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(0)Michael Portillo
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Pub. Date
2018
Description
'Portillo's Secret History of Britain' presents a compelling and wonderfully evocative history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or abandoned buildings. Using a combination of his own investigations and archive research, plus memories and quotations from the contributors he interviewed for the series, Michael will explain what the buildings were used for and by whom, why they were abandoned, and what they can tell us about our past.
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Great Continental Railway Journeys is now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor - Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-politician Michael Portillo and in this European odyssey he travels around continental Europe, using George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide. Now coming up for its fourth instalment this autumn, Portillo guides the train-travelling fan across Europe...
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Michael Portillo has presented ten seasons of this ever-popular show on BBC Two, covering every part of the existing train network in Britain, as well as others that were closed as a result of the Beeching Report in 1963. Across a decade of these journeys, Michael has discovered the historical and cultural past of every corner of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, giving railway fans a unique insight into our shared past of train travel...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017
Description
First Great Britain, then Old Europe were discovered by Michael Portillo across several seasons of fascinating TV, all with the help of train fanatic George Bradshaw, and the wonderful guide books he wrote over a century ago. Michael now undertakes an epic trip from New York and Boston on the American East coast right down to the Deep South of Atlanta and New Orleans, and then on to Chicago, Colorado, New Mexico, and ultimately finishing in San Francisco....
Author
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Pub. Date
1995
Description
This is the first biography of Michael Portillo. In it Michael Gove looks behind Portillo's often princely swagger to examine the controversies, the showy parties and the shadowy advisers that have given Portillo's opponents plenty of ammunition.
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Publisher
Bantam Press
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Railways precipitated the Great War: they were the means by which war was waged, they defined how war was fought on the ground, they changed the character of warfare, they determined the length of the war and, ultimately they bore witness to its end. This illustrated companion is the tie-in to the popular BBC2 series fronted by Michael Portillo.