Great Railway Journeys
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198060 minFinalizada

Great Railway Journeys

Cadena:BBC Two

Episodio Anterior

S04E07 - "Singapore to Bangkok"

Emitido el Apr 6, 1999, 11:00 AM

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Serie Finalizada

Descripción

Public figures travel the world by train.

Detalles

Estado
Finalizada
Idioma
English
Duración
60 min
Estreno
October 30, 1980
Finalizado
April 6, 1999
Horario
Tuesday a las 21:30

Enlaces Externos

Episodios (4 Temporadas · 27 Episodios)

India East to West

Editor of Private Eye and TV satirist Ian Hislop discovers India by travelling by rail from the port of Calcutta to the desert forts of Rajasthan. On the way he poses for photographs outside the Taj Mahal, visits the Indian parliament and is pampered aboard a special train called the Palace on Wheels.

Jan 5, 1999

60 min

Granada to Salamanca

Ex-cabinet minister Michael Portillo reveals his complicated family roots as he makes good use of Spain's extensive rail network to visit the hordes of relatives who remember his father, a poet and professor of law who joined the republican forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Jan 12, 1999

50 min

Tokyo to Kagoshima

The BBC's Asia correspondent Fergal Keane explores Japan, contrasting life in the busy, sprawling cities with the peace in the countryside as he learns about the nation's spiritual side.

Jan 19, 1999

50 min

Los Mochis to Veracruz

Chef Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, travelling on the spectacular rail route that winds through Copper Canyon and the Sierre Madre mountains.

Jan 26, 1999

50 min

Guantanamo to Pinar del Rio

Comedian Nick Hancock crosses Cuba, where his plans are disrupted by the country's crumbling infrastructure and the arrival of Hurricane Georges.

Feb 2, 1999

50 min

St Louis to Dogon Country

Hollywood star Danny Glover travels through Senegal into poverty-stricken Mali on a journey to discover whether such nations can achieve economic advancement without a loss of African identity. Along the way, he meets musician Youssou N'Dour and film director Sembene Ousmane.

Feb 9, 1999

50 min

Singapore to Bangkok

Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand.

Apr 6, 1999

30 min

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