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Great Continental Railway JourneysEpisodes

  1. Tomorrow18:30
    BBC Two

    Bergen to FlåmSeries 8

    6/20Michael Portillo embarks on a Scandinavian railway adventure from Bergen to Copenhagen.(R)

  2. Tuesday18:30
    BBC Two

    Myrdal to HeddalSeries 8

    7/20Michael Portillo’s rail journey continues towards the Norwegian capital of Oslo.(R)

  3. Wednesday18:30
    BBC Two

    Larvik to HolstebroSeries 8

    8/20Michael is in Larvik in southern Norway, famed for the blue rock larvikite.(R)

  4. Thursday18:30
    BBC Two

    Aarhus to OdenseSeries 8

    9/20Michael Portillo’s Scandinavian rail adventure reaches Denmark’s second city, Aarhus.(R)

  5. Friday18:30
    BBC Two

    Roskilde to CopenhagenSeries 8

    10/20Michael Portillo concludes his epic rail journey, crossing an 18-kilometre bridge.(R)

  6. Next Monday18:30
    BBC Two

    Maienfeld to the Rhine GorgeSeries 8

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

  7. Tue 23 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two

    Sedrun to SchwyzSeries 8

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

  8. Wed 24 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two

    ZurichSeries 8

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

  9. Thu 25 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two

    Rotkreuz to BrienzSeries 8

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

  10. Fri 26 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two

    Zweisimmen to LausanneSeries 8

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