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Great Central Asian Railway Journeys is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):
Michael Portillo follows the old Silk Road trade routes through Uzbekistan, starting in the capital Tashkent, where he takes in its vast, vibrant market and samples popular Uzbek delicacies. He travels on the lavishly decorated Soviet-era underground, which was hidden from the outside world until 2018, when a ban on photographing it was lifted. Michael hears how an earthquake resulted in Tashkent becoming the capital of Soviet modernist architecture, and he makes his TikTok debut with a globally famous social-media sta
More details for Great Central Asian Railway Journeys, Wed 17, 8:30 am
Michael Portillo continues his railway tour through Uzbekistan on Tashkent's suburban electric railway to one of the most secretive pieces of Soviet Cold War engineering. From Tashkent, he picks up the high-speed train west to Samarkand and discovers how China's Belt and Road Initiative is re-establishing old Silk Road routes with new railway connections
More details for Great Central Asian Railway Journeys, Wed 24, 8:30 am