1/15. Michael Portillo strikes out on another series of railway journeys, starting with a tour of the Home Counties and beyond in the city of dreaming spires, Oxford. Also in HD. [S,AD]
1/15. Michael Portillo strikes out on another series of railway journeys, starting with a tour of the Home Counties and beyond in the city of dreaming spires, Oxford. Also in HD. [S,AD]
3/15. Michael Portillo heads for leafy Hatch End, where he investigates an illustrator whose work was so popular in the 1920s and 30s that his name entered the English dictionary. Also in HD. [S,AD]
3/15. Michael Portillo heads for leafy Hatch End, where he investigates an illustrator whose work was so popular in the 1920s and 30s that his name entered the English dictionary. Also in HD. [S,AD]
5/15. Armed with his interwar copy of Bradshaw's Guide to the Railways, Michael reaches the Kent seaside resort of Herne Bay, where he learns about a pioneering aviatrix. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
The Dartmouth Steam Railway takes Michael Portillo to the beautiful home of Agatha Christie, in the company of her great-grandson, James Prichard. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Out on the rugged moor, Michael Portillo hears how the celebrated author Daphne du Maurier captivated readers between the wars with her tales of smuggling at the Jamaica Inn. Also in HD. [S,AD]
In the countryside surrounding Truro, Michael finds the historic estate of Trewithen, whose gardens were stocked from China by professional plant hunters commissioned by its owner. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Michael Portillo's journey ends at Loch Ness, where he joins the Deep Scan research team as they scour the deep for signs of the elusive monster. Also in HD. [S,AD]
5/15. Michael is heading for Farnborough, Hampshire, famous today for its airshow and home to what was then the Royal Aircraft Establishment. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Beginning just outside Newcastle in Jarrow, Michael Portillo uncovers the desperation which led 200 men to march 300 miles to Westminster to petition the government for work. Also in HD. [S,AD]
1/15. Michael Portillo strikes out on another series of railway journeys, starting with a tour of the Home Counties and beyond in the city of dreaming spires, Oxford. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
5/15. Armed with his interwar copy of Bradshaw's Guide to the Railways, Michael reaches the Kent seaside resort of Herne Bay, where he learns about a pioneering aviatrix. Also in HD. [S,AD]
1/15. Michael Portillo experiences a terrifying 'victory roll' in a World War II Spitfire, meets a biographer of A.A. Milne and lends a hand at the community-owned Plaw Hatch Farm. Also in HD. [S,AD]
15/15. Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw's Guide, Michael travels from Aberystwyth into the Cambrian Mountains at Devil's Bridge and finishes in Newtown, Powys. Also in HD. [S,AD]
12/15. Michael's 1930s Bradshaw's-inspired railway tour of north Wales takes him to a coast lined by magnificent castles and sweeping bays. Also in HD. [S,AD]