"Actor: Michael Portillo"

• Great Continental Railways Journeys: Series Four | DVD | (21/11/2016) from £10.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Michael Portillo embarks on six memorable railway journeys across Europe armed only with his 1913 Bradshaw's Guide and sporting his trademark colourful jackets! On his travels, Michael visits towns and villages along the way exploring the sights and sampling local traditions while telling the story of what happened in continental Europe in 1913, when everything changed as the world went to war. SOFIA TO ISTANBUL Michael celebrates Bulgarian independence with a traditional Thracian dance, before crossing continents via the Marmaray metro line. VIENNA TO TRIESTE Navigating a patchwork of nations which once formed part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Michael witnesses the breathtaking Alpine scenery of the Semmering Pass. PISA TO LAKE GARDA This Grand Tour of Italy from Pisa's famous tower to the waters of Lake Garda sees Michael exploring the cradle of the Renaissance before embarking on a misguided search for Spaghetti Bolognese... ATHENS TO THESSALONIKI Beginning at the Acropolis and ending in Thessaloniki, the site of a royal assassination, Michael reveals the influences at play in the creation of modern Greece. THE BLACK FOREST TO HANNOVER Michael seeks the essence of Germany from the unifying tale of Hansel and Gretel to the pioneering scientists who laid the foundation for Germany's world-class transport technology. BARCELONA TO MALLORCA Returning to Spain, Michael traces the roots of the Civil War that divided his family, before sampling the perfect paella and paying homage to Barcelona's most famous architect.

• Great British Railways Journeys: The Complete Series 8 | DVD | (15/05/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Armed with his Victorian copy of Bradshaw's Railway Handbook, Michael Portillo takes to the tracks as, over a series of three journeys, he travels from coast to coast to discover what remains of Bradshaw's Britain and Ireland. This 3 DVD set features 15 episodes covering 3 different journeys: London to Edinburgh Blackpool to Harwich Goes to Ireland: Wexford to Westport Passionate about trains, Michael Portillo continues to chart the great British romance with the railways in this phenomenally successful series. Armed with his copy of George Bradshaw's famous railway handbook, he retraces three journeys that were first documented in the Victorian guide, witnessing what's changed and discovering how our love of the railways began. Throughout, he makes stops at some of Britain and Ireland's most beautiful cities and secluded villages, meeting extraordinary people and hearing how their lives have been shaped by the railways. This complete eighth series sees Michael going back to school, testing a state-of-the-art passenger train, uncovering the macabre history of body snatching, rubbing shoulders with Nobel prize-winning scientists and making a once-in-a-lifetime journey aboard the most famous train in history the Flying Scotsman!.

• Great British Railway Journeys | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £9.23   |  Saving you £25.76 (279.09%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Passionate about trains Michael Portillo charts the great British romance with the railways as he retraces four journeys that were first documented in the monthly railway guide Bradshaw's Handbook. He sees what's changed and discovers how our love of the railways all began. Portillo makes stops en route to visit some of Britain's most beautiful cities and hidden-away villages meeting extraordinary people and hearing stories of how their lives have been shaped in some way by the railways. Throughout these monumental journeys Portillo explores the secret ammunition factory at Gretna sails the last steam boat on Lake Windermere learns to talk 'scouse' in Liverpool takes a dip in Bath Spa cooks a traditional curry in Birmingham tries his hand at oyster fishing in Cornwall and meets survivors of the Coventry Blitz. This 4 disc DVD set features 20 episodes covering the 4 different journeys: Liverpool to Scarborough Preston to Kirkcaldy Swindon to Penzance Buxton to London

