Great Continental Railway Journeys

Great Continental Railway Journeys is a TV show on BBC2. All aboard! Armed with his trusty Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo explores Europe’s most beautiful, enchanting regions, uncovering how the railways have shaped the continent. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 63 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2025.
Last broadcast:01/04/2025 at 18:30
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Series 7
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Michael Portillo embarks on a scenic thousand-mile rail journey from the Swedish capital, Stockholm, to Abisko in the Arctic Circle.


Michael Portillo travels by train through Austria and the Czech Republic, beginning in the northern Austrian city of Linz, where Adolf Hitler lived as a boy.


Series 8, Episode 18 - Rennes to Mont Saint-Michel...
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Michael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches Rennes, capital of Brittany. At the Lycee Emile Zola, he hears how the school was used as a military court for the second trial of Alfred Dreyfus.