Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
Tashkent to Samarkand
Season 1 Episode 2 of 5
Michael Portillo continues his railway tour through Uzbekistan on Tashkent's suburban electric railway to one of the most secretive pieces of Soviet Cold War engineering. From Tashkent, he picks up the high-speed train west to Samarkand and discovers how China's Belt and Road Initiative is re-establishing old Silk Road routes with new railway connections
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two England at 6:30 PM, Tuesday 12 May. (Subtitles, new, audio description.)
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Michael Portillo
Presenter
Dave Minchin
Director
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Executive Producer