Michael Portillo takes a look through the national archives to discover different stories that have been hidden in previously classified documents.

Michael Portillo examines the role of the railways in World War I and travels through Britain and Europe uncovering stories from the Great War.

A train ride along the most attractive coastlines in Europe. From Spain’s northern seas to the beautiful Welsh coast and the frozen wonders of Norway, this documentary charts how each…

Michael Portillo is in Southeast Asia, armed with his 1913 Bradshaw’s Handbook. It will lead him on a spectacular 2,500-mile railway adventure across six countries. He explores towering megacities and…

Armed with his 1913 Bradshaw’s Handbook to the Chief Cities of the World, Michael embarks on six new railway journeys across spectacular Australia.

Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States armed with his 1899 Appleton’s Guide-Book to Alaska.

Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain sees former UK politician Michael Portillo investigating abandoned buildings around Britain.

Guided by a century-old Bradshaw’s Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a railway adventure across India and takes in the extraordinary variety of the Indian…

Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton’s General Guide to the United States, published in 1879.

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

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw’s Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed…