Description
In Great Continental Railway Journeys, Michael Portillo embarks on a brand new railway adventure, which takes him across the heart of Europe. In a series of 5 hour long episodes, steered by his 1913 ‘Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide’, Michael journeys through a prosperous pre-war Europe of emperors and kings, pomp and elegance and a continent whose industrialists, factories and mines had created wealth, whose scientists and engineers were discovering and constructing the marvelous and whose artists were challenging old ways, whilst intellectuals plotted revolution.
This 2 disc set features 5 hour long episodes covering 5 different journeys:
London to Monte Carlo
Hungary to Austria
Berlin to The Rhien
Switzerland
Amsterdam to Northern France
