U&Eden +1 Thursday

Michael Portillo travels from Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford, Cheshire, finding out about the dark side of the Industrial Revolution along the way

Michael Portillo travels from Dudley to Bridgnorth, learning how Victorian blacksmithing was not for the faint-hearted and riding on one of Britain's most modern trains

Michael Portillo travels from Welshpool, Powys, to Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, hearing how the railways took Welsh textiles into the most exclusive households

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Michael Portillo heads to John O'Groats from Invergordon, learning how one man's vision helped bring train travel to the Highlands and hearing about Scotland's Victorian gold rush

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey from London to Newton Abbot in Devon, learning about a Victorian asylum and making malt the 19th-century way

Michael Portillo travels from Salisbury in Wiltshire to Castle Cary, Somerset, visiting a world-famous tourist spot that has been captivating visitors since the Victorian era

Michael Portillo travels from Taunton to Minehead, exploring a church, operating a 19th-century signal box and summoning all his strength to move a 110-ton steam locomotive

Michael Portillo travels from Lynton to Exeter, visiting a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings and examining a timepiece like no other

Michael Portillo starts off in Exmouth on the final leg of his journey to Newton Abbot, going out to sea with an RNLI lifeboat crew and visiting a stormy coastal railway

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey through the Republic of Ireland from Co Kerry to the city of Galway, travelling from Killarney to Cobh

Michael Portillo travels from Charleville to Waterford, finding out about the ancient art of making butter and trying to learn the basics of Ireland's oldest game

Michael Portillo travels from Kilkenny to Athy, uncovering 19th-century Ireland's surprising industrial heritage and learning how the railways helped bring motorsport to the masses

Michael Portillo travels from Newbridge to Roscrea, visiting the Irish National Stud in Tully and investigating an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering

Michael Portillo travels from Athlone to Galway on the final leg of his journey, and meets up with a traditional Irish singing group along the way

Michael Portillo travels from Northampton to Nuneaton, learning about Victorian methods of shoemaking and the legacy of Dr Thomas Arnold at Rugby School

Michael Portillo travels from Leicester to Loughborough, finding out about the hunt for Richard III's remains and working his passage on the Great Central Railway

Michael Portillo heads to John O'Groats from Invergordon, learning how one man's vision helped bring train travel to the Highlands and hearing about Scotland's Victorian gold rush

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey from London to Newton Abbot in Devon, learning about a Victorian asylum and making malt the 19th-century way

Michael Portillo travels from Salisbury in Wiltshire to Castle Cary, Somerset, visiting a world-famous tourist spot that has been captivating visitors since the Victorian era

Michael Portillo travels from Taunton to Minehead, exploring a church, operating a 19th-century signal box and summoning all his strength to move a 110-ton steam locomotive

Michael Portillo travels from Lynton to Exeter, visiting a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings and examining a timepiece like no other

Michael Portillo starts off in Exmouth on the final leg of his journey to Newton Abbot, going out to sea with an RNLI lifeboat crew and visiting a stormy coastal railway

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey through the Republic of Ireland from Co Kerry to the city of Galway, travelling from Killarney to Cobh

Michael Portillo travels from Charleville to Waterford, finding out about the ancient art of making butter and trying to learn the basics of Ireland's oldest game

Michael Portillo travels from Kilkenny to Athy, uncovering 19th-century Ireland's surprising industrial heritage and learning how the railways helped bring motorsport to the masses

Michael Portillo travels from Newbridge to Roscrea, visiting the Irish National Stud in Tully and investigating an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering

Michael Portillo travels from Athlone to Galway on the final leg of his journey, and meets up with a traditional Irish singing group along the way

Michael Portillo travels from Northampton to Nuneaton, learning about Victorian methods of shoemaking and the legacy of Dr Thomas Arnold at Rugby School

Michael Portillo travels from Leicester to Loughborough, finding out about the hunt for Richard III's remains and working his passage on the Great Central Railway

Michael Portillo heads to John O'Groats from Invergordon, learning how one man's vision helped bring train travel to the Highlands and hearing about Scotland's Victorian gold rush

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey from London to Newton Abbot in Devon, learning about a Victorian asylum and making malt the 19th-century way

Michael Portillo travels from Salisbury in Wiltshire to Castle Cary, Somerset, visiting a world-famous tourist spot that has been captivating visitors since the Victorian era

Michael Portillo travels from Taunton to Minehead, exploring a church, operating a 19th-century signal box and summoning all his strength to move a 110-ton steam locomotive

Michael Portillo travels from Lynton to Exeter, visiting a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings and examining a timepiece like no other

Michael Portillo starts off in Exmouth on the final leg of his journey to Newton Abbot, going out to sea with an RNLI lifeboat crew and visiting a stormy coastal railway

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey through the Republic of Ireland from Co Kerry to the city of Galway, travelling from Killarney to Cobh

Michael Portillo travels from Charleville to Waterford, finding out about the ancient art of making butter and trying to learn the basics of Ireland's oldest game

Michael Portillo travels from Kilkenny to Athy, uncovering 19th-century Ireland's surprising industrial heritage and learning how the railways helped bring motorsport to the masses

Michael Portillo travels from Newbridge to Roscrea, visiting the Irish National Stud in Tully and investigating an astronomical feat of Victorian engineering

Michael Portillo travels from Athlone to Galway on the final leg of his journey, and meets up with a traditional Irish singing group along the way

Michael Portillo travels from Northampton to Nuneaton, learning about Victorian methods of shoemaking and the legacy of Dr Thomas Arnold at Rugby School

Michael Portillo travels from Leicester to Loughborough, finding out about the hunt for Richard III's remains and working his passage on the Great Central Railway

Michael Portillo heads to John O'Groats from Invergordon, learning how one man's vision helped bring train travel to the Highlands and hearing about Scotland's Victorian gold rush

Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey from London to Newton Abbot in Devon, learning about a Victorian asylum and making malt the 19th-century way

Michael Portillo travels from Salisbury in Wiltshire to Castle Cary, Somerset, visiting a world-famous tourist spot that has been captivating visitors since the Victorian era

Michael Portillo travels from Taunton to Minehead, exploring a church, operating a 19th-century signal box and summoning all his strength to move a 110-ton steam locomotive