• Great Continental Railway Journeys: Series 5 | DVD | (13/02/2017) from £12.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Michael Portillo embarks on six memorable railway journeys across Europe armed only with his 1913 Bradshaw s Guide and sporting his trademark colourful jackets! On his travels, Michael visits towns and villages along the way exploring the sights and sampling local traditions while telling the story of what happened in continental Europe in 1913, when everything changed as the world went to war. TRANSYLVANIA TO THE BLACK SEA Michael travels to Romania, where he encounters bloodsucking vampires and wild brown bears before visiting a fairytale castle with mod cons, striking oil in the world s oldest refinery and loading cargo from a 100-foot crane. ZERMATT TO GENEVA Travelling from the Swiss Alps to the shores of Lake Geneva, Michael is caught up in a war zone with the Red Cross and rescued from an avalanche by a St Bernard puppy; having taken to the skies to celebrate the epic achievement of a Swiss aviation hero, he tries his hand at watchmaking. TANGIER TO MARRAKECH Michael leaves Europe behind to take in the sights, smells and tastes of north Africa, from the Mediterranean port of Tangier to the city of Marrakech, ending his journey with a traditional Berber breakfast in the foothills of the Atlas mountains. GENOA TO THE BRENNER PASS Back in Europe, Michael journeys from the Italian Riviera to the Austrian Alps; along the way he hears how an Edwardian Briton brought 'the beautiful game' to Genoa and learns to whip up a mean pesto Genovese before making his way to the Po Valley and on to the spectacular Brenner Pass. RIGA TO TAMPERE Michael journeys from the icy Baltic Sea to the tranquillity of a Finnish lake. Journeying from Riga to Tampere, the Manchester of Finland, he encounters medieval knights, hears stories of national struggles for independence, and enjoys a soak in a hot tub by the light of the midnight sun. ROTTERDAM TO UTRECHT Heading for the Netherlands, Michael he roots around the world's largest flower auction, operates a crane in Europe's largest container port, and investigates Europe's most famous red-light district!

• Great British Railway Journeys: Series 5 | DVD | (30/01/2017) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series of four epic journeys, Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains. This 4 DVD set features 20 episodes covering 4 different journeys: Manchester to Chesterfield London to Leeds Southampton to Wolverhampton Norwich to Chichester On his first journey of this series, Michael Portillo goes from Manchester, birthplace of George Bradshaw the publisher of this trusted guide, to Chesterfield, burial place of George Stephenson, the father of the railway. For the second journey Michael is guided by his Bradshaw's from London's Euston station to Leeds. He finds out what happened to the once proud Euston Arch and then alights at Cheddington, scene of the Great Train Robbery. On the third journey of the series, Michael begins at Southampton where he learns to set tables aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth before she sets sail. He finishes in Wolverhampton where he hears Queen Victoria made an emotional visit which signalled the end of her exile from public life after mourning her husband, Prince Albert. The final journey takes Michael from one cathedral city, Norwich and a painful encounter with a polecat, through to another cathedral city, Chichester, from where he heads for a taste of life in the fast lane at Goodwood.

• Great British Railways Journeys: The Complete Series 7 | DVD | (22/08/2016) from £17.93   |  Saving you £18.06 (100.73%)   |  RRP £35.99

  Armed with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook, Michael Portillo takes to the tracks and over a series of four journeys, he travels from coast to coast to see what of Bradshaw's Britain remains. This 4 DVD set features 20 episodes covering 4 different journeys: Carlisle to Alton Dover to Porthcurno Birmingham to Dartmoor Ashford to Henley-on-Thames Passionate about trains, Michael Portillo continues to chart the great British romance with the railways in this phenomenally successful series. Armed with his copy of George Bradshaw's famous railway handbook, he retraces four journeys that were first documented in the Victorian guide, witnessing what's changed and discovering how our love of the railways began. Throughout, he makes stops at some of Britain's most beautiful cities and secluded villages, meeting extraordinary people and hearing how their lives have been shaped by the railways. This complete seventh series sees Michael visiting the home of Beatrix Potter, enjoying a Brief Encounter with British film history, navigating a precipitous tightrope walk and taking a ride on the very first passenger heritage line in Britain. He also hears tales from a Victorian tannery, discovers a very early white-knuckle ride, takes in an opera at Glyndebourne, and learns of the tragic events that would ultimately bring about the Victorian age.

