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Season 9
Michael Portillo takes a pot shot at the sport of kings at a country estate.
Michael Portillo takes a pot shot at the sport of kings at a country estate.
Michael Portillo discovers a favoured haunt of King Edward VII.
Michael Portillo discovers a favoured haunt of King Edward VII.
Michael Portillo uncovers a once-celebrated, now forgotten composer with an uncannily familiar name.
Michael Portillo uncovers a once-celebrated, now forgotten composer with an uncannily familiar name.
Michael Portillo encounteres an Edwardian motoring due patronised by King Edward VII.
Michael Portillo encounteres an Edwardian motoring due patronised by King Edward VII.
Michael Portillo builds a bivouac with a group of scouts and learns about war horses.
Michael Portillo builds a bivouac with a group of scouts and learns about war horses.
Michael Portillo discovers the restored home of Dylan Thomas.
Michael Portillo discovers the restored home of Dylan Thomas.
Michael Portillo strikes gold at the Royal Mint in Llantisant.
Michael Portillo strikes gold at the Royal Mint in Llantisant.
Michael Portillo prepares the Airbus 380 for a smooth landing at Fliton.
Michael Portillo prepares the Airbus 380 for a smooth landing at Fliton.
Michael Portillo is led a merry dance at Stogumber - all in the name of fertility.
Michael Portillo is led a merry dance at Stogumber - all in the name of fertility.
Michael Portillo boldly goes to the moon by the way of the Cornish Rivera Express!
Michael Portillo boldly goes to the moon by the way of the Cornish Rivera Express!
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With his Edwardian Bradshaw's railway guide tucked under his arm, Michael Portillo begins the last leg of his journey from Hull to Caernarfon. In picturesque Snowdonia, he braves the
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With his Edwardian Bradshaw's railway guide tucked under his arm, Michael Portillo begins the last leg of his journey from Hull to Caernarfon. In picturesque Snowdonia, he braves the fastest zip line in the world - stretching 1,500 feet across a vast slate quarry. He uncovers a bitter industrial dispute between quarrymen and the owner of the pit, Lord Penrhyn, which divided the community at the beginning of the 20th century.Riding north Wales's splendid heritage railways, Michael visits the home of British mountaineering, Pen y Gwryd, to hear how an Edwardian journalist and poet created a climbing community, which grew to include men who would conquer Everest in the 1950s. Michael meets the grandson of one of his political heroes, the Edwardian Prime Minister David Lloyd George, at his birthplace in Criccieth. At the impressive 13th-century fortress of Caernarfon, built by English King Edward I, Michael discovers the early 20th-century history behind the ceremony now traditional at the royal investiture of a Prince of Wales.
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