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Great Continental Railway Journeys

Show Info

  • Status: Returning Series
  • First Aired: November 8, 2012
  • Seasons: 8
  • Episodes: 57
  • Networks: BBC Two
  • Genres: Documentary
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Great Continental Railway Journeys(2012)

TMDB Rating: 8.6 (9 votes)

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 Poster

Season 1

5 episodes • 2012

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1London to Monte CarloNov 8, 20120.0
2Hungary to AustriaNov 15, 20120.0
3Berlin to the RheinNov 22, 20120.0
4SwitzerlandNov 29, 20120.0
5Amsterdam to Northern FranceDec 6, 20120.0
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Season 2

6 episodes • 2013

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1Madrid to GibraltarOct 27, 20130.0
2Turin to VeniceNov 3, 20130.0
3Dresden to KielNov 10, 20130.0
4Copenhagen to OsloNov 17, 20130.0
5Prague to MunichNov 24, 20130.0
6Bordeaux to BilbaoDec 1, 20130.0
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Season 3

6 episodes • 2014

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1Tula to St PetersburgNov 5, 20140.0
2Rome to TaorminaNov 12, 20140.0
3Warsaw to KrakowNov 19, 20140.0
4La Coruña to LisbonNov 26, 20140.0
5Haifa to the NegevDec 3, 20140.0
6Lyon to MarseilleDec 10, 20140.0
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Season 4

6 episodes • 2015

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1Sofia to IstanbulOct 16, 20150.0
2Vienna to TriesteOct 23, 20150.0
3Pisa to Lake GardaOct 30, 20150.0
4Athens to ThessalonikiNov 13, 20150.0
5The Black Forest to HannoverNov 20, 20150.0
6Barcelona to MallorcaNov 27, 20150.0
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Season 5

6 episodes • 2016

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1Transylvania to the Black SeaSep 20, 20160.0
2Zermatt to GenevaSep 27, 20160.0
3Tangier to MarrakechOct 4, 20160.0
4Genoa to the Brenner PassOct 11, 20160.0
5Riga to TampereOct 18, 20160.0
6Rotterdam to UtrechtOct 25, 20160.0
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Season 6

2 episodes • 2018

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1Kiev to OdessaMar 8, 20180.0
2Batumi to BakuMar 15, 20180.0
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Season 7

6 episodes • 2020

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1Salamanca to CanfrancJul 29, 20200.0
2Orleans to ReimsAug 5, 20200.0
3Berlin to StuttgartAug 12, 20200.0
4Palermo to Mt EtnaAug 19, 20200.0
5Linz to BratislavaSep 2, 20200.0
6Stockholm to the Arctic CircleSep 10, 20200.0
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Series 8

20 episodes • 2025

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1Pula to PazinMar 10, 20250.0
2Buzet to PagMar 11, 20250.0
3Knin to SplitMar 12, 20250.0
4SarajevoMar 13, 20250.0
5Mostar to DubrovnikMar 14, 20250.0
6Bergen to FlåmMar 17, 20250.0
7Myrdal to HeddalMar 18, 20250.0
8Larvik to HolstebroMar 19, 20250.0
9Aarhus to OdenseMar 20, 20250.0
10Roskilde to CopenhagenMar 21, 20250.0
11Maienfeld to the Rhine GorgeMar 24, 20250.0
12Sedrun to SchwyzMar 25, 20250.0
13ZurichMar 26, 20250.0
14Rotkreuz to BrienzMar 27, 20250.0
15Zweisimmen to LausanneMar 28, 20250.0
16Nantes to LorientMar 31, 20250.0
17Brest to St BrieucApr 1, 20250.0
18Rennes to Mont Saint-MichelApr 2, 20250.0
19Bayeux to ArgentanApr 3, 20250.0
20Lisieux to GivernyApr 4, 20250.0

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