Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways (2025): Travel, History. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
September 2025 marks 200 years since the first steam-hauled passenger train ran on a public railway, from Stockton to Darlington, in 1825. To celebrate this incredible anniversary, Michael Portillo is set to take audiences on a journey through time with: 200 Years of The Railways.
The series will see Michael Portillo travel by train to the Northeast and Northwest of England and investigate what the railways have done for us over the past 200 years and explore what the railways' role could be in the future.
Series details
- Title: Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Genres: Travel, History
- Premiere date: 2025-09-16
- Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
- Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 58 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 87038
- TVDB ID: 467830
Cast and credited roles
- Michael Portillo — Presenter
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2025-09-16; final listed air date 2025-09-16; episode order: 2.
Source and licence
Adapted from Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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