Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo explores Scandinavia and discovers the royal roots of early 20th century British travellers' close dynastic ties with the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway. Forsaking the saddle, Michael takes to the skies and pilots a light aircraft as he learns of one of France's pioneering aviators. Beginning in Warsaw, Michael is puzzled by how a city famously razed to the ground after the Second World War can appear so beautifully preserved. Steered by his Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo continues his journey through Romania, tapping into the nation's musical soul in Bucharest and loading cargo from a 100-foot crane in Constanta. He encounters a bloodsucking vampire in Transylvania and brown bears in the Carpathian forest before visiting a fairy tale castle with modern conveniences in Sinaia, striking oil in Ploesti. At Prague Central Station, Michael meets a woman who, as a young girl, travelled by train to safety in London. Datum der letzten bertragung: 2020-09-10; Anzahl der Jahreszeiten: 7; A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. After sipping sherry in Jerez, he traces Winston Churchill's tense diplomatic mission to Algeciras on Spain's Costa del Sol and finishes with tales of British espionage on the Rock of Gibraltar. Among the spectacular Renaissance palaces and fortresses of the River Loire, Michael is intrigued to discover a castle much modernized during the 1930s, which became a refuge for a British royal couple embroiled in scandal. A fourth series aired in January 2013, also with 25 episodes, with the last five episodes focused again on railways in Ireland. In the spa of kings, Marienbad, now known as Marianske Lazne, Michael samples the sulphurous waters and wallows in peat and mud. Michael Portillo travels from the chateaux of the Loire Valley to the heart of the Champagne region at Reims. With Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide in hand, Michael Portillo ventures east through Romania. Was that a compliment, I wonder. Home. His journey begins in the capital of cuisine, Lyon, where he finds out about the early 20th-century Meres Lyonnaises, to whom the city owes its gastronomic reputation. Michael is ambushed by singers of the city's legendary trallalero and learns to whip up a mean pesto Genovese. [6] This series relied on narrators rather than presenters who appeared on camera. Both series are fronted by ex-politician Michael Portillo and in this European odyssey he travels around continental Europe, using George Bradshaw's1913 . The first series was originally broadcast on BBC Two in 2012.
Great Continental Railway Journeys - Season 2 - IMDb But 1936 was a turbulent time in Spain, with political upheaval descending into a brutal civil war. Great Asian Railway Journeys. A hundred years ago, Latvia, Estonia and Finland were part of the Russian Tsar's vast empire but, as Michael discovers, each country had a vibrant identity and culture of its own. A fifth series following in January 2014 with 20 episodes, making a total airing of 115 episodes across the five series. Presenter: Michael Portillo, Executive Producer: John Comerford, Series Producer: Alison Kreps, Production Company: Boundless Productions. Arriving in Naples, Michael savours spectacular views across the bay. He begins by weaving among the capital city's landmarks on the back of a 1950s Vespa, before boarding the train south to Naples, where he finds out about the first railway to be built in the country, and ventures into the crater of Mount Vesuvius. English musician and sound artist Chris Watson worked as an audio recorder for the fourth episode "Los Mochis to Veracruz" of the fourth season. Michael Portillo ventures once more on to the European rail network to retrace journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 publication Continental Guide, beginning by travelling through Russia. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. In Carrara, he finds out how the marble used by Michelangelo is still quarried today and is invited to chip away at a contemporary sculpture. Aboard the West Galician Railway, Michael hears how a 19th-century British railwayman sought his fortune in Galicia and ended up running the company. They are now long out-of-print, but occasionally are offered from online sellers. In Haarlem, Michael goes behind the scenes to see how 21 million stems and 2 million potted plants are auctioned every day from a vast complex roughly the size of Monaco. Armed with his trusty copy of Bradshaw's 1913 edition of the Continental Railway Guide, the elegantly attired MICHAEL PORTILLO continues to criss-cross the Continent leaving, it seems, no fascinating city unvisited. He finishes in Stuttgart, where an ambitious engineering project is underway that will integrate the city into a high-speed train route connecting Paris with Bratislava. He begins in the truly international city of Basel and travels east to visit industrial Zurich. After braving one of the world's oldest rollercoasters in Copenhagen's famous Tivoli Gardens, Michael takes the train across the Oresund Bridge linking Denmark to Sweden, where he retraces the tracks of a train which carried a revolutionary Russian passenger on an epic voyage. He visits the Reichstag and the city's Olympic stadium, site of the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 2020, the BBC made series 2 available on the BBC iPlayer. Beginning in Galicia, Michael discovers the elegant city of La Coruna, a fashionable destination for Edwardian Britons, for whom the principal attraction was the tomb of a British military hero. The first series, which used the longer title, was broadcast on BBC2 in 1980.
