At the former Midlothian mining village of Newtongrange, Michael meets the son of a miner whose name loomed large in the disputes of the 1970s and 1980s. Michael is then transported back to the ...

Northallerton to Chester-Le-Street. Michael Portillo confronts a detachment of Gurkhas and produces a fine heritage cheese. We’re sorry, the information you’re ...

Michael Portillo continues his 1936 Bradshaw's inspired railway tour of north Wales in the coastal city of Bangor before turning south from Llandudno Junction to travel the Conwy Valley line to ...

Michael Portillo explores the post-war Britain of his youth on a railway journey from the Midlands to the West Country. Beginning in the city of Derby at its famous 19th century railway works ...