Great Continental Railway Journeys (2012)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 5 seasons, 23 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A presenter uses a 1913 railway guide to travel through Europe and beyond by train. He compares the places he visits now to how they were in Edwardian times.
educationalnostalgicleisurelyinformativehistoriccuriouspleasant
What happens
Great Continental Railway Journeys is a British television documentary series presented by Michael Portillo. In the early series, Portillo explores the railway networks of continental Europe, but in later series he also ventured further afield. He refers to a 1913 copy of Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, as he describes how the places he visits have changed since Edwardian times. The first series was originally broadcast on BBC Two in 2012 and the seventh series first aired in 2020. After a five year hiatus, it was announced that a new series was to be shown in 2025 as part of the BBC's contribution to the "Railway 200" celebrations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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