Air date: 2025-09-16

Runtime: 59 min

Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail, marking the moment Britain’s modern railway was born.

Air date: 2025-09-23

Runtime: 59 min

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.