Series 14
(2023)
Overview
Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the country by train.
Cast
as Self - Presenter
Episodes
Preston to Rawtenstall 0.0
June 19, 2023
Michael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth, starting at Preston’s Fulwood Barracks and heading ac…
Urmston to New Islington 0.0
June 20, 2023
Michael’s journey through north west England from Preston to Hebden Bridge reaches Greater Manchester, where Michael ce…
Oldham to Wakefield 0.0
June 21, 2023
Greater Manchester’s Metrolink tram delivers Michael to the former cotton town of Oldham. He heads across to Wakefield …
Wakefield to Leeds 0.0
June 22, 2023
From Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. He pau…
Bradford to Hebden Bridge 0.0
June 24, 2023
Michael Portillo continues his postwar exploration of north west England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge. In Cen…
Tilbury to Barbican 0.0
June 26, 2023
Michael Portillo travels through the Britain of his youth from London’s Docklands and East End to the ‘city within a ci…
Waterloo to Regent's Park 0.0
June 27, 2023
Michael Portillo continues his railway exploration of the post-war Britain of his youth on a journey from London to Cam…
Paddington to Ongar 0.0
June 28, 2023
Michael Portillo ventures deep underground onto London’s newest railway: the Elizabeth Line. He travels across London b…
Felixstowe to Norwich 0.0
June 29, 2023
Michael Portillo continues his rail exploration of the east of England, starting on the seafront of Felixstowe and fini…
Brandon to Cambridge 0.0
June 30, 2023
Michael Portillo completes his railway journey through the east of England during the post-war period, heading from RAF…
Derby to Hinckley 0.0
July 17, 2023
Michael Portillo explores the postwar Britain of his youth on a railway journey from the Midlands to the West Country, …
Coventry to Leamington Spa 0.0
July 18, 2023
In Coventry, Michael recalls the destruction by the Luftwaffe of the city’s Gothic cathedral in November 1940, before h…
Long Itchington to Moseley 0.0
July 19, 2023
Michael Portillo’s railway journey reaches the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, where work is underway the bigges…
Wolverhampton to Cheltenham 0.0
July 20, 2023
At the African and Caribbean Heritage Centre in Wolverhampton, Michael finds out about the impact of Enoch Powell's 196…
Tewkesbury to Filton 0.0
July 21, 2023
Michael visits the fairy-tale castle of Eastnor at the foot of the Malvern Hills, before heading to the Severn Estuary …