Michael visits the oldest working factory in the world at Cromford, explores the country's first public park in Derby and finds out why Burton's beer is said to be the best.
Aired: Jan 4, 2010Ep1: Liverpool to Eccles. Michael begins his journey on the world's first pa...
Aired: Jan 5, 2010Michael is in Manchester to find out more about George Bradshaw himself. He a...
Aired: Jan 6, 2010Michael travels back in time on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, fi...
Aired: Jan 7, 2010Michael searches for the last liquorice grower in Pontefract, discovers how t...
Aired: Jan 8, 2010Michael goes bird-watching on the wild cliffs of Flamborough Head, learns to ...
Aired: Jan 11, 2010Michael explores the origins of the temperance movement in Preston, samples t...
Aired: Jan 12, 2010Michael returns to the historic Settle-Carlisle line to find out what has hap...
Aired: Jan 13, 2010Michael takes a steamboat tour of Lake Windermere, visits Wordsworth's home v...
Aired: Jan 14, 2010Michael meets the wild clansmen of Carlisle, the Border Reivers, witnesses a ...
Aired: Jan 15, 2010Michael makes apple juice in the Clyde valley orchards, pays a thrilling visi...
Aired: Jan 18, 2010Michael finds out about free holiday trains for the GWR workers in Swindon, s...
12. Yatton to Weston Super Mare
Aired: Jan 19, 2010Michael samples local Cheddar strawberries, explores Cheddar Gorge and the fa...
Aired: Jan 20, 2010Michael finds out about Torquay's micro climate, goes salmon fishing on the D...
Aired: Jan 21, 2010Michael visits the largest clay mine in the world near St Austell, goes pilch...
Aired: Jan 22, 2010Michael searches for the lost church of St Piran, explores the last working t...
Aired: Jan 25, 2010Michael visits an architectural wonder, the Duke of Devonshire's stables in B...
17. Cromford to Burton-on-Trent
Aired: Jan 26, 2010Michael visits the oldest working factory in the world at Cromford, explores ...
Aired: Jan 27, 2010Michael meets the queen's saddler in Walsall, learns how to cook an authentic...
Aired: Jan 28, 2010Michael relives the Coventry Blitz, meets the last pure breed Aylesbury duck ...
Aired: Jan 29, 2010Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victori...
Appearances
Seasons: 15
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: BBC Two
Production Country: United Kingdom
Genres:Documentary
