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Porto Season 1 · Episode 1

Sunday, March 15 on 5 (5)

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Around the World in First Class is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):

  • Sun 15

    Porto
    — Around the World in First Class

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Michael explores highlights and hidden secrets of the country, starting out in the cosmopolitan second city of Porto, whose chic shopping boulevards and tourist hotspots hides a proud industrial past making it the 'Manchester of Portugal'. In Braga, he finds the awe-inspiring Bom Jesus shrine, built into the side of a mountain, visits one of Portugal's biggest festivals, the Feiras Novas, where a million revellers enjoy three days of singing and dancing, and discovers a network of busy canals in Aveiro, reminiscent of Venice

    More details for Around the World in First Class, Sun 15, 2:00 pm
  • Sun 15

    Porto
    — Around the World in First Class

    Season 1 · Episode 1

    Michael explores highlights and hidden secrets of the country, starting out in the cosmopolitan second city of Porto, whose chic shopping boulevards and tourist hotspots hides a proud industrial past making it the 'Manchester of Portugal'. In Braga, he finds the awe-inspiring Bom Jesus shrine, built into the side of a mountain, visits one of Portugal's biggest festivals, the Feiras Novas, where a million revellers enjoy three days of singing and dancing, and discovers a network of busy canals in Aveiro, reminiscent of Venice

    More details for Around the World in First Class, Sun 15, 3:00 pm
  • Sun 15

    Braga and Ponte De Lima
    — Around the World in First Class

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Michael's journey continues in Portugal's oldest city, Braga, and its oldest town founded in 1125, Ponte de Lima - both in the far north of the country, near its border with Spain. He is swept up in an evening of boisterous folk music and dancing in Ponte de Lima, at one of Portugal's biggest annual festivals - the Feiras Novas - which attracts up to a million revellers over three days of dancing, drinking and processions. This section of his journey then ends on the streets of Braga with belly dancers who have revived the ancient art that is thought to first have migrated to northern Portugal with the arrival of the Romans

    More details for Around the World in First Class, Sun 15, 3:00 pm
  • Sun 15

    Braga and Ponte De Lima
    — Around the World in First Class

    Season 1 · Episode 2

    Michael's journey continues in Portugal's oldest city, Braga, and its oldest town founded in 1125, Ponte de Lima - both in the far north of the country, near its border with Spain. He is swept up in an evening of boisterous folk music and dancing in Ponte de Lima, at one of Portugal's biggest annual festivals - the Feiras Novas - which attracts up to a million revellers over three days of dancing, drinking and processions. This section of his journey then ends on the streets of Braga with belly dancers who have revived the ancient art that is thought to first have migrated to northern Portugal with the arrival of the Romans

    More details for Around the World in First Class, Sun 15, 4:00 pm
  • Sun 22

    Algarve
    — Around the World in First Class

    Season 1 · Episode 3

    Michael continues his adventure in the tourist hotspot of Algarve. On the wild Atlantic coast, he meets a specialist fisherman who risks his life every day in search of goose barnacles, one of the Mediterranean's most sought-after seafood delicacies. Further inland, he visits a master coppersmith who makes traditional cooking dishes from a single sheet of copper and learns how Portugal's Islamic heritage is still evident in the ancient city of Silves

    More details for Around the World in First Class, Sun 22, 2:20 pm
  • Sun 22

    Algarve
    — Around the World in First Class

    Season 1 · Episode 3

    Michael continues his adventure in the tourist hotspot of Algarve. On the wild Atlantic coast, he meets a specialist fisherman who risks his life every day in search of goose barnacles, one of the Mediterranean's most sought-after seafood delicacies. Further inland, he visits a master coppersmith who makes traditional cooking dishes from a single sheet of copper and learns how Portugal's Islamic heritage is still evident in the ancient city of Silves

    More details for Around the World in First Class, Sun 22, 3:20 pm
  • Sun 22

    Madeira
    — Around the World in First Class

    Season 1 · Episode 4

    Michael Portillo explores the subtropical island of Madeira, situated more than 500 miles off the coast of the Algarve. He learns how to cook espetada, a traditional barbecue dish, using a skewer made from the branch of a bay tree, meets an 83-year-old who operates the island's last surviving water mill and parties the night away with a Brazilian samba band and cocktails. He also learns of Britain's historic links to the island, as many families were drawn to Madeira in the 17th century to set up wine companies

    More details for Around the World in First Class, Sun 22, 3:20 pm
  • Sun 22

    Madeira
    — Around the World in First Class

    Season 1 · Episode 4

    Michael Portillo explores the subtropical island of Madeira, situated more than 500 miles off the coast of the Algarve. He learns how to cook espetada, a traditional barbecue dish, using a skewer made from the branch of a bay tree, meets an 83-year-old who operates the island's last surviving water mill and parties the night away with a Brazilian samba band and cocktails. He also learns of Britain's historic links to the island, as many families were drawn to Madeira in the 17th century to set up wine companies

    More details for Around the World in First Class, Sun 22, 4:20 pm