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- Comedian Rachel Parris presents this satirical guide to how women can get on in the television industry 'despite their bodies teeming with pesky oestrogen' using archive footage to reveal some of the unwritten rules of telly.
- 2019–7.7 (21)TV EpisodeMichael's 1913 Bradshaw's Handbook to the Chief Cities of the World sends him to Australia. He traces the route of the trans-continental railway from Port Augusta's southern harbour in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory.
- In New South Wales, Michael climbs the Sydney Harbour Bridge, then travels West into the Blue Mountains on his long journey to Broken Hill.
- 2019–7.6 (18)TV EpisodeAfter visiting wineries in McLaren Vale, Michael joins the Indian Pacific Railway in Adelaide, South Australia and travels across the vast and inhospitable Nullarbor Plain to the gold rush town of Kalgoorlie, then on to Perth.
- After a hot-air balloon ride over Canberra Michael travels to the multi-ethnic heart of Australia's second largest city, Melbourne and soaks up the European feel. Michael visits Luna Park which is the same age as his Bradshaw's Guide.
- Starting from Kuranda near Cairns in Far Northern Queensland Michael travels by rail down through Innisfail and Ingham to Townsville where he is dazzled by the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef.
- Michael travels north from Sydney over the Hawkesbury River bridge. He comes nose to nose with a Port Macquarie koala, dons an Akubra at Kempsey, rides the Byron Bay solar-powered train, and tastes a lamington in Brisbane.
- Beginning just outside Newcastle in Jarrow, Michael uncovers the desperation which led 200 men to march 300 miles to Westminster in order to petition the Government for work. In Newcastle, Michael admires the city's iconic railway bridge.
- Steered by his 1936 Bradshaw's Guide, Michael Portillo is in Northumbria en route to the Highlands.
- Michael's railway journey through 1930s Britain from Newcastle to Loch Ness reaches Falkirk in Scotland.
- Stopping at Dundee, Michael Portillo heads for Glamis Castle, where Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother, grew up.
- Michael's journey ends at Loch Ness, where he joins the Deep Scan research team as they scour the deep for signs of the elusive monster.
- Michael Portillo explores the West Country between the wars and discovers a Cornish fisherman, who, although he began painting only in his seventies, inspired established artists from the capital.
- In the countryside surrounding Truro, Michael finds the historic estate of Trewithen, whose gardens were stocked from China by professional plant hunters commissioned by its owner.
- Clutching his 1930s Bradshaw's Guide, Michael reaches Bodmin en route to Totnes as he explores the West Country from St Ives to Salisbury Plain.
- The Dartmouth Steam Railway takes Michael Portillo to the beautiful home of Agatha Christie, in the company of her great-grandson, James Prichard.
- Michael crosses the county line from Devon into Somerset. He sees first-hand how willow farmers sought to overcome the challenge from the production of synthetic plastics during the 1930s.
- Beginning in Canterbury in Kent, Michael treads the boards as he uncovers the political message behind a play, published in 1936, inspired by the 12th-century murder of Archbishop Thomas a Becket.
- On this leg, Michael alights at Limehouse in east London for Cable Street, which became the focus of Britain's fight against fascism in the 1930s.
- Michael Portillo's railway journey reaches Witham in Essex. Here he visits the factory of the world's oldest supplier of metal framed windows which became popular in the 30s.
- Michael heads for Snape Maltings, a concert and arts venue, and learns how the music and life of one of Britain's greatest composers was shaped by the sea and his Suffolk surroundings.
- Michael Portillo is in Attleborough, at the headquarters of an international horse welfare organization which was established in the late 1920s, where he learns about the charity's pioneering founder.
- Michael Portillo learns the traditional Cantonese art of noodle making.
- 2020–7.7 (20)TV EpisodeMichael travels by train to Lantau, where the new International airport is, Here he visits an old gated village and meets the village leader whose family has lived there a thousand years. We see the huge Buddha statue that was completed in December 1993. Michael interviews an academic at the HKG university to talk about Chiang Kai Shek's legacy.
- Steered by his 1913 Bradshaw's Guide, Michael Portillo takes off on a tour adventure through Thailand from the northern city of Chiang Mai to Kanchanaburi on the River Kwai.