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  A companion to the phenomenally successful Great British Railway Journeys, this series sees Michael Portillo swapping his treasured copy of Bradshaw's handbook for its Stateside counterpart an 1879 edition of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of America and Canada. This three DVD set features fifteen episodes covering two different journeys: New York City to Niagra Falls Phildaelphia to Jamestown Michael takes two journeys traversing the north-east of the United States: the first takes him across New York State, from New York City to a birds-eye view of Niagara Falls via the state capital, Albany; on his second journey he crosses the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, travelling from Philadelphia to Jamestown via Washington, D.C. Along the way he takes in Broadway, Ellis Island the gateway to America for millions of immigrants during the late 19th century the future World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the Military Academy at West Point, and Sleepy Hollow; he crosses the world's longest footbridge and visits the birthplace of the Mormon Church, hears the stories of African Slaves and visits the sites of battles that shaped the nation during the American Civil War before reaching the lands colonised by the earliest British settlers.

• Great British Railway Journeys: Series 4 | DVD | (27/02/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Great Continental Railway Journeys: Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (28/04/2014) from £12.95   |  Saving you £17.04 (131.58%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo journeys through a prosperous pre-war Europe of emperors and kings, pomp and elegance. A continent whose industrialists, factories and mines had created wealth, whose scientists and engineers were discovering and constructing the marvellous and whose artists were challenging old ways, whilst intellectuals plotted revolution. This early 20th century handbook opened up an exotic world to the Edwardian tourist; fr.

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  In Great Continental Railway Journeys, Michael Portillo embarks on a brand new railway adventure, which takes him across the heart of Europe. In a series of 5 hour long episodes, steered by his 1913 'Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide', Michael journeys through a prosperous pre-war Europe of emperors and kings, pomp and elegance and a continent whose industrialists, factories and mines had created wealth, whose scientists and engineers were discovering and constructing the marvelous and whose artists were challenging old ways, whilst intellectuals plotted revolution. This 2 disc set features 5 hour long episodes covering 5 different journeys: London to Monte Carlo Hungary to Austria Berlin to The Rhien Switzerland Amsterdam to Northern France ''Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide' opened up an exotic world to the Edwardian tourist; from glittering cosmopolitan cities, dramatic Alpine landscapes, to warm sparkling seas and picturesque villages. Following in their footsteps, Michael visits the towns, cities and villages listed by his Bradshaw's guide. Travelling from station to station he stays in the recommended hotels, explores the magnificent sights, samples local traditions, takes in many of the continent's most spectacular rail routes and visits some of the central locations in the unfolding Great War story. This series creates a stunning vision of Europe as it was in 1913, and discovers how a way of life and a landscape were changed forever when Europe went to war.

• Great British Railway Journeys 6 | DVD | (11/04/2016) from £13.92   |  Saving you £22.07 (158.55%)   |  RRP £35.99

  Passionate about trains, Michael Portillo continues to chart the great British romance with the railways in this phenomenally successful series. Armed with his copy of George Bradshaw's famous railway handbook, he retraces four journeys that were first documented in the Victorian monthly guide, witnessing what's changed and discovering how our love of the railways began. Throughout, he makes stops at some of Britain's most beautiful cities and secluded villages, meeting extraordinary people and hearing how their lives have been shaped by the railways.Portillo takes to the tracks again for this complete sixth series, with four new journeys in which he tries his hand at curling, visits the birthplace of golf, gives an old engine a fresh start in Derby, explores London's Highgate Cemetery, takes a trip to Lindisfarne, learns of the miners who fuelled the Industrial Revolution, explores the treasures of the Bodleian Library... and much more!Journey One: Ayr to EdinburghJourney Two: Amersham to London BridgeJourney Three: Derby to LindisfarneJourney Four: Pembroke to Cambridge

