Aired Thursday May 2,
1:05am - 1:55amon BBC Four HD
Great Railway Journeys
Series 4 Episode 2: Granada to SalamancaFormer Cabinet minister Michael Portillo reveals his complicated Spanish roots. His father was a professor of law and a poet at Salamanca University who joined the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War but refused to carry arms: he was not prepared to run the risk of killing one of his brothers, all six of whom fought for France.
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