Aired Saturday 14 December, 12:00am - 1:00amon U&Yesterday

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Name: 12:00am - Series 5 Episode 1
Start: 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z
End: 2025-01-01T01:00:00Z
Location: U&Yesterday

Series 3 Episode 1: Tula to St Petersburg

Among the golden onion domes and icons of Tula, Michael is moved by the sound of a Russian Orthodox choir. He visits the beautiful country estate of Yasnaya Polyana, where Tolstoy wrote his masterpieces and learns how the author's life and works were inextricably entwined with the railways.

Category: Documentary / Travel
Original air date: 05/11/2014

Cast and crew

Michael PortilloHost

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