Overview
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.
Production
Talkback Thames · Fremantle UK
Networks
BBC TwoSeasons
Series 1
20 ep · 2010
Series 2
25 ep · 2011
Series 3
25 ep · 2012
Series 4
25 ep · 2013
Series 5
20 ep · 2014
Series 6
20 ep · 2015
Series 7
20 ep · 2016
Series 8
15 ep · 2017
Series 9
15 ep · 2018
Series 10
15 ep · 2019
Series 11
15 ep · 2020
Series 12
15 ep · 2021
Series 13
10 ep · 2021
Series 14
15 ep · 2023
Series 15
15 ep · 2024
Series 16
20 ep · 2025
Cast & Characters
Michael Portillo
Self - Presenter
Directors & Crew
Cassie Farrell
Director
Screenshots & Stills
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