Portillo's Greatest Railway Journeys - Season 1

Portillo's Greatest Railway Journeys - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes10
Datesoct. 10, 2020 - déc. 19, 2020

Episodes

Political Railways
Season 1Episode 160 min

Political Railways

Michael explores how politics, domestic and international, have shaped the railways. He recalls the political decisions which green lit the great North American transcontinental railways.
oct. 10, 2020
Railways and Tourism
Season 1Episode 260 min

Railways and Tourism

oct. 17, 2020
Railways and the Economy
Season 1Episode 360 min

Railways and the Economy

Michael examines how railways have shaped the world economy. He recalls how the first tracks were laid to shift coal and iron ore, using animals or winches, long before locomotives were invented less than 200 years ago and marvels at how railways have today become a critical part of global infrastructure.

oct. 24, 2020
Railways and Nationhood
Season 1Episode 460 min

Railways and Nationhood

Michael explores how railways have contributed to the creation of countries, linking people across deserts and mountains and binding together different ethnicities and religions.

oct. 31, 2020
Railways and Culture
Season 1Episode 560 min

Railways and Culture

Michael explores how railways enabled the dissemination of cultural, social, religious and political ideas.

nov. 7, 2020
Railways and Imperialism
Season 1Episode 660 min

Railways and Imperialism

nov. 21, 2020
Railways and War
Season 1Episode 760 min

Railways and War

Michael has travelled thousands of miles across five continents and through two centuries of history aboard some of the world?s most exhilarating and spectacular railways. Michael shares his thoughts on the role of railways in war.

nov. 28, 2020
Railways and the Industrial Revolution
Season 1Episode 860 min

Railways and the Industrial Revolution

Michael returns to the cradle of the Railways, Rainhill, a little town not far from Liverpool in the northwest of England, where in 1829 a competition was held to discover the most improved locomotive engine for the railway.

déc. 5, 2020
Railways, Law and Order
Season 1Episode 960 min

Railways, Law and Order

Michael looks back at notorious crimes on the railways during the times of his Bradshaw's and Appleton's Guides and delves into the history of skulduggery by the owners of North American railroads.

déc. 12, 2020
Railways and Royalty
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Railways and Royalty

Michael reflects on 180 years of royal fascination with the railways. He recalls King George V and Queen Mary's Royal Train Tour in 1913 to the calm the militant north of England.

déc. 19, 2020

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