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Great Continental Railway Journeys
07:10 am - 08:00 am Tuesday, October 13
Tula to St Petersburg
Season 3 · Episode 1
Michael Portillo ventures once more on to the European rail network to retrace journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 publication Continental Guide, beginning by travelling through Russia. He starts in the industrial city of Tula, before visiting Leo Tolstoy's former home of Yasnaya Polyana and learning how the author's life and works were intertwined with the railways. Michael then boards the train that runs from the Caspian Sea to Moscow, where he performs an important role in a dramatic opera at the Bolshoi Theatre, before exploring the beauty and history of St Petersburg and riding on the first railway ever built in Russia
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- Michael Portillo — Presenter
- Alison Kreps — Series producer
- John Comerford — Executive producer
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