Great Continental Railway Journeys on SBS and SBS on Demand S8E1 – The hugely popular Great Continental Railway Journeys returns.
Join Michael Portillo as he journeys into Europe, the Balkans, Central Asia and India. As always, he carries his 1936 Bradshaw’s Continental Handbook to deftly illustrate the sweeping and fascinating changes of the past century.
Season Eight, Episode One:
Armed with shield and sword and weighed down by a heavy helmet, Michael Portillo mounts a valiant defence against fierce latter-day Roman gladiators in the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre at Pula on Croatia’s Istrian peninsula.
Then he assumes the duties of stationmaster at Vodnjan and explores an organic olive farm at Chiavalon, before finishing this leg of his railway journey through Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina in Buzet where he discovers beautifully preserved 15th century frescoes in a tiny church.
Great Continental Railway Journeys on SBS and SBS on Demand – Season Premiere / Tuesday 8 July at 7.30pm (10 Parts)
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Great Continental Railway Journeys on SBS and SBS on Demand S8E1
