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Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

  • 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~59m / ep
  • 1 season

Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday, revealing the journey that changed the world.

Latest: Miniseries · 2025

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Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday.

  1. E1. The Day That Changed the World

    Sep 16, 2025 · 59m

    Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail, marking the moment Britain’s modern railway was born.

  2. E2. How the Railways Changed Britain

    Sep 23, 2025 · 59m

    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.