Language: English
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Genre:Travel | Documentary
Michael Portillo continues his 1936 Bradshaw's-inspired railway tour of North Wales in the coastal city of Bangor before turning south from Llandudno Junction to travel the Conwy Valley Line to Betws y Coed, the gateway to Snowdonia. At Bangor Station, Michael hears how, when war broke out in September 1939, 2,000 children from the cities of northern England were evacuated by train to north Wales. At Dolgarrog, Michael investigates the worst dam disaster in Welsh history,
Language: English
28 min 55 s | 983 MiB | 4 750 kb/s | MPEG-4 | 1920x1080 | AAC 48.0 kHz 2 channels 160 kb/s
Genre:Travel | Documentary
Michael Portillo's 1930s Bradshaw's-inspired railway tour of North Wales takes him to a coast lined by magnificent castles and sweeping bays.
Language: English
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Genre:Travel | Documentary
Oh, Mr Porter, what could he do? Michael Portillo is in Crewe, a town steeped in railway history and immortalised in Victorian music hall, to investigate the making of the iconic cinema classic, The Night Mail during the 1930s. Over the River Dee, at Tata Steel in Shotton, Michael discovers a wartime boost to steel production on the site, where John Summers & Sons manufactured up to 50,000 Andersen shelters a week. The steel shelters and others designed by the company for people’s back gardens protected families from aerial bombardment by German planes.
Language: English
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Genre: Travel | Documentary
Michael Portillo is in Suffolk on the last leg of his 1930s Bradshaw's inspired tour of East Anglia, visiting the racecourse at Newmarket and the Roman Catholic shrine at Walsingham.
Language: English
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Genre:Travel | Documentary
Steered by his Bradshaw's guide, Michael Portillo heads for the Hertfordshire village of Perry Green to learn about Henry Moore became one of the defining artists of British modernism.
Language: English
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Genre:Travel | Documentary
Michael's Bradshaw travels resume in leafy Hertfordshire, where he attempts a canoe slalom course, visits the estate of Dame Barbara Cartland and hears the shocking story of the R101 airship.
Language: English
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Michael Portillo continues his Bradshaw's-inspired journey through East Anglia, where he discovers the Essex origins of the BBC and joins the Women's Land Army to pick damsons at Tiptree.
Language: English
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Number of Parts: 6
Genre:Travel | Documentary
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways have changed it, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains.
Language: English
2 h 12 min | 4.30 GiB | 4 667 kb/s | MPEG-4 | 1920x1080 | AAC 48.0 kHz 2 channels 161 kb/s
Number of Parts: 3
Genre:Travel | Documentary
When you take flight over Britain, you encounter more than picturesque landscapes, historical monuments, and engineering wonders. You become immersed in a world of mythical heroes, proud cultures, and thousands of years of rich history.
Language: English
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Genre:Travel | Documentary
We start our journey at Fukuchiyama, a transport hub in central Kyoto Prefecture, and head north through valleys to the Sea of Japan and Toyooka, across the border in Hyogo Prefecture. The Kyoto Tango Railway boasts various carriages, with attractive interiors, operating on its 3 lines. We stop to admire the spectacular view of the sea, learn about the culture and history from local residents, and visit places that appear in legends.
Language: English
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Number Of Parts: 1 (5 chapters)
Genre:Travel | Documentary
How do you prepare for a ride through nowhere? Miles and miles of it. Alone on his trusty KTM, Henry Cole is going to have plenty of thinking time as he attempts to travel from one of the world's most isolated cities, Perth, on Australia's far west coast, across vast swathes of nothing to the tropical climes of Darwin in the north. Miles of great empty red desert will surround him en route and, whilst the mileage is high, the soaring temperatures will be higher as well as relentless and merciless.
Language: English
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Number Of Parts: 1 (5 chapters)
Genre:Travel | Documentary
Henry Cole takes his Metisse Desert Racer on a 1500 mile ride of a lifetime from Ljubljana Slovenia, to Sofia Bulgaria; taking in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia along the way.
Language: English
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Genre:Travel | Documentary
Reinventing New York
Manhattan New York is an overwhelming rush, and people from all over the world are flooding into the city to experience it. There are areas of Manhattan that are becoming old and outdated, but performing the renovations can be quite a challenge.
Language: English
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Number Of Parts: 1 (3 chapters)
Genre:Travel | Documentary
Ian Hamilton and his guide dog Major explore the past, present and future of towns across Scotland.
Language: English
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Genre:Travel | Documentary
Archive and stories telling the amazing story of Destination Scotland.
Language: English
1 h 55 min | 3.04 GiB | 3 754 kb/s | Matroska | 1920x1080 | AAC 48.0 kHz 2 channels 123 kb/s
Number Of Parts: 1 (4 chapters)
Genre:Travel | Documentary
Jump aboard with Robbie Cumming as he embarks on a journey across the Midlands and northern England in his narrowboat.
Language: English
3 h 35 min | 7.01 GiB | 4 664 kb/s | MPEG-4 | 1920x1080 | AAC 48.0 kHz 2 channels 161 kb/s
Number of Parts: 5
Genre:Travel | Documentary
A risky expedition along thoroughfares that harbor mortal danger for those who use them or live on them.
Language: English
3 h 34 min | 6.99 GiB | 4 663 kb/s | MPEG-4 | 1920x1080 | AAC 48.0 kHz 2 channels 161 kb/s
Number of Parts: 5
Genre: Travel | Documentary
A risky expedition along thoroughfares that harbor mortal danger for those who use them or live on them.
Language: English
1 h 55 min | 1.36 GiB | 1 687 kb/s | Matroska | 960x540 | AAC 48.0 kHz 2 channels 96.0 kb/s
Number Of Parts: 1 (4 chapters)
Genre:Travel | Documentary
Mr and Mrs Vasco de Gama' are back on their travels. Untrained mariner Timothy Spall has spent a fortune on technology for his new challenge - the unpredictable Irish Sea - as he and his wife continue their mini-odyssey around Britain.
Language: English
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Genre:Travel | Documentary
Language on Tour meets comedy queens Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Maggi Noggi when they hit the road with the Welsh language in tow around Anglesey. Maggi Noggi gets Kiri almost peeing herself with laughter.