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E1 • The Flying Scotsman

1. 28min
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Michael embarks on a journey aboard history’s most famous train, the Flying Scotsman.

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E2 • Welwyn Garden City to Peterborough

1. 29min
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Michael Portillo goes back to school and gets a chance to drive a historic Locomobile.

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E3 • Newark-on-Trent to Stockton

1. 29min
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4. HD

Michael discovers the connection between a scandalous novel and a hungry hedgehog.

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E4 • Darlington to Dunbar

1. 28min
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4. HD

Michael has an Alice in Wonderland adventure and finally learns how to smoke a kipper.

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E5 • Longniddry to Edinburgh

1. 29min
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Michael discovers the history of body snatchers and murderers who contributed to science.

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E6 • Blackpool to Manchester Victoria

1. 28min
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4. HD

Michael travels from Blackpool to Manchester, on the world's first modern railway line.

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E7 • Manchester Piccadilly to Silkstone Common

1. 29min
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4. HD

Michael comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory.

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E8 • Chapeltown to Doncaster

1. 29min
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Michael follows in the footholds of a Victorian daredevil who made rock climbing a sport.

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E9 • Gainsborough to Ely

1. 28min
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Michael wraps his head around a clever Victorian device which changed shopping forever.

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E10 • Stowmarket to Harwich

1. 29min
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4. HD

Michael heads to Harwich, where he meets railway volunteers and encounters ‘The Middy’.

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E11 • Wexford to Wicklow

1. 28min
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Armed with his Bradshaw’s Handbook, Michael Portillo begins a journey across Ireland.

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E12 • Greystones to Dublin

1. 28min
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4. HD

At Dublin’s Trinity College, Michael discovers one of Ireland’s greatest treasures.

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E13 • Navan to Mullingar

1. 29min
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4. HD

Michael discovers why a Victorian archaeological dig in Meath was so controversial.

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E14 • Dromod to Sligo

1. 29min
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Michael takes a poetic diversion before tucking into some delicious potato pancakes.

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E15 • Ballina to Westport

1. 28min
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On the last leg of his journey, Michael tries to relax in an unusual seaweed bath.