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Great continental railway journeys tv show season 5. Great continental railway journeys, series 1 on itunes. Latest great continental railway journeys episodes enhancetv. With his bradshaws 19 continental railway guide in hand. Great continental railway journeys season 5 episode 4. Michael portillo retraces the journeys from george bradshaws 19 continental guide. Bradshaws guide in hand, michael portillo goes on another spectacular rail. Steered by his 19 continental railway guide, michael portillo heads for the netherlands, where he roots around the worlds largest flower. In a series of 5hour long episodes, steered by his 19 bradshaws continental railway guide, michael journeys through a prosperous prewar europe.
He starts in genoa, the world class main port of liguria, with grand monuments from its golden age around 1700 and later industrial boom. Genoa to the brenner pass great continental railway journeys. Great continental railway journeys next episode air dat. As always one hour of wonderful entertainment in each episode. Great canadian railway journeys is a bbc travel documentary series presented by michael portillo and aired on bbc two. Guided by george bradshaws 19 handbook to continental rail travel, the program follows michael portillo to a series of fascinating locations, all accessed by railroad routes that have run since the edwardian era. Both series are fronted by expolitician michael portillo and in this european odyssey he travels around continental europe, using george bradshaws19 continental railway guide. Great continental railway journeys is a british documentary written for television and presented by michael portillo. Bbc two great continental railway journeys episode guide. Great continental railway journeys s04 ep05 the black forest to.
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Great continental railway journeys s06e01 kiev to odessa. Find out when great continental railway journeys is on tv, including series 3episode 5. With bradshaws 19 continental railway guide in hand, michael portillo ventures east through romania. Great continental railway journeys tv series 2012 imdb. Great continental railway journeys season 1 episode 4 switzerland. Great continental railway journeys s01 ep05 amsterdam to. Great continental railway journeys is a bbc travel documentary series presented by michael portillo, traveling on the great train routes of europe featured in george bradshaws 19 continental railway guide. Basel, zurich, the alps, lake lucerne, and europes highest railway station at the top of jungfraujoch.
Following the 1879 guidebook appletons general guide to the united states, he travels from new york city to historic jamestown, virginia. Great continental railroad journeys season 5 great. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show great continental railway journeys anytime, anywhere. In season 5 of great continental railway journeys, host michael portillo continues his travels through europe, following suggested itineraries from the 19 travel guide bradshaws continental. Cookies websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. Books and films great continental railway journeys. Michael portillo embarks on six memorable railway journeys across europe armed only with his 19.
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Great continental railway journeys, series 3 on itunes. Track great continental railway journeys season 5 episodes. The series consists of five episodes that follow michael portillo around continental europe, using george bradshaws 19 continental railway guide. Great continental railway journeys series 3 great continental railway journeys series 3 is a bbc travel documentary series presented by michael portillo, traveling on the great train routes of europe, as michael retraces more of the journeys featured in george bradshaws 19 continental railway guide. From the from the italian riviera to the austrian alps michael visits remote villages of the cinque terre he then heads to parma next up is the alps stopping off in rovereto he ends his trip at the brenner pass home to on of the worlds longest rail tunnels. Another great documentary series with superb airial photography of service trains in.
Steered by his 19 bradshaws continental railway guide, michael portillo travels one of the most stunning rail routes of the world, the historic transcaucasus railway, through the former russian empire from the black sea to the caspian sea, taking in presentday georgia and azerbaijan. Michael portillo travels across the european continent with his handy bradshaw guide book. Steered by his 19 bradshaws continental railway guide, michael portillo heads for the netherlands, where he roots around the worlds largest flower auction in haarlem, operates a crane in europes largest container port, rotterdam, and investigates amsterdams famous redlight district. Great continental railway journeys s02 ep04 copenhagen. Tv show guide for great continental railway journeys. Find out when great american railroad journeys is on tv, including series 4 episode 5. Kiev to odessa great continental railway journeys sbs on. Great continental railway journeys documentary sbs on. Michael takes trains trough northern italy, which was only partially integrated into the present country. Great railway journeys, originally titled great railway journeys of the world, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by bbc television. Great continental railroad journeys season 5 michaels back, and this time he and his trusty railroad guide are traveling through time to a europe just about to feel the first tremors of. The first series was originally broadcast on bbc two in 2012, and.
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