6/20. Michael Portillo begins a railway tour of the spectacular border counties of Cumbria and Dumfriesshire, starting in the stunning Lake District National Park. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
5/20. Michael Portillo's railway tour of the green and pleasant landscape between the North and South Downs, known as the Weald, nears its conclusion. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
4/20. Michael Portillo's rail exploration of the spectacular countryside of the Weald in Surrey, Sussex and Kent continues - this time, aboard the Gatwick Express train. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
3/20. Michael Portillo's railway tour of the Weald reaches the spectacular Surrey countryside, where he finds a surprising connection to the darker reaches of the universe. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
1/20. Michael Portillo takes to the rails to explore one of Britain's oldest surviving landscapes, the woods and pasture of the Weald in south east England. Also in HD. [S,SL]
7/15. At the home of Scottish football, Glasgow's Hampden Park stadium, Michael admires the oldest football trophy in the world and hears how the 'passing game' was born there. Also in HD. [S,AD]
11/15. Michael Portillo explores the postwar Britain of his youth on a railway journey from the Midlands to the West Country, beginning in the city of Derby. Also in HD. [S,AD]
10/15. Michael Portillo completes his railway journey through the east of England during the post-war period, heading from RAF Lakenheath to the city of Cambridge. Also in HD. [S,AD]
8/15. Michael Portillo ventures deep underground onto London's newest railway: the Elizabeth Line. He travels across London before transferring to the Epping Ongar Heritage Railway. Also in HD. [S,AD]
7/15. Michael Portillo continues his railway exploration of the post-war Britain of his youth on a journey from London to Cambridge, starting at South Bank. Also in HD. [S,AD]
6/15. Michael Portillo travels through the Britain of his youth from London's Docklands and East End to the 'city within a city', the Barbican. Also in HD. [S,AD]
3/15. Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram delivers Michael to the former cotton town of Oldham. He heads across to Wakefield and the striking postwar sculptures of Barbara Hepworth. Also in HD. [S,AD]
15/15. Michael Portillo confronts a detachment of Gurkhas, produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker that is key to making plastic. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
13/15. Michael Portillo's postwar journey from Merseyside to Teesside resumes at Brayford Pool in Lincoln, where England's oldest canal, the Fossdyke, meets the city of Lincoln. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
12/15. Michael Portillo reaches the jet age in the Derby suburb of Peartree, where he tours the engineering colossus Rolls-Royce. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
10/15. Michael's rail journey through postwar Scotland takes him over the River Tay to Dundee on the trail of Joseph McKenzie, the father of modern Scottish photography. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
7/15. At the home of Scottish football, Glasgow's Hampden Park stadium, Michael admires the oldest football trophy in the world and hears how the 'passing game' was born there. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
6/15. Michael Portillo boards the West Highland Line to begin a railway journey across Scotland's central belt, from the Arrochar Alps to the Loch of the Lowes. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
5/15. Michael goes on a tour around Heathrow Airport, taking an eerie walk around the mothballed Terminal 1 building and ending up atop the iconic 87.5 metre control tower. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
4/15. Michael Portillo reaches Havant, where the Scalextric factory was located, and Haslemere, the surprise birthplace of a musical phenomenon - the plastic recorder. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
3/15. Michael Portillo reaches England's south coast to continue his exploration of postwar Britain, beginning on the steam-powered Swanage Railway in Dorset. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
13/15. Michael Portillo's postwar journey from Merseyside to Teesside resumes at Brayford Pool in Lincoln, where England's oldest canal, the Fossdyke, meets the city of Lincoln. Also in HD. [S,AD]
10/15. Michael's rail journey through postwar Scotland takes him over the River Tay to Dundee on the trail of Joseph McKenzie, the father of modern Scottish photography. Also in HD. [S,AD]
9/15. At the former Midlothian mining village of Newtongrange, Michael meets the son of a miner whose name loomed large in the disputes of the 1970s and 1980s, 'Red' Mick McGahey. Also in HD. [S,AD]
7/15. At the home of Scottish football, Glasgow's Hampden Park stadium, Michael admires the oldest football trophy in the world and hears how the 'passing game' was born there. Also in HD. [S,AD]
6/15. Michael Portillo boards the West Highland Line to begin a railway journey across Scotland's central belt, from the Arrochar Alps to the Loch of the Lowes. Also in HD. [S,AD]
5/15. Michael goes on a tour around Heathrow Airport, taking an eerie walk around the mothballed Terminal 1 building and ending up atop the iconic 87.5 metre control tower. Also in HD. [S,AD]
4/15. Michael Portillo reaches Havant, where the Scalextric factory was located, and Haslemere, the surprise birthplace of a musical phenomenon - the plastic recorder. Also in HD. [S,AD]
3/15. Michael Portillo reaches England's south coast to continue his exploration of postwar Britain, beginning on the steam-powered Swanage Railway in Dorset. Also in HD. [S,AD]