Michael Portillo begins a series of coastal railway journeys around the British Isles, starting in S...

Michael Portillo continues his journey at the iconic Forth Bridge, before heading to tour the Royal...

Michael Portillo travels from the medieval city of Stirling through Perth, the historic crowning pla...

Michael Portillo visits St Andrews, home to Scotland’s oldest university, in eastern Fife, before he...

Michael Portillo’s Scottish railway journey reaches Aberdeen, from which he heads to the wild and be...

Michael arrives bright and early in Inverness, from which he heads out on a scenic adventure to the...

The stunning scenery of Scotland’s east coast continues to delight Michael Portillo as he travels by...

Michael Portillo’s Scottish coastal railway journey reaches Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth, the t...

Michael Portillo's coastal railway journey takes him past lochs and castles on the Far North Line to...

Michael crosses over to the Orkney Islands, visiting the former naval base at Scapa Flow and learnin...

Michael starts a new railway journey in Newcastle, heading north to Berwick-upon-Tweed. His route ta...

Michael heads north from Newcastle to the former mining town of Lynemouth. Along the way, he visits...

Michael finds a historic collection of Northumbrian bagpipes in Morpeth, before heading up the East...

Michael travels from Alnmouth to Bamburgh Castle, an icon of Northumberland. Along the way, he takes...

Michael’s journey along the coast of Northumberland continues towards the Farne Islands, takes in th...

Michael Portillo explores the magnificent western coast of Scotland by rail and ferry, starting at t...

From the 250-year-old 'new town' of Helensburgh on the north bank of the Clyde, Michael Portillo tak...

From the fishing port of Oban, Michael heads out to the Hebrides. He helps to harvest seaweed, visit...

Michael heads aboard the Jacobite Express to cross the awe-inspiring Glenfinnan Viaduct, before visi...

Michael follows in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie as he travels over the sea to Skye, an isl...

Michael Portillo begins a new railway journey along the south coast of Wales. He visits a largely in...

Michael Portillo continues his south Wales coastal railway journey in Barry Island, where he investi...

Michael Portillo’s rail adventure along the south coast of Wales reaches the town of Port Talbot, kn...

Michael Portillo travels the breathtaking rural coastline of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, visi...

Michael Portillo reaches the most westerly station in Wales, Milford Haven, the biggest energy port...

Michael Portillo begins another railway adventure across and beyond the United Kingdom.

From the Isle of Man, Michael Portillo crosses the Irish Sea, bound for the mighty port of Liverpool...

Michael Portillo continues his rail journey, learning to make potted shrimp at Morecambe Bay, helpin...

Michael Portillo is in Cumbria, enjoying one of the most spectacular coastal railway journeys in Bri...

On the last leg of his railway journey around the north west coast of England, Michael meets a lifel...

Michael's journey propels him in search of the unknown universe in Boulby, North Yorkshire, as he jo...

Michael Portillo travels from Whitby, where he explores the port’s shipbuilding and seafaring herita...

Michael Portillo is in the seaside resort of Scarborough to explore one of the greatest royal fortre...

Michael Portillo travels from the pretty seaside resort of Hornsea, famous for its distinctive potte...

Michael Portillo has reached Lincolnshire, where his coastal railway journey from Middlesbrough ends...

Michael Portillo is on Northern Ireland’s spectacular Causeway Coast to begin a railway journey that...

Michael Portillo is in the glens of Antrim, where Ireland’s folklore and magical myths flourish and...

Michael Portillo is in Bangor, County Down, en route to the Northern Irish capital, Belfast.

Michael Portillo continues his railway journey along the Atlantic and Irish Sea coasts of Ireland, t...

Michael Portillo begins the final leg of his railway journey, beginning in the harbour town of Dun L...

Michael is on a rail journey across the southern coast of England, beginning in Dorset. He takes to...

Michael alights at Wareham to visit Dorset’s internationally renowned Jurassic Coast. He heads throu...

Michael heads from a bustling Southampton to the Isle of Wight, where he rides the island’s railway,...

Michael helps out at a coastguard training centre, visits the harbour master at the great maritime c...

The final leg of Michael's journey begins in Fishbourne, the location of one of the most significant...

Michael Portillo embarks on another journey exploring the shores of Britain, travelling from the Jur...

Michael Portillo reaches Devon’s county town, Exeter, dominated since the Middle Ages by its magnifi...

Michael leaves Devon for Cornwall and the rugged Atlantic coast of its northern shore, where the rui...

Michael reaches the pretty Cornish fishing village of St Mawes, today an exclusive holiday destinati...

Michael Portillo nears the end of his railway adventure tracking the rugged coast of south west Engl...

Michael Portillo embarks on a railway journey around the western coast of Wales. He begins on the Vi...

Michael Portillo continues his railway journey in north Wales, tracking the coastline north from Har...

Michael Portillo steams through the glorious scenery of the Snowdonia National Park on one of Britai...

Michael is on the Isle of Anglesey, where the briny waters of the Menai Strait are being used to cre...

Michael Portillo takes the train to the medieval walled town of Conwy on the last leg of his explora...

Michael Portillo sets off on a new railway adventure to explore the twin shores of the English Chann...

Michael Portillo travels through the longest undersea tunnel in the world on the Eurotunnel shuttle...

Michael Portillo’s railway adventure along the north and south coasts of the English Channel resumes...

Michael Portillo’s railway exploration of the Channel coastline and Thames estuary via Calais has re...

Michael's adventure nears its end on the north Kent coast. In Faversham, he gets out onto the water...

Michael Portillo embarks on a new railway journey around the coast of the east of England. He begins...

Michael Portillo reaches the Deben estuary on his coastal railway journey around eastern England. At...

Michael Portillo’s East Anglian coastal railway journey takes him to the treacherous waters off the...

Michael examines a replica of the smallest bone in the oldest and largest mammoth ever found in Brit...

Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of the eastern reaches of England is drawing to a close at the W...