• Great British Railway Journeys: Series 11 to 13 | DVD | (07/02/2022) from £60.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Great American Railroad Journeys: The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (22/05/2017) from £30.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A companion to the phenomenally successful Great British Railway Journeys, this series sees Michael Portillo swapping his treasured copy of Bradshaw's handbook for its stateside counterpart an 1879 edition of Appleton's guidebook to the railroads of America and Canada. This four-DVD set features twenty episodes covering two different journeys: St. Louis, Missouri, to the Grand Canyon The Twin Cities to Memphis Michael makes two epic journeys through the United States: his first follows the trail of 19th-century European pioneers, beginning in St Louis, Missouri, and ending with an awe-inspiring bird's-eye view of the Grand Canyon; the second journey begins with Minnesota's Twin Cities, takes in the modern metropolis of Chicago and and ends in Memphis, Tennessee. Along the way Michael gets a taste of the Old West in Dodge City, conducts a cattle auction in Kansas, visits the birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald in St Paul, Minnesota, and learns of a musical dream made reality in Santa Fe; he also finds time to savour New Mexico's delectably fiery cuisine and immerses himself in the culture and history of the continent's first inhabitants: the Native Americans.

• Great Continental Railways Journeys: Series 1 to 4 | DVD | (21/11/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Clad in his trademark colourful jackets, Michael Portillo embarks on a series of railway adventures which take him through the European continent and beyond! Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, Michael journeys through a pre-war age of emperors, kings, pomp and elegance across a continent whose industrialists had created wealth, whose scientists were discovering the marvellous and whose artists were challenging old ways... whilst intellectuals plotted revolution. This eight-disc set features 23 different journeys: Series 1: London to Monte Carlo Hungary to Austria Berlin to The Rhein Switzerland Amsterdam to Northern France Series 2: Madrid to Gibraltar Turin to Venice Dresden to Kiel Copenhagen to Oslo Prague to Munich Bordeaux to Bilbao Series 3: Tula to St Petersburg Rome to Taormina Warsaw to Krakow La Coruna to Lisbon Haifa to the Negev Desert Lyon to Marseille Series 4: Sofia to Istanbul Vienna to Trieste Pisa to Lake Garda Athens to Thessaloniki The Black Forest to Hannover Barcelona to Mallorca

• Great Continental Railway Journeys Series 3 | DVD | (23/03/2015) from £12.49   |  Saving you £12.50 (100.08%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Great British Railway Journeys Series 5 | DVD | (19/01/2015) from £5.98   |  Saving you £31.00 (776.94%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Armed with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook, Michael Portillo takes to the tracks and over a series of four journeys, he travels from coast to coast to see what of Bradshaw's Britain remains. This 4 DVD set features 20 episodes covering 4 different journeys: Manchester to Chesterfield London to Leeds Southampton to Wolverhampton Cheltenham to Wolverhampton On his first journey of this series, Michael Portillo goes from Manchester, birthplace of George Bradshaw, the publisher of his trusted guide, to Chesterfield, burial place of George Stephenson, the father of the railway. For the second journey Michael is guided by his Bradshaw's Handbook from London's Euston station to Leeds. He finds out what happened to the once proud Euston Arch and then alights at Cheddington, scene of the Great Train Robbery. On the third journey of the series, Michael begins at Southampton where he learns to set table aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth before she sets sail. He finishes in Wolverhampton where he hears Queen Victoria made an emotional visit, which signalled the end of her exile from public life after mourning her husband, Prince Albert. The final journey takes Michael from one cathedral city, Norwich and a painful encounter with a polecat, through to another cathedral city, Chichester, from where he heads for a taste of life in the fast lane at Goodwood.

• Railways of The Great War with Michael Portillo | DVD | (11/08/2014) from £21.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In this five part series for BBC2, Michael Portillo marks the centenary of the First World War by discovering the central role the railways played in securing victory, repatriating the dead and wounded, and feeding the insatiable appetite for weaponry and supplies that the theatre of war demanded. This is a story of how a British invention that brought trade, travel and prosperity in peacetime became an engine of war. Michael will track down the fascinating, emotional and sometimes tragic s.

