Post by loobyloo on Oct 12, 2022 16:27:02 GMT 1
Great Asian Railway Journeys
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1
BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108
Wed 12 Oct 2022
7:00pm-8:00pm (1 hour) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm
Hong Kong Michael Portillo sets off on the first leg of a new quest as he travels around South-east Asia, guided by
his 1913 Bradshaw's Handbook on a 2,500-mile railway adventure across six countries. Beginning in Hong Kong, the former politician
investigates how Britain won the island and Kowloon from China after two mid-19th century wars over the trade in opium.
He also boards the island's most famous funicular to the Peak and visits the state-of-the art West Kowloon station
with its high-speed link to China - the largest underground high-speed station in the world
Category: Education/Science/Factual
Season 1
BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108
Wed 12 Oct 2022
7:00pm-8:00pm (1 hour) Spain 8:00pm-9:00pm
Hong Kong Michael Portillo sets off on the first leg of a new quest as he travels around South-east Asia, guided by
his 1913 Bradshaw's Handbook on a 2,500-mile railway adventure across six countries. Beginning in Hong Kong, the former politician
investigates how Britain won the island and Kowloon from China after two mid-19th century wars over the trade in opium.
He also boards the island's most famous funicular to the Peak and visits the state-of-the art West Kowloon station
with its high-speed link to China - the largest underground high-speed station in the world