Great Continental Railway Journeys

Great Continental Railway Journeys
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GenreTravel documentary
Presented byMichael Portillo
ComposerJon Wygens
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes37 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerJohn Comerford
Producers
  • Michelle Heeley (series 1)
  • Alison Kreps
Running time60 minutes
Production companyBoundless
Original release
Network
Release8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) –
10 September 2020 (2020-09-10)
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Great Continental Railway Journeys is a British television documentary series presented by Michael Portillo.[1] In the early series, Portillo explores the railway networks of continental Europe, but in later series he also ventured further afield. He refers to a 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, as he describes how the places he visits have changed since Edwardian times. The first series was originally broadcast on BBC Two in 2012, and the seventh and final series was first aired in 2020.

  1. ^ "Television review (series one)". The Telegraph. 9 November 2012.