Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday, revealing the journey that changed the world.
Returning Series
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
September 16, 2025
September 23, 2025
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English
Fremantle
BBC Two
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.
