Great Asian Railway Journeys (2020)

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Great Asian Railway Journeys is a 20-part BBC travel and history documentary series produced by Boundless and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. Following the format of the highly successful Great British Railway Journeys and related series with Portillo as presenter, each episode features a railway journey in south-east Asia using Bradshaw's Through Routes to the Chief Cities, and Bathing, and Health Resorts of the World (1913) as a historical reference, in order to consider how the places visited have changed over the preceeding century.

Original Release

01/27/2020 on BBC

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Cast

Name

Character

Michael Portillo

Self - Presenter

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#	Title	Air Date
1	Kowloon to Wan Chai	Monday, 27 January 2020
2	Hong Kong University to Lantau Island	Tuesday, 28 January 2020
3	Chiang Mai to Lampang	Wednesday, 29 January 2020
4	Ayutthaya to River Kwai	Thursday, 30 January 2020
5	Bangkok	Friday, 31 January 2020
6	Bangkok to Hua Hin	Monday, 03 February 2020
7	Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet	Tuesday, 04 February 2020
8	Da Nang to Hoi An	Wednesday, 05 February 2020
9	Hue to Ninh Binh	Thursday, 06 February 2020
10	Hanoi to Ha Long Bay	Friday, 07 February 2020
11	Jakarta to Bogor	Monday, 10 February 2020
12	Jakarta to Borobudur/Kutoarjo	Tuesday, 11 February 2020
13	Yogyakarta to Ambarawa	Wednesday, 12 February 2020
14	Ambarawa to Surabaya	Thursday, 13 February 2020
15	Penang to Kuala Kangsar	Friday, 14 February 2020
16	Kuala Kangsar to Cameron Highlands	Monday, 17 February 2020
17	Kuala Lumpur to Melaka	Tuesday, 18 February 2020
18	Melaka to Johor Bahru	Wednesday, 19 February 2020
19	Raffles Place to Botanic Gardens	Thursday, 20 February 2020
20	Chinatown to Gardens by the Bay	Friday, 21 February 2020