Anthony Holland
Director
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways (2025)
Miniseries
Michael Portillo celebrates the modern railway’s 200th birthday.
Released Sept. 16, 2025
Episode 59 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.british-history, tmdb.railway-history, tmdb.railway
Production Companies: Fremantle
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Day That Changed the World
Railway enthusiast Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of rail, marking the moment Britain’s modern railway was born.
Sept. 16, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - How the Railways Changed Britain
In this 200th year since the birth of the modern railway, train enthusiast and former politician Michael Portillo reveals how the first railways in Britain transformed the country.
Sept. 23, 2025, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 118 min.
Released: Sept. 16, 2025
Last Air Date: Sept. 23, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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