Great Continental Railway Journeys(2012)
Overview
Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.
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Season 1
5 episodes • 2012
Season 1
5 episodes • 2012
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London to Monte Carlo | Nov 8, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Hungary to Austria | Nov 15, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Berlin to the Rhein | Nov 22, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Switzerland | Nov 29, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Amsterdam to Northern France | Dec 6, 2012 | 0.0 |
Season 2
6 episodes • 2013
Season 2
6 episodes • 2013
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madrid to Gibraltar | Oct 27, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Turin to Venice | Nov 3, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Dresden to Kiel | Nov 10, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Copenhagen to Oslo | Nov 17, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Prague to Munich | Nov 24, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Bordeaux to Bilbao | Dec 1, 2013 | 0.0 |
Season 3
6 episodes • 2014
Season 3
6 episodes • 2014
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tula to St Petersburg | Nov 5, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Rome to Taormina | Nov 12, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Warsaw to Krakow | Nov 19, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 4 | La Coruña to Lisbon | Nov 26, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Haifa to the Negev | Dec 3, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Lyon to Marseille | Dec 10, 2014 | 0.0 |
Season 4
6 episodes • 2015
Season 4
6 episodes • 2015
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sofia to Istanbul | Oct 16, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Vienna to Trieste | Oct 23, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Pisa to Lake Garda | Oct 30, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Athens to Thessaloniki | Nov 13, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Black Forest to Hannover | Nov 20, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Barcelona to Mallorca | Nov 27, 2015 | 0.0 |
Season 5
6 episodes • 2016
Season 5
6 episodes • 2016
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transylvania to the Black Sea | Sep 20, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Zermatt to Geneva | Sep 27, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Tangier to Marrakech | Oct 4, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Genoa to the Brenner Pass | Oct 11, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Riga to Tampere | Oct 18, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Rotterdam to Utrecht | Oct 25, 2016 | 0.0 |
Season 6
2 episodes • 2018
Season 6
2 episodes • 2018
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiev to Odessa | Mar 8, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Batumi to Baku | Mar 15, 2018 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 7
6 episodes • 2020
Season 7
6 episodes • 2020
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salamanca to Canfranc | Jul 29, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Orleans to Reims | Aug 5, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Berlin to Stuttgart | Aug 12, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Palermo to Mt Etna | Aug 19, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Linz to Bratislava | Sep 2, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Stockholm to the Arctic Circle | Sep 10, 2020 | 0.0 |
No imageSeries 8
20 episodes • 2025
Series 8
20 episodes • 2025
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pula to Pazin | Mar 10, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Buzet to Pag | Mar 11, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Knin to Split | Mar 12, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Sarajevo | Mar 13, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mostar to Dubrovnik | Mar 14, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Bergen to Flåm | Mar 17, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Myrdal to Heddal | Mar 18, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Larvik to Holstebro | Mar 19, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Aarhus to Odense | Mar 20, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Roskilde to Copenhagen | Mar 21, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Maienfeld to the Rhine Gorge | Mar 24, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sedrun to Schwyz | Mar 25, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Zurich | Mar 26, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Rotkreuz to Brienz | Mar 27, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Zweisimmen to Lausanne | Mar 28, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Nantes to Lorient | Mar 31, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Brest to St Brieuc | Apr 1, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Rennes to Mont Saint-Michel | Apr 2, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Bayeux to Argentan | Apr 3, 2025 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Lisieux to Giverny | Apr 4, 2025 | 0.0 |
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