Michael Portillo
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Portillo’s State Secrets
Mar. 23, 2015Portillo’s State Secrets
Michael Portillo takes a look through the national archives to discover different stories that have been hidden in previously classified documents.
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
Jan. 24, 2022Great Coastal Railway Journeys
From the sea lochs of Scotland to the Jurassic Coast of Dorset, seasoned train traveller Michael Portillo immerses himself in the magnificent ...
Great American Railroad Journeys
Feb. 01, 2016Great American Railroad Journeys
Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton’s General Guide to the United States, published ...
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Nov. 08, 2012Great Continental Railway Journeys
Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw’s 1913 Continental ...
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
May. 10, 2023Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
Michael Portillo returns with an authored documentary, that uses British state papers to shed fresh light on key events and personalities during ...
Partition, 1921
Jun. 14, 2021Partition, 1921
Partition, 1921, tells the story of how Ireland came to be to be partitioned from the perspective of the British and unionist politicians who ...
Great British Railway Journeys
Jan. 04, 2010Great British Railway Journeys
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw’s Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth ...