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Great Continental Railway Journeys

  • 2 Series
  • 6 Episodes
  • Category: Travel
  • High Definition available
  • Subtitles available

Michael Portillo ventures onto the European rail network to retrace journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 publication Continental Guide

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All episodes for series 7 of Great Continental Railway Journeys

  • S7 E1 · Salamanca to Canfranc

    Michael Portillo ventures onto the European rail network in Spain.

  • S7 E2 · Orleans to Reims

    Michael Portillo travels from the chateaux of the Loire Valley to Reims.

  • S7 E3 · Berlin to Stuttgart

    Michael Portillo goes on a rail journey through Germany.

  • S7 E4 · Palermo to Mt Etna

    Michael Portillo explores Sicilian life under the dictatorship of Mussolini.

  • S7 E6 · Stockholm to the Arctic Circle

    Michael Portillo travels from Stockholm to the Arctic Circle.

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