Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
Miniseries
2025 · 2 episodes
Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday.
1. The Day That Changed the World
2025-09-16 · 59m
Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail, marking the moment Britain’s modern railway was born.
2. How the Railways Changed Britain
2025-09-23 · 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.
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