Miniseries

Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday.

01. The Day That Changed the World

Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail, marking the moment Britain’s modern railway was born.

59min

September 16, 2025

02. How the Railways Changed Britain

In this 200th year since the birth of the modern railway, train enthusiast and former politician Michael Portillo reveals how the first railways in Britain transformed the country.

59min

September 23, 2025