Michael Portillo says: “I am proud of having made new series of Great Continental Railway Journeys and Great British Railway Journeys. As ever, my adventures are brought alive by the wonderful ...

A two-part series called 200 Years of the Railways will air on BBC Two later this year, to coincide with the anniversary of the first steam-hauled passenger train ever to run on a public railway, ...

Michael Portillo will look at what the railways have achieved and their future (Matt Alexander/PA) For Great Continental Railway Journeys, Portillo will go to Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia ...

His spin-off programme, Great Continental Railway Journeys, last aired in 2020, after beginning in 2012. Both shows will also be back this year, along with the two-part series: 200 Years Of The ...

Michael Portillo will celebrate the 200th anniversary of British railways with a special programme on the BBC. The opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway on September 27 1825 is credited ...