Season 1
(2019)
Cast
as Himself - Presenter
Episodes
Halifax 0.0
January 14, 2019
Michael Portillo begins a new journey on the tracks of the ocean line to explore Canada's maritime provinces, en route …
Pictou to Prince Edward Island 0.0
January 15, 2019
Steered by his 1899 Appleton's Guide to Canada, Michael Portillo continues his journey through Canada's maritime provin…
Springhill Junction to Moncton 0.0
January 16, 2019
Clutching his 1899 copy of Appleton's Guide to Canada, Michael Portillo travels on the Ocean train from Nova Scotia to …
Miramichi to Quebec City 0.0
January 17, 2019
Michael Portillo continues his rail adventure from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Quebec City, following his 1899 edition of …
Saint-Anne de Beaupre to La Malbaie 0.0
January 18, 2019
Michael Portillo explores the Province of Quebec with his nineteenth-century Appleton's Guide to Canada. He takes the f…
Vancouver 0.0
January 21, 2019
Michael Portillo boards the Canadian Pacific Railway Engine 374 that linked the vast nation of Canada from the Atlantic…
Vancouver Island to San Juan Island 0.0
January 22, 2019
Michael Portillo explores British Columbia. He discovers how two superpowers nearly came to war over a pig.
Port Moody to Kamloops 0.0
January 23, 2019
Armed with his 1899 Appleton's Guide to Canada, Michael Portillo learns how to head off a charging bear in the wilderne…
Kamloops to Banff 10.0
January 24, 2019
Michael Portillo boards the Rocky Mountaineer to cross the backbone of the North American continent from Kamloops to th…
Calgary 0.0
January 25, 2019
Michael Portillo arrives in Calgary, Alberta. He saddles up with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, hears about their o…
Winnipeg 0.0
January 28, 2019
Michael Portillo travels across the vast Canadian Prairie on Canada's last trans-continental passenger line. Michael ex…
Portage La Prairie to Watrous 0.0
January 29, 2019
Michael Portillo explores the province of Saskatchewan. He learns how a middle-class British boy transformed himself in…
Saskatoon 0.0
January 30, 2019
Michael Portillo crosses the Great Plains of Canada by rail. In the cultural hub of Saskatoon he learns how to make a t…
Edmonton 0.0
January 31, 2019
Michael Portillo continues his thousand-mile rail journey from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Jasper, Alberta. Michael explores…
Hinton to Jasper 0.0
February 1, 2019
Michael Portillo's rail journey reaches a dramatic scenic conclusion in the Rocky Mountains. Michael is awed by the sca…