Miniseries
2 episodes · 2025
Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday.
1The Day That Changed the World
Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail, marking the moment Britain’s modern railway was born.
2How the Railways Changed Britainfinale
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.
