Great Coastal Railway Journeys
Folkestone to Le Touquet
Season 3 Episode 12 of 20
Michael Portillo travels on the Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais, where a historian explains to him how Calais became the centre of the French lace industry in the 19th-century. In Boulogne-sur-Mer, he explores France's biggest fishing port. Upon reaching Etaples-Le Touquet, Michael tours a resort's beach, hotels and casino in a vintage Jaguar
Great Coastal Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two England at 6:30 PM, Tuesday 16 September. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Alison Kreps
Series Editor
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Celestino Ingrao
Director