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S14 Episode 1
Preston to Rawtenstall
Michael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth, starting at Preston’s Fulwood Barracks and heading across to Bury Bolton Street station in Greater Manchester.
28 mins · Mon, 19 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 2
Urmston to New Islington
Michael’s journey through north west England from Preston to Hebden Bridge reaches Greater Manchester, where Michael celebrates new beginnings for the nation in the years after the Second World War.
29 mins · Tue, 20 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 3
Oldham to Wakefield
Greater Manchester’s Metrolink tram delivers Michael to the former cotton town of Oldham. He heads across to Wakefield and the striking postwar sculptures of Barbara Hepworth.
28 mins · Wed, 21 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 4
Wakefield to Leeds
From Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. He heads across to Leeds to investigate the origins of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.
28 mins · Thu, 22 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 5
Bradford to Hebden Bridge
Michael Portillo continues his postwar exploration of north west England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge.
28 mins · Fri, 23 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 6
Tilbury to Barbican
Michael Portillo travels through the Britain of his youth from London’s Docklands and East End to the ‘city within a city’, the Barbican.
28 mins · Mon, 26 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 7
Waterloo to Regent's Park
Michael Portillo continues his railway exploration of the post-war Britain of his youth on a journey from London to Cambridge, starting at South Bank.
29 mins · Tue, 27 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 8
Paddington to Ongar
Michael Portillo ventures deep underground onto London’s newest railway: the Elizabeth Line. He travels across London before transferring to the Epping Ongar Heritage Railway.
29 mins · Wed, 28 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 9
Felixstowe to Norwich
Michael Portillo continues his rail exploration of the east of England, starting on the seafront of Felixstowe and finishing in the plate glass campus of the University of East Anglia.
29 mins · Thu, 29 Jun 2023
S14 Episode 10
Brandon to Cambridge
Michael Portillo completes his railway journey through the east of England during the post-war period, heading from RAF Lakenheath to the city of Cambridge.
29 mins · Fri, 30 Jun 2023