Stream Jon Wygens Film and Television Composer music - SoundCloud His first stop is Paris where he absorbs the atmosphere of La Belle poque, before travelling south to the Cote d'Azur. For the younglings among you, this was the question that burst exuberantly from leftist lips in the days and weeks after Labours landslide electoral victory. Arriving in Wroclaw, Michael heads for a giant train factory, where they continue to manufacture car bodies for locomotives today. Michael makes his movie debut. Michael Portillo embarks on a rail journey through Germany. He then travels south along the tourist trail of the castle-studded Rhein river and ends his journey in the Rheingau to taste the wines of its age old vineyards. . Radio Times Travel offers.
Great Continental Railway Journeys: Dresden to Kiel: Part Two Relax. His destination is the Adriatic port of Trieste. Crossing the border again into Norway, Michael discovers how in 1913 this young nation expressed its own distinctively modern identity in plays, paintings and polar exploration. Jon studied at the National Film & Television School graduating with a Masters degree in composing for Film and Television and lives between London and Madrid. Armed with his trusty 1913 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo travels east through the Balkans along the most exotic section of the route taken by the Orient Express. Michael begins this journey in Berlin, the capital of Germany, which at the beginning of the 20th century was a powerhouse of science and technology. Now he embarks on the sixth series of Great Continental Railway Journeys (BBC Two), beginning in Spain and this time guided by the 1936 edition of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, which was . PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MOTIVATE :)Support me here : https://www.paypal.me/CSinha7This Will Enable me to Optimize My Creative Production to Showcase Journeys of. Great Continental Railway Journeys (2016) Episodes: - Zermatt to Geneva - Transylvania to the Black Sea - The Flying Scotsman - Rotterdam to Utrecht - Riga to Tampere - Sofia to Istanbul - Athens to Thessaloniki tracks: - Vrai, More Hope, Efficient, Having Doubts (Album Modern string ensemble) - Neutrality (Album Cycle of Life) In high spirits, with the help of the local liquor, Michael says 'Nosdraviya' to Slovenia and heads south. On this leg, he finds peace paddling a canoe on the lakes of Finland, grills sausages in Helsinki, and samples cloudberry liqueur in a hot tub by the light of Finland's midnight sun. Michael then crosses the separation barrier between Jerusalem and the West Bank in the company of his Palestinian guide and meets the embroiderers of the Arab Women's Union in Bethlehem, before finishing his journey in the Negev desert. Forsaking the saddle, Michael takes to the skies and pilots a light aircraft as he learns of one of France's pioneering aviators. The first series proved a success and a second series followed a year later in January 2011. His journey begins in Lyon, where he learns how the city got its gastronomic reputation, and takes instruction from a leading chef on making an omelette. After a 14-year hiatus, a further three series were broadcast between 1994 and 1999, using the shorter series title. [8] A third series followed in January 2012, including five episodes on railways in Ireland. Bram Stoker had never visited Bran Castle, home of the fearsome Vlad the Impaler when he wrote Dracula, but he studied images in the British Library carefully enough to describe it well.
-Great Continental Railway Journeys - His idiosyncratic style strikes us as boldly modern a century later, but his building is in essence a gothic cathedral stripped of the buttresses. Heading north to Gargnano, Michael discovers the romantic hideaway of one of Britain's most famous writers, DH Lawrence, whose affair with his professor's wife scandalised his home country. With Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide in hand, Michael Portillo penetrates the eastern extreme of Europe to journey through the vast country of Russia. Sometimes the programmes take a more frivolous look at continental culture. Rotterdam to Utrecht Without access to a smartphone, though, I had to wait until the morning to find out precisely why. Prague to Munich. Beginning in the capital, Kiev, Michael explores the city described in his century-old Bradshaw as the 'Jerusalem of Russia'. In January 2010 BBC Two broadcast Great British Railway Journeys, a documentary with similar basic idea to Great Railway Journeys but with a different format. Michael discovers from a British engineer how the leaning tower of Pisa was rescued from near collapse. At the medieval convent of Gelati Michael sees how magnificent frescoes are being painstakingly restored and finds out about the most powerful king in Georgian history. Striking south to historic Cordoba, Michael dances with an unusual partner and enjoys all the fun of the feria. His destination is Istanbul, a multi-ethnic city where Europe and Asia meet via an underground railway. Michael ends his journey in Thessaloniki where, in 1913, Greece's King George I was assassinated. In Tallinn, seasoned members of the Tallinn Ice Swimming Club introduce Michael to their sport. Cycling in tandem with his guide, Michael discovers Lyon's role in the country's most famous sporting event, the Tour de France.