Travel
Station:
BBC Two (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2012-11-08
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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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S8E18 - Rennes to Mont Saint-Michel
Michael Portillo's railway adventure reaches Rennes, capital of Brittany. At the Lycee Emile Zola, he hears how the school was used as a military court for the second trial of Alfred Dreyfus.
Air Date: 02 Apr 2025 12:30 (CDT)
S8E19 - Bayeux to Argentan
In Bayeux, Michael Portillo admires the Bayeux Tapestry, the 70-metre-long work of art commissioned to record William the Conqueror's conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Air Date: 03 Apr 2025 12:30 (CDT)
S8E20 - Lisieux to Giverny
In the apple orchards of the Calvados region, Michael Portillo discovers how the classic digestif has been distilled since 1865 at the Pierre Huet estate.
Air Date: 04 Apr 2025 12:30 (CDT)