Great American Railroad Journeys
Date de parution : 1 février 2016
 | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | Manhattan: Grand Central to Broadway Michael begins his American odyssey in New York City. Starting at Grand Central Terminal, the 'gateway to the nation', he boards the Manhattan... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | Manhattan: Lower East Side to World Trade Center Michael continues his American journey in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he narrowly avoids a scrap with an historic gang of New York and visits... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | Brooklyn to Montauk From Manhattan, Michael follows his Appleton's Guide east, travelling on the Long Island Railroad. He begins in Brooklyn, where he learns the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | New York City to Garrison Michael follows America's mighty Hudson River north, riding on the United States' national rail carrier service, Amtrak. He learns from Amtrak's... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | Poughkeepsie to Albany Michael Portillo continues his railroad journey through New York State following his Appleton's Guide. Beginning in the city of Poughkeepsie, he... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Schenectady to Rochester Michael heads west through New York State. He has a lightbulb moment in Schenectady, when he discovers how Thomas Edison's General Electric Company... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 7 | Buffalo to Niagara Falls Michael braves the awesome power and drenching spray of Niagara Falls on the Maid of the Mist to share what artists, daredevils and millions of... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 8 | Philadelphia to Atlantic City Michael embarks on a new railroad journey from the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, south to the first permanent English colonial settlement in... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 9 | Lancaster to Gettysburg Michael hitches a ride with the Amish in a horse-drawn buggy through rich countryside settled in the 18th century by religiously oppressed Europeans.... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 10 | Wilmington to Havre de Grace Michael reaches a milestone on his American journey: the boundary between the northern and southern states, known as the Mason-Dixon line. He... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 11 | Baltimore to Fort McHenry In Baltimore, home of the first railroad in the United States, the Baltimore and Ohio, he discovers how the first American steam engine, the Tom... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 12 | Washington DC Michael arrives in the nation's capital, Washington DC. He admires its fine public buildings, including the largest library in the world, and... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 13 | Georgetown to Mount Vernon On this leg, Michael soaks up some old-school jazz in Washington's U Street neighbourhood, where the big band jazz king, Duke Ellington, was born... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 14 | Manassas to Richmond Michael Portillo arrives in Manassas, scene of two crucial battles during the American Civil War - the first railroad battles in US history. In... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 15 | Petersburg to Jamestown In Petersburg, Virginia, the choir of the First Baptist Church is in fine voice as Michael discovers how, during the 19th century, coded messages... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 1 | St Louis, Missouri Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic once more to ride the railroads of North America with his faithful Appleton's Guide to the United States and... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 2 | St Louis to Jefferson City, Missouri Michael continues his American rail journey west from St Louis to Jefferson City, Missouri, following the tracks of European settlers in the 19th... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 3 | Sedalia to Kansas City, Missouri Following in the footsteps of European settlers, Michael Portillo rolls westwards across the United States. With true frontier spirit, he discovers... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 4 | Kansas City to St Joseph, Missouri On the next leg of his American adventure, Michael Portillo hits cowboy central in the former meat-packing capital of America - Kansas City, Missouri.... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 5 | Lawrence to Topeka, Kansas Michael Portillo continues his 1,500-mile journey through the American Wild West, armed with his 19th-century Appleton's Guide. In Lawrence, Kansas,... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 6 | Dodge City to Lamar, Colorado Michael Portillo's first stop aboard the Southwest Chief is Dodge City, Kansas, a famous frontier town of the Old West, where he visits the... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 7 | La Junta, Colorado, to Pueblo, New Mexico Michael Portillo hits ranching territory in Las Animas County, Colorado, where he follows in the footsteps of 19th-century dudes from the east coast... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 8 | Canon City, Colorado, to Colorado Springs Michael Portillo reaches the Rocky Mountains of Colorado at Canon City, from where he heads out into the spectacular gorge of the Arkansas River... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 9 | Santa Fe to Acoma, New Mexico Michael Portillo arrives in Santa Fe, the state capital of New Mexico, and once the capital of a Spanish kingdom. He explores the beautiful colonial... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 10 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Grand Canyon, Arizona Michael Portillo is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city situated on the Rio Grande River. Once the headquarters of the Acheson, Topeka and Santa Fe... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 11 | The Twin Cities, St Paul Michael Portillo begins a new journey from Minnesota's Twin Cities in the north of the US to Memphis, Tennessee, in the Deep South. In this leg,... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 12 | The Twin Cities, Minneapolis Michael Portillo continues his journey from the northern state of Minnesota to the Deep South. Michael discovers the story of Hiawatha and his lover... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 13 | Red Wing, Minnesota, to La Crosse, Wisconsin Michael Portillo continues his journey from the northern state of Minnesota to the Deep South. Steered by his Appleton's Guidebook, Michael travels... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 14 | Tomah to Portage, Wisconsin Michael Portillo continues his journey from the northern state of Minnesota to the Deep South. Michael reaches Tomah, Wisconsin, where he helps... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 15 | Milwaukee to Racine, Wisconsin Michael Portillo continues his journey from the northern state of Minnesota to the Deep South. Michael is in Milwaukee, located on the shore of Lake... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 16 | Chicago, The Windy City Michael Portillo is blown away by the skyscrapers in Illinois's Windy City, where he discovers how modern Chicago's skyline replaced a largely... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 17 | Chicago, US Rail Hub Michael Portillo continues his 1,000-mile journey from the northern state of Minnesota to the home of the blues in Memphis, Tennessee. Today, in the... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 18 | Homewood to Champaign, Illinois Steered by his Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo continues his 1,000-mile rail journey south from Chicago through Kankakee to Champaign, Illinois.... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 19 | Mattoon, Illinois to Columbus, Kentucky Armed with his 19th-century Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo continues his 1,000-mile journey, beginning and ending on the Mississippi River from... |
| Saison 2 - épisode 20 | Memphis, Tennessee Armed with his Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo travels the lower Mississippi aboard a paddle steamer to hear about the life and work of former... | |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 1 | Boston Armed with his 19th-century Appleton's guidebook to the United States and Canada, Michael Portillo embarks on a 1,100-mile railroad journey from... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 2 | Boston to Concord, Massachusetts Michael Portillo's 19th-century Appleton's guidebook leads him to the Parker House Hotel, where in his best pinny, he whisks up a Boston cream pie. |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 3 | Plymouth to Nantucket Led by his Appleton's guidebook and tracing the footsteps of the Pilgrim Fathers, Michael Portillo heads for Plymouth, the home town of America. He... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 4 | Providence, Rhode Island, to New London, Connecticut Led by his 19th-century Appleton's guidebook, Michael Portillo's railway journey continues through New England. On the banks of the Providence... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 5 | New Haven, Connecticut, to Mount Washington, New Hampshire Armed with his Appleton's guide, Michael Portillo's rail voyage goes river deep and mountain high as he continues his journey through Connecticut... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 6 | Burlington to Plattsburgh Michael Portillo continues his American rail journey through New England as he heads for the Canadian border. First stop is Burlington, Vermont, a... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 7 | Montreal, Quebec Following a special 1899 Canadian edition of his Appleton's guide, Michael Portillo has left the United States and crossed the border to embark on... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 8 | Montreal to Ottawa Steered by his Appleton's guidebook Michael Portillo's train journey continues in Canada's Quebec province. Venturing into the wooded hills of... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 9 | Thousand Islands to Oshawa, Ontario Using his 1899 Appleton's guide, Michael Portillo's rail odyssey through eastern Canada continues along the Grand Trunk railway, following the route... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 10 | Toronto Michael Portillo's railway journey across eastern Canada concludes in the nation's largest metropolis, Toronto. He begins his Toronto tour at Union... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 11 | Reno, Nevada, to Colfax, California Led by his late 19th-century Appleton's guidebook, Michael Portillo sets off on a 1,000-mile American adventure to discover how the railroad... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 12 | Sacramento to Napa Valley Continuing his epic Californian rail journey, Michael Portillo begins this leg at the very spot that triggered the 1848 gold rush. He finds out how... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 13 | San Francisco to Sausalito, California Armed with his trusty Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo's rail journey through California takes him to the commercial metropolis of San Francisco.... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 14 | San Francisco Michael Portillo resumes his exhilarating tour of San Francisco to find that diversity has been at the heart of the city since the days of the gold... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 15 | Berkeley to Yosemite Michael Portillo's rail voyage continues through northern California, moving east in search of the state's greatest national treasures. To unearth... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 16 | Santa Clara to Santa Cruz Michael Portillo's thousand-mile rail journey through California continues south toward Santa Clara in the heart of Silicon Valley and ends in the... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 17 | Monterey to Santa Barbara Steered by his late-19th-century Appleton's guidebook, Michael Portillo continues his railroad travels through southern California aboard the Coast... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 18 | Los Angeles Armed with his Appleton's guide to the United States, Michael Portillo arrives in Los Angeles to delight in the 'city of dreams', from its glorious... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 19 | Los Angeles to Laguna Beach Michael Portillo strikes oil in the suburbs of Los Angeles, contemplates his navel in the orange groves of Riverside, makes a California Roll and... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 20 | La Jolla to San Diego Michael Portillo is nearing the end of his thousand-mile rail journey from Reno, Nevada, to San Diego in southern California. In this final leg,... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 1 | Alaska: Ninilchik to Spencer Whistlestop Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States. In Seward, Michael feeds a rescued sea otter pup. |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 2 | Alaska: Anchorage to Wasilla Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States. In Anchorage, Michael prepares to join the US Arctic Warriors for parachute... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 3 | Alaska: Talkeetna to Denali Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States. Michael travels north to explore the remote former goldrush settlement of... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 4 | Alaska: Fairbanks to Juneau Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States. At Fairbanks, Michael discovers how gold prospectors liberated precious metal... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 5 | Alaska: Skagway to Carcross Michael Portillo embarks on a second spectacular rail journey through Alaska to Canada. A dog musher tells Michael how huskies helped to build Alaska. |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 6 | Canada: Halifax Michael Portillo begins a new journey on the tracks of the ocean line to explore Canada's maritime provinces, en route to Quebec City. Clutching his... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 7 | Canada: Pictou to Prince Edward Island Michael Portillo journeys through Canada's maritime provinces. He heads to the Confederation Theatre in PEI's provincial capital, Charlottetown. |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 8 | Canada: Springhill Junction to Moncton Michael Portillo travels from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick. He appears to defy gravity on Magnetic Hill in a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville. |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 9 | Canada: Miramichi to Quebec City |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 10 | Canada: Saint-Anne de Beaupre to La Malbaie |
