Series 8
(2017)
Cast
as Self - Presenter
Episodes
The Flying Scotsman 0.0
January 2, 2017
he Flying Scotsman A once-in-a-lifetime journey aboard the most famous train in history, the Flying Scotsman, begins f…
Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough 0.0
January 3, 2017
Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough After the excitement of his ride on the Flying Scotsman, Michael begins a new journ…
Newark-on-Trent to Stockton-on-Tees 0.0
January 4, 2017
Newark on Trent to Stockton-on-Tees Following his trip from London to York on board the Flying Scotsman, Michael uses …
Darlington to Dunbar 0.0
January 5, 2017
Darlington to Dunbar In Newton Aycliffe, he tests a state-of-the-art passenger train on tracks which follow the route …
Longniddry to Edinburgh 0.0
January 6, 2017
Longniddry to Edinburgh Michael helps himself to a ukulele lesson in Haddington, birthplace of Victorian self-improvem…
Blackpool to Manchester Victoria 0.0
January 9, 2017
Blackpool to Manchester Victoria On a new journey across Bradshaw's Britain with his Victorian guidebook. He makes pot…
Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common 0.0
January 10, 2017
Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common Michael Portillo's journey from the Irish Sea to the North Sea continues by …
Chapeltown to Doncaster 0.0
January 11, 2017
Chapeltown to Doncaster From Chapeltown, Michael heads to Wharncliffe Crags, where he plucks up courage to follow in t…
Gainsborough to Ely 0.0
January 12, 2017
Gainsborough to Ely Steered by his Bradshaw's railway handbook to Gainsborough, Michael Portillo wraps his head around…
Stowmarket to Harwich 0.0
January 13, 2017
Stowmarket to Harwich Michael Portillo is on the final leg of his journey following the route of the North Country Con…
Wexford to Wicklow 0.0
January 16, 2017
Wexford to Wicklow Armed with his Bradshaw's Handbook, Michael Portillo begins a journey across Ireland. In the port o…
Greystones to Dublin 0.0
January 17, 2017
Greystones to Dublin At Trinity College, Dublin, Michael Portillo discovers one of Ireland's greatest treasures and le…
Navan to Mullingar 0.0
January 18, 2017
Navan to Mullingar Michael gets up to speed with modern archaeology in County Meath and uncovers a controversial Victo…
Dromod to Sligo 0.0
January 19, 2017
Dromod to Sligo With his Victorian Bradshaw's guidebook in hand, Michael Portillo crosses the Emerald Isle uncovering …
Ballina to Westport 0.0
January 20, 2017
Ballina to Westport On the last leg of Michael Portillo's long journey from Wexford to Westport, a fashionable Victori…