Michael Portillo retraces journeys in Spain and Portugal from the 1913 guide. He meets pilgrims from around the world on the trail to Santiago de Compostela. Show more
Jonnie Irwin visits the Wye Valley, where he is reunited with two couples. One had glamping business ambitions, and the other have made impressive decorative changes. Show more
Nicki Chapman visits Cornwall to find out what happened next for some horse-loving house buyers who are now enjoying the freedom of having their horses on their own land. Show more
Jules Hudson visits west Wales, and Argyll and Bute, where he catches up with a horse-loving couple and couple who bought a home with a view. Show more
Sonali Shah is reunited with a couple who she helped move from Bristol to an idyllic home in the Herefordshire countryside, close to the River Wye. Show more
Nicki Chapman goes on a revisit tour of Devon, where she catches up with two different buyers who fell in love with the properties they viewed on their house hunt. Show more
Michael Portillo journeys deep into central Europe to explore a country where east meets west: Poland. His voyage takes him to Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw and Krakow. Show more
There is terror on the tracks in Blackpool as Michael Portillo embarks on a new journey across Bradshaw's Britain with his Victorian guidebook. Show more
Michael Portillo's journey continues from Manchester. He comes face to face with the Victorian scientist who invented modern atomic theory. Show more
From Chapeltown, Michael heads to Wharncliffe Crags, where he follows in the terrifