Great Continental Railway Journeys Catch up, Series 7 (Shortened Versions): Episode 9 on BBC 2

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 7 (Shortened Versions): Episode 9

Michael Portillo embarks on a scenic thousand-mile rail journey from the Swedish capital, Stockholm, to Abisko in the northern reaches of the Arctic Circle, steered by his 1936 edition of Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide.\n\nIn Stockholm, Michael braves a precarious tour of the city from its rooftops, before boarding a heritage tram to get the lowdown on 1930s Sweden from an expert.\n\nAt the capital’s Royal Institute of Technology, Michael investigates transport of the future in a near vacuum tube. In Uppsala, he tours the historic university before boarding an exquisite steam train to Marielund, where he celebrates midsummer in true Abba style. He samples the best of Swedish fika and takes an icy dip one of the country’s 96,000 lakes.

Source: BBC 2

Most recent episodes of Great Continental Railway Journeys

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 8. Larvik To Holstebro

Michael Portillo’s saga through Norway and Denmark resumes in Larvik on Norway’s southern coast, where he investigates the city’s prized natural resource, a di ...

18-07-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 7. Myrdal To Heddal

Michael Portillo’s rail journey continues on the Bergen Line, heading towards the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Carving through the mountains across some of Europe’s mo ...

11-07-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 6. Bergen To Flåm

Michael Portillo embarks on a Scandinavian railway adventure from the Norwegian port of Bergen to the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Spectacular scenery lines his route along two ...

04-07-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 5. Mostar To Dubrovnik

Michael Portillo is on the last stretch of his railway adventure through the Balkan countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. He enjoys a helter-skelter journey on the hi ...

27-06-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 4. Sarajevo

In Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Michael Portillo traces the fateful last journey in 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, which ended in the ...

20-06-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 3. Knin To Split

Michael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches the Dalmatian coastal city of Zadar, once an important Venetian trading hub and still a centre for the production of a Venetia ...

13-06-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 2. Buzet To Pag

Ably assisted by Lila, an expert labrador, Michael Portillo hunts for truffles in the Istrian countryside near the hilltop town of Buzet. His railway adventure through the Balka ...

06-06-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 1. Pula To Pazin

Michael begins a journey across the Balkan countries of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Armed with shield and sword and weighed down by a heavy helmet, he mounts a valiant d ...

30-05-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 20. Lisieux To Giverny

In the apple orchards of the Calvados region, Michael Portillo discovers how the classic digestif has been distilled since 1865 at the Pierre Huet estate. Over a selection of vi ...

04-04-2025

BBC 2

All episodes

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 8: 19. Bayeux To Argentan

At the medieval town of Bayeux, Michael Portillo heads for the Bayeux Tapestry Museum to admire the striking 70-metre-long work of art commissioned to record William the Conquer ...

03-04-2025

BBC 2

All episodes