Series 1
(2010)
Cast
as Self - Presenter
Episodes
Liverpool to Eccles 0.0
January 4, 2010
Ep1: Liverpool to Eccles. Michael begins his journey on the world's first passenger railway line, learns to speak Scou…
Manchester to Bury 0.0
January 5, 2010
Michael is in Manchester to find out more about George Bradshaw himself. He also gets fitted for a trilby in Denton and…
Todmorden to York 0.0
January 6, 2010
Michael travels back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, finds out about the latest Roman discoveries…
Pontefract to Bridlington 0.0
January 7, 2010
Michael searches for the last liquorice grower in Pontefract, discovers how the railways turned Hull into one of the la…
Filey to Scarborough 0.0
January 8, 2010
Michael goes bird-watching on the wild cliffs of Flamborough Head, learns to decipher traditional knitting patterns in …
Preston to Morecambe 0.0
January 11, 2010
Michael explores the origins of the temperance movement in Preston, samples the attractions of Blackpool, a resort made…
Settle to Garsdale 0.0
January 12, 2010
Michael returns to the historic Settle-Carlisle line to find out what has happened to it since he helped save it in the…
Windermere to Kendal 0.0
January 13, 2010
Michael takes a steamboat tour of Lake Windermere, visits Wordsworth's home village of Grasmere and makes sausages with…
Carlisle to Glasgow 0.0
January 14, 2010
Michael meets the wild clansmen of Carlisle, the Border Reivers, witnesses a wedding in Gretna Green and visits a secre…
Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy 0.0
January 15, 2010
Michael makes apple juice in the Clyde valley orchards, pays a thrilling visit to the top of the Forth Rail Bridge and …
Swindon to Bristol 0.0
January 18, 2010
Michael finds out about free holiday trains for the GWR workers in Swindon, samples the Spa in Bath, and tries his hand…
Yatton to Weston Super Mare 0.0
January 19, 2010
Michael samples local Cheddar strawberries, explores Cheddar Gorge and the famous caves, and visits one of the oldest p…
Torquay to Totnes 0.0
January 20, 2010
Michael finds out about Torquay's micro climate, goes salmon fishing on the Dart estuary and spends some of Totnes' new…
Bugle to Mevagissey 0.0
January 21, 2010
Michael visits the largest clay mine in the world near St Austell, goes pilchard fishing in Mevagissey and finds out ho…
Truro to Penzance 0.0
January 22, 2010
Michael searches for the lost church of St Piran, explores the last working tin mine in Cornwall and harvests oysters o…
Buxton to Matlock 0.0
January 25, 2010
Michael visits an architectural wonder, the Duke of Devonshire's stables in Buxton, helps to repair the ancient peat la…
Cromford to Burton-on-Trent 0.0
January 26, 2010
Michael visits the oldest working factory in the world at Cromford, explores the country's first public park in Derby a…
Walsall to Bournville 0.0
January 27, 2010
Michael meets the queen's saddler in Walsall, learns how to cook an authentic Indian curry in Birmingham and visits Bou…
Coventry to Watford 0.0
January 28, 2010
Michael relives the Coventry Blitz, meets the last pure breed Aylesbury duck farmer in Buckinghamshire and finds out ho…
St Pancras to Westminster 0.0
January 29, 2010
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series of four …