

14 votes
2010–
16 seasons
~30m/ep
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 us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.
Series 1
20 episodes · 2010
Series 2
25 episodes · 2011
Series 3
25 episodes · 2012
Series 4
25 episodes · 2013
Series 5
20 episodes · 2014
Series 6
20 episodes · 2015
Series 7
20 episodes · 2016
Series 8
15 episodes · 2017
Series 9
15 episodes · 2018
Series 10
15 episodes · 2019
Series 11
15 episodes · 2020
Series 12
15 episodes · 2021
Series 13
10 episodes · 2021
Series 14
15 episodes · 2023
Series 15
15 episodes · 2024
Series 16
20 episodes · 2025
Status
Returning Series
First aired
January 4, 2010
Last aired
May 2, 2025
Seasons
16
Episodes
290
Networks
BBC Two
Language
English