• Great British Railway Journeys: Series 4 | DVD | (27/01/2014) from £15.90   |  Saving you £24.09 (151.51%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Armed with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook Michael Portillo takes to the tracks and over a series of five journeys he travels from coast to coast to see what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.;This 5 DVD set features 25 episodes covering 5 different journeys;High Wycombe to Aberystwyth;Portsmouth to Grimsby;Stirling to John O'Groats;Paddington to New Abbott;Killarney to Galway;Michael's first journey follows the track that help fuel the Industrial Revolution. Beginning in the rolling Chiltern Hills he makes his way through to the stunning Severn Valley and finishes at the Victorian sea-side resort of Aberystwyth. He then travels from port to port from the centuries old naval hub of Portsmouth to the historic Grimsby docks. On Michael's third journey he explores the awe inspiring scenery of rural and coastal Scotland from Stirling in the east and ending at 'the start of Great Britain' John O' Groats. The fourth journey of the series he retraces the footsteps of the master engineer of the Great Western Railway Isambard Kingdom Brunel beginning at London Paddington Station through to Newton Abbott in Devon the scene of one of Brunel's heroic failures. In Michael's final journey he uses 'Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland' as he journeys through the Republic of Ireland from Killarney to Galway on the Atlantic Coast.

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  A companion to the phenomenally successful Great British Railway Journeys, this series sees Michael Portillo swapping his treasured copy of Bradshaw's handbook for its Stateside counterpart an 1879 edition of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of America and Canada. This seven DVD set features 35 episodes covering four different journeys: New York City to Niagara Falls Philadelphia to Jamestown St. Louis, Missouri to the Grand Canyon The Twin Cities to Memphis, Tennessee Michael's first journey takes him from New York City to Niagara Falls; the second traverses the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia; the third follows the trail of 19th-century pioneers, from St Louis to the Grand Canyon; Michael's fourth journey begins in Minnesota s Twin Cities, then follows the course of the Mississippi towards Memphis, Tennessee. Along the way Michael takes in Broadway and the great immigration hub of Ellis Island; he visits the Military Academy at West Point, discovers the stories of African slaves; he attempts to conduct a cattle auction and has a taste of the Old West in Kansas, before savouring the fiery flavours of New Mexico! Michael then explores Chicago s vast rail hub, discovers the home of the Blues in Memphis and immerses himself in the culture and history of the continent s first settlers: the Native Americans.

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  In 1913 Europe was criss-crossed by a network of railways stretching from Finland in the North to Constantinople in the East and Cadiz in the West all of them described in 'Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide and General Handbook'. Steered by his copy of this guide Michael Portillo embarks on a series of six new railway adventures travelling from station to station visiting the towns and villages described by the Guide whilst telling the story of Europe in 1913. Episodes Comprise: Madrid to Gibraltar Turin to Venice Dresden to Kiel Copenhagen to Oslo Prague to Munich Bordeaux to Bilbao In this series Michael returns to his native Spain to discover what the intrepid tourists of the Belle Epoque experienced on their travels through the fading Spanish empire. He travels South from Madrid and finishes with tales of British espionage on the Rock of Gibraltar. The second journey takes Michael from the former political capital of Italy Turin to Casanova's capital of romance Venice. Continuing to follow his Bradshaw's in the third journey Michael explores Germany and learns how tourists in the early 20th century would have been visiting quite a new country which they admired and envied but also feared. Michael then travels north into Scandinavia and discovers the royal roots of those Edwardian travellers' close dynastic ties with the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway. He also visits the final resting place of George Bradshaw in Oslo. For his fourth journey Michael explores the stunning art nouveau architecture of Prague then travels through the Czech Republic crossing into Bavaria arriving in Munich and discovers an early 20th century pioneer who laid the foundations for the city's pre-eminence in science and technology today. In his final journey Michael sets off to sample the delights of the French and Spanish Atlantic coast heading first to Bordeaux and finishing in Bilbao in the Spanish Basque country.