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Michael Portillo travels from Hessle in East Yorkshire to York, along the way learning about the technology that made the Humber Bridge possible

Michael Portillo travels from Middlesbrough to Hexham, Northumberland, learning about eighth-century monk the Venerable Bede at St Paul's monastery in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear

Michael Portillo travels from Newcastle to Lindisfarne, where he explores the lime kilns and finds out how Christianity spread from there across northern England in the 7th century

Michael Portillo begins the first leg of a journey from south-west Wales to Cambridge, visiting an inn in Carmarthen where Horatio Nelson once met Emma Hamilton

Michael Portillo begins in the ruinous gardens at Aberglasney House near Llandeilo and finishes this leg of his journey at a traditional cider house in Hereford

Michael Portillo visits Big Pit coal mine in Blaenavon, learns about 19th-century developments in angling and finds out about a farm labourers' dispute that ended in rioting

Michael Portillo visits Oxford University's Bodleian library to see Victorian treasures including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscript and a pocket-sized Bradshaw's Companion

Michael Portillo travels from Oakham to Cambridge, finding out why Stamford is a popular location for period dramas and examining Charles Darwin's student days

Michael Portillo continues his journey across Ireland, travelling from Navan to Mullingar, where he uncovers a controversial Victorian dig at the sacred Hill of Tara along the way

Michael Portillo continues his Irish journey from Dromod to Sligo. Along the way he discovers how the landscape inspired the poet WB Yeats and learns to make a potato pancake

Michael Portillo travels from Hessle in East Yorkshire to York, along the way learning about the technology that made the Humber Bridge possible

Michael Portillo travels from Middlesbrough to Hexham, Northumberland, learning about eighth-century monk the Venerable Bede at St Paul's monastery in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear

Michael Portillo travels from Newcastle to Lindisfarne, where he explores the lime kilns and finds out how Christianity spread from there across northern England in the 7th century

Michael Portillo begins the first leg of a journey from south-west Wales to Cambridge, visiting an inn in Carmarthen where Horatio Nelson once met Emma Hamilton

Michael Portillo begins in the ruinous gardens at Aberglasney House near Llandeilo and finishes this leg of his journey at a traditional cider house in Hereford

Michael Portillo visits Big Pit coal mine in Blaenavon, learns about 19th-century developments in angling and finds out about a farm labourers' dispute that ended in rioting

Michael Portillo visits Oxford University's Bodleian library to see Victorian treasures including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscript and a pocket-sized Bradshaw's Companion

Michael Portillo travels from Oakham to Cambridge, finding out why Stamford is a popular location for period dramas and examining Charles Darwin's student days

Michael Portillo continues his journey across Ireland, travelling from Navan to Mullingar, where he uncovers a controversial Victorian dig at the sacred Hill of Tara along the way

Michael Portillo continues his Irish journey from Dromod to Sligo. Along the way he discovers how the landscape inspired the poet WB Yeats and learns to make a potato pancake

Michael Portillo travels from Hessle in East Yorkshire to York, along the way learning about the technology that made the Humber Bridge possible

Michael Portillo travels from Middlesbrough to Hexham, Northumberland, learning about eighth-century monk the Venerable Bede at St Paul's monastery in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear

Michael Portillo travels from Newcastle to Lindisfarne, where he explores the lime kilns and finds out how Christianity spread from there across northern England in the 7th century

Michael Portillo begins the first leg of a journey from south-west Wales to Cambridge, visiting an inn in Carmarthen where Horatio Nelson once met Emma Hamilton

Michael Portillo begins in the ruinous gardens at Aberglasney House near Llandeilo and finishes this leg of his journey at a traditional cider house in Hereford

Michael Portillo visits Big Pit coal mine in Blaenavon, learns about 19th-century developments in angling and finds out about a farm labourers' dispute that ended in rioting

Michael Portillo visits Oxford University's Bodleian library to see Victorian treasures including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscript and a pocket-sized Bradshaw's Companion

Michael Portillo travels from Oakham to Cambridge, finding out why Stamford is a popular location for period dramas and examining Charles Darwin's student days

Michael Portillo continues his journey across Ireland, travelling from Navan to Mullingar, where he uncovers a controversial Victorian dig at the sacred Hill of Tara along the way

Michael Portillo continues his Irish journey from Dromod to Sligo. Along the way he discovers how the landscape inspired the poet WB Yeats and learns to make a potato pancake

Michael Portillo travels from Hessle in East Yorkshire to York, along the way learning about the technology that made the Humber Bridge possible

Michael Portillo travels from Middlesbrough to Hexham, Northumberland, learning about eighth-century monk the Venerable Bede at St Paul's monastery in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear

Michael Portillo learns more about the country's railways, setting off from Carlisle on the first leg of a journey through north-west England

Michael Portillo continues his journey through the Lake District, where he learns about the legacy of author Beatrix Potter, and finishes with a brief encounter at Carnforth

Michael Portillo travels from Newcastle to Lindisfarne, where he explores the lime kilns and finds out how Christianity spread from there across northern England in the 7th century

Michael Portillo begins in the ruinous gardens at Aberglasney House near Llandeilo and finishes this leg of his journey at a traditional cider house in Hereford

Michael Portillo begins the first leg of a journey from south-west Wales to Cambridge, visiting an inn in Carmarthen where Horatio Nelson once met Emma Hamilton

Michael Portillo visits Big Pit coal mine in Blaenavon, learns about 19th-century developments in angling and finds out about a farm labourers' dispute that ended in rioting

Michael Portillo visits Oxford University's Bodleian library to see Victorian treasures including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscript and a pocket-sized Bradshaw's Companion

Michael Portillo travels from Oakham to Cambridge, finding out why Stamford is a popular location for period dramas and examining Charles Darwin's student days

Michael Portillo learns more about the country's railways, setting off from Carlisle on the first leg of a journey through north-west England

Michael Portillo travels from East Grinstead to Guildford, with his trip including a visit to Leith Hill Place to explore the compositions of Ralph Vaughan Williams

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