Aired Thursday 14 November, 12:00pm - 1:00pmon U&Yesterday

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 1 Episode 5: Amsterdam to Northern France

Michael Portillo explores the cities of the pre-war Low Countries before tasting the delicacies of Brussels. He then travels to the French sector of the Western Front, where from 1914 the trains carried a new cargo of artillery shells, with the Edwardian tourists of 1913 replaced by soldiers facing the horrors of the trenches. He will end his epic journey in the forest of Compiegne.

Category
Documentary / Travel
Original air date
06/12/2012
Cast and crew
  • Dave MinchinDirector
  • Michael PortilloHost