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Great Continental Railway Journeys Episodes

    Rennes to Mont Saint-MichelSeries 8

    18/20 Michael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches Rennes, capital of Brittany.

    Brest to St BrieucSeries 8

    17/20 Michael's journey reaches the naval port of Brest, home to ’s oceanographic fleet.

    Nantes to LorientSeries 8

    16/20 Michael Portillo’s rail travels take him to the north west corner of .

    Lisieux to GivernySeries 8

    20/20 Michael discovers how Calvados has been distilled since 1865 at the Pierre Huet estate.

    Bayeux to ArgentanSeries 8

    19/20 In Bayeux, Michael Portillo ires the 70-metre-long Bayeux Tapestry.

    Sedrun to SchwyzSeries 8

    12/20 Michael Portillo ventures into the bowels of an immense hydroelectric dam.

    Maienfeld to the Rhine GorgeSeries 8

    11/20 Michael Portillo visits the tiny village home of Switzerland’s most famous child, Heidi.

    Zweisimmen to LausanneSeries 8

    15/20 Michael wends his way in style down mountainsides from Interlaken to the Swiss Riviera.

    Rotkreuz to BrienzSeries 8

    14/20 Michael Portillo scales the Swiss Alps on one of the steepest cog railways in the world.

    ZurichSeries 8

    13/20 In Zurich, Michael has a brush with the absurd in the anarchic paintings of the Dadaists.

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