Great Continental Railway Journeys

(11/08/2012–04/04/2025)

Travel

BBC Two (GB)30 min

Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

Source: unknown Great Continental Railway Journeys

Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

London to Monte Carlo

November 08, 2012 at 09:00 PM

S01E02

Hungary to Austria

November 15, 2012 at 09:00 PM

S01E03

Berlin to the Rhein

November 22, 2012 at 09:00 PM

S01E04

Switzerland

November 29, 2012 at 09:00 PM

S01E05

Amsterdam to Northern France

December 06, 2012 at 09:00 PM

Season 2

S02E01

Madrid to Gibraltar

October 27, 2013 at 09:00 PM

S02E02

Turin to Venice

November 03, 2013 at 09:00 PM

S02E03

Dresden to Kiel

November 10, 2013 at 09:00 PM

S02E04

Copenhagen to Oslo

November 17, 2013 at 09:00 PM

S02E05

Prague to Munich

November 24, 2013 at 09:00 PM

S02E06

Bordeaux to Bilbao

December 01, 2013 at 09:00 PM

Season 3

S03E01

Tula to St Petersburg

November 05, 2014 at 09:00 PM

S03E02

Rome to Taormina

November 12, 2014 at 09:00 PM

S03E03

Warsaw to Krakow

November 19, 2014 at 09:00 PM

S03E04

La Coruna to Lisbon

November 26, 2014 at 09:00 PM

S03E05

Haifa to the Negev

December 03, 2014 at 09:00 PM

S03E06

Lyon to Marseille

December 10, 2014 at 09:00 PM

Season 4

S04E01

Sofia to Istanbul

October 16, 2015 at 08:00 PM

S04E02

Vienna to Trieste

October 23, 2015 at 08:00 PM

S04E03

Pisa to Lake Garda

October 30, 2015 at 09:00 PM

S04E04

Athens to Thessaloniki

November 13, 2015 at 09:00 PM

S04E05

The Black Forest to Hannover

November 20, 2015 at 09:00 PM

S04E06

Barcelona to Mallorca

November 27, 2015 at 09:00 PM

Season 5

S05E01

Transylvania to the Black Sea

September 20, 2016 at 08:00 PM

S05E02

Zermatt to Geneva

September 27, 2016 at 08:00 PM

S05E03

Tangier to Marrakech

October 04, 2016 at 08:00 PM

S05E04

Genoa to the Brenner Pass

October 11, 2016 at 08:00 PM

S05E05

Riga to Tampere

October 18, 2016 at 08:00 PM

S05E06

Rotterdam to Utrecht

October 25, 2016 at 08:00 PM

Season 6

S06E01

Kiev to Odessa

March 08, 2018 at 08:00 PM

S06E02

Batumi to Baku

March 15, 2018 at 08:00 PM

Season 7

S07E01

Salamanca to Canfranc

July 29, 2020 at 07:00 PM

S07E02

Orleans to Reims

August 05, 2020 at 07:00 PM

S07E03

Berlin to Stuttgart

August 19, 2020 at 07:00 PM

S07E04

Palermo to Mt Etna

August 26, 2020 at 07:00 PM

S07E05

Linz to Bratislava

September 02, 2020 at 07:00 PM

S07E06

Stockholm to the Arctic Circle

September 10, 2020 at 07:00 PM

Season 8

S08E01

Pula to Pazin

March 10, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E02

Buzet to Pag

March 11, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E03

Knin to Split

March 12, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E04

Sarajevo

March 13, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E05

Mostar to Dubrovnik

March 14, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E06

Bergen to Flåm

March 17, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E07

Myrdal to Heddal

March 18, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E08

Larvik to Holstebro

March 19, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E09

Aarhus to Odense

March 20, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E10

Roskilde to Copenhagen

March 21, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E11

Maienfeld to the Rhine Gorge

March 24, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E12

Sedrun to Schwyz

March 25, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E13

Zurich

March 26, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E14

Rotkreuz to Brienz

March 27, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E15

Zweisimmen to Lausanne

March 28, 2025 at 06:30 PM

S08E16

Nantes to Lorient

March 31, 2025 at 05:30 PM

S08E17

Brest to St Brieuc

April 01, 2025 at 05:30 PM

S08E18

Rennes to Mont Saint-Michel

April 02, 2025 at 05:30 PM

S08E19

Bayeux to Argentan

April 03, 2025 at 05:30 PM

S08E20

Lisieux to Giverny

April 04, 2025 at 05:30 PM