From the Isle of Man, Michael Portillo crosses the Irish Sea, bound for the mighty port of Liverpool and its historic waterfront. Michael Portillo continues his rail journey, learning to make potted ...

Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of the historic wooded region of south east England, known as the Weald, continues from Tonbridge, at the heart of the area's rail network. Michael Portillo’s ...

Michael Portillo will celebrate the 200th anniversary of British railways with a special programme on the BBC. The opening of ...

Michael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches Birmingham, where learns how 90 per cent of the nation’s chain workshops were located there and that female workers earned a pittance, leading to a 1910 ...

You would never have seen Michael Portillo waltzing with another man in his arms in the old days. Yet here’s the former Defence Secretary and one-time contender for the Conservative Party leadership ...

Michael Portillo continues his railway adventure in Warwick’s medieval castle, where he uncovers the scene of an extravagant and scandalous ball. At Cowley, he marvels at a spectacularly automated ...

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