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Great Continental Railway JourneysSeries 8Episodes

  1. Today18:30
    BBC Two

    Sarajevo

    4/20Michael traces the fateful last journey of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.(R)

  2. Tomorrow18:30
    BBC Two

    Mostar to Dubrovnik

    5/20Michael Portillo enjoys a journey on the historic line from Sarajevo to Mostar.(R)

  3. Monday18:30
    BBC Two

    Bergen to Flåm

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

  4. Tuesday18:30
    BBC Two

    Myrdal to Heddal

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

  5. Next Wednesday18:30
    BBC Two

    Larvik to Holstebro

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

  6. Next Thursday18:30
    BBC Two

    Aarhus to Odense

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

  7. Next Friday18:30
    BBC Two

    Roskilde to Copenhagen

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

  8. Mon 22 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two

    Maienfeld to the Rhine Gorge

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

  9. Tue 23 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two

    Sedrun to Schwyz

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

  10. Wed 24 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two

    Zurich

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

  11. Thu 25 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two

    Rotkreuz to Brienz

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

  12. Fri 26 Jun 202618:30
    BBC Two England, HD & Wales only

    Zweisimmen to Lausanne

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