
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Date de parution : 8 novembre 2012
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | De Londres à Monte-Carlo Leaving London behind, armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo follows the most popular route of the Edwardian traveller through France.... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | L'Empire Austro-Hongrois Steered by his 1913 railway guide, on this journey Michael Portillo explores the once-great empire of Austria-Hungary, domain of the famous Habsburg... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | Allemagne industrielle et romantique Michael begins this journey in Berlin, the capital of Germany, which at the beginning of the 20th century was a powerhouse of science and technology.... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Suisse, De Sherlock Holmes à La Jungfrau Michael Portillo uses George Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide to explore Switzerland, whose remarkable railways helped make it a favourite with... |
![]() | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | D'Amsterdam au nord de la France Michael Portillo uses George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide to explore the dazzling cities of the pre-war Low Countries before tasting... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 1 | De Madrid à Gibraltar Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo returns to his native Spain to discover what the intrepid tourists of the Belle Epoque... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 2 | De Turin à Venise Steered by his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo takes the train from the former political capital of Italy, Turin, to Casanova's capital of... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 3 | L'Allemagne impériale Steered by his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo explores Germany, the powerhouse of today's European Union, and learns how tourists in the early... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 4 | À la découverte de la Scandinavie Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo explores Scandinavia and discovers the royal roots of early 20th century British travellers'... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 5 | La Bohême et la Bavière With his 1913 guidebook in hand, Michael Portillo explores the stunning art nouveau architecture of the Czech capital. In a café popular with... |
![]() | Saison 2 - épisode 6 | De Bordeaux à Bilbao Michael Portillo sets out to sample the delights of the Atlantic coasts of Spain and France, beginning in Bordeaux, where he uncovers a historic... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 1 | Tula to St Petersburg Michael Portillo ventures once more on to the European rail network to retrace journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 publication Continental... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 2 | Rome to Taormina Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw railway guide, Michael Portillo takes the train down the spine of Italy as he travels from Rome to Sicily. He begins by... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 3 | Warsaw to Krakow Michael Portillo uses his 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide to explore Poland. He begins in the capital Warsaw, where he takes to... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 4 | La Coruna to Lisbon Armed with his 1913 Bradshaw, Michael Portillo explores a very different Spain from the one he knows best and ventures across its border with... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 5 | Haifa to the Negev Michael Portillo uses his 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide to venture beyond Europe as he travels through the Holy Land. He begins... |
![]() | Saison 3 - épisode 6 | Lyon to Marseille Michael Portillo follows in the footsteps of Edwardian travellers to trace a route recommended in his Bradshaw's guide from the heart of France to... |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 1 | Sofia to Istanbul Armed with his trusty 1913 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo travels east through the Balkans along the most exotic section of... |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 2 | Vienna to Trieste In Vienna, Michael Portillo encounters a pre-Cold War spy and learns about the concert that caused a riot in 1913. He then travels the Habsburg... |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 3 | Pisa to Lake Garda Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide in hand, Michael Portillo visits Italy, where he experiences first-hand the nation's need for speed in a... |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 4 | Athens to Thessaloniki Armed with his 1913 Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo embarks on a Greek odyssey from Athens's port of Piraeus north to the city of... |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 5 | The Black Forest to Hannover Armed with his 1913 Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo ventures deep into the Black Forest on a quest to discover the essence of Germany... |
![]() | Saison 4 - épisode 6 | Barcelona to Mallorca Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw's Guide, Michael Portillo returns to Spain to trace the early 20th-century roots of the Spanish Civil War, which... |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 1 | Transylvania to the Black Sea With Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide in hand, Michael Portillo ventures east through Romania. Transylvania, the Carpathian Mountains,... |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 2 | Zermatt to Geneva Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo travels from the Swiss Alps to the shores of Lake Geneva. From the Swiss Alps to the shores of... |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 3 | Tangier to Marrakech Michael Portillo leaves Europe behind to take in the sights, smells and tastes of north Africa as he travels from the Mediterranean port of Tangier... |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 4 | Genoa to the Brenner Pass From the from the Italian Riviera to the Austrian Alps Michael visits remote villages of the Cinque Terre he then heads to Parma next up is the Alps... |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 5 | Riga to Tampere Michael Portillo braves the freezing temperatures of the Baltic Sea and finds peace paddling a canoe on the Lakes of Finland. |
![]() | Saison 5 - épisode 6 | Rotterdam to Utrecht Michael Portillo heads for the Netherlands, where he roots around the world's largest flower auction in Haarlem, operates a crane in Europe's... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 1 | Kiev to Odessa With his Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide in hand, Michael Portillo ventures east to a land which a century ago was part of the Russian... |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 2 | Batumi to Baku Steered by his 1913 Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo travels one of the most stunning rail routes of the world, through the former... |
| Saison 6 - épisode 3 | Amritsa to Shimla | |
| Saison 6 - épisode 4 | Episode 999 Wrong show, see Great Indian Railway Journeys | |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 5 | Episode 5 this ep is not available in the uk (see "great indian railway journeys" instead) |
![]() | Saison 6 - épisode 6 | Episode 6 this ep is not available in the uk (see "great indian railway journeys" instead) |


































