Michael Portillo
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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2025
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
Miniseries
Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday.
Episodes
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Episode 159 min2025-09-16
The Day That Changed the World
Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail, marking the moment Britain’s modern railway was born.
Episode 259 min2025-09-23
How the Railways Changed Britain
In this 200th year since the birth of the modern railway, train enthusiast and former politician Michael Portillo reveals how the first railways in Britain transformed the country.