Portillo’s 200 Years Of The Railways on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1 – 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of Britain’s greatest gift to the world: the passenger railway.
Michael Portillo embarks on a journey to explore what the railways have done, what they continue to do and the potential they hold to improve our future. He looks at how the railways propelled a second wave of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the social landscape of modern Britain and the world at large.
He travels around the UK, visiting areas like Shildon – home to a branch of the National Railway Museum which houses the world’s first ever passenger steam locomotive, Locomotion No 1. Ultimately, he reveals how this feat of British engineering changed the course of history.
Series One, Episode One: The Day That Changed The World
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 and people’s lives.
Portillo’s 200 Years Of The Railways on SBS and SBS on Demand – Series Premiere / Tuesday 20 January at 8.35pm (2 parts)
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Portillo’s 200 Years Of The Railways on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1
