to Quebec City. Also in HD. [S,AD]
6/10. Michael Portillo begins a new journey on the tracks of the Ocean line to explore Canada's maritime provinces en route to Quebec City. Also in HD. [S,AD]