Great British Railway Journeys

Michael Portillo is in Greater Manchester, hearing about the birth of the NHS and the first episode of Coronation Street. S14 Ep2

Michael Portillo visits Oldham's Victorian theatre, attends a knife-making workshop in Sheffield and goes to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield. S14 Ep3

In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael Portillo visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. S14 Ep4

Bradford to Hebdon Bridge: Michael Portillo continues his post-war exploration of northwest England in Bradford and Shipley, before ending at Hebden Bridge. S14 Ep5

Michael Portillo travels from London's Docklands to the Barbican, examining the story of the arrival at Tilbury in 1948 of over a thousand passengers from the Caribbean. S14 Ep6

Michael Portillo visits London's South Bank, where the 1951 Festival of Britain drew more than eight and a half million visitors. S14 Ep7

Michael Portillo ventures deep underground onto London's newest railway - the Elizabeth Line - enjoying a smooth ride from Paddington to Tottenham Court Road. S14 Ep8

Michael Portillo explores Felixstowe, which suffered catastrophic flooding in 1953, and in Norwich, he admires the Norman Cathedral. S14 Ep9

Michael Portillo explores RAF Lakenheath, the market town of Brandon on the border between Norfolk and Suffolk, and he ends his journey in Cambridge. S14 Ep10

Michael Portillo journeys from the Midlands to the West Country, visiting Derby's famous 19th-century railway works and the Walkers crisps factory in Leicester. S14 Ep11

Michael Portillo hears of the destruction of Coventry's gothic cathedral by the German Luftwaffe, and visits the factory where the London taxi is built. S14 Ep12

Long Itchington to Mosely: Michael Portillo sees the work being done for the new HS2 railway in Warwickshire, and in Stratford-upon-Avon he learns about the founding of the RSC. S14 Ep13

Michael Portillo stops in Wolverhampton, where he finds out about the impact of Enoch Powell's 1968 speech, and also visits Cheltenham. S14 Ep14

From Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, Michael Portillo visits Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, and Bristol Temple Meads. S14 Ep15