Michael Portillo has been spotted in Derby in town filming a new series. Mr Portillo was seen walking up and down Sadler Gate ...

Torness nuclear power station is set to close in five years. Here's what a tour of its reactor and workers taught me about its future ...

Torness nuclear power station is set to close in five years. Here's what a tour of its reactor and workers taught me about its future ...

Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo explores East Anglia between the wars. His railway journey begins in Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, where archaeologists made a staggering discovery.

Passengers travelling into London have sometimes had an unexpected treat to accompany their journey - in the form of facts ...

Michael Portillo is in Cumbria, enjoying one of the most spectacular coastal railway journeys in Britain. In Ulverston, he sets sail in a small craft with a lifelong devotee of Arthur Ransome's ...

Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of the historic wooded region of south east England, known as the Weald, continues from Tonbridge, at the heart of the area's rail network. Show more ...

Michael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches the Dalmatian coastal city of Zadar, once an important Venetian trading hub and still a centre for the production of maraschino cherry liqueur. Show ...

Great Continental Railway Journeys Series 8 Episode 2 of 20 Ably assisted by Lila, an expert labrador, Michael Portillo hunts for truffles in the Istrian countryside near the hilltop town of Buzet.

Michael Portillo’s railway tour of the Weald reaches the spectacular Surrey countryside, where he finds a surprising connection to the darker reaches of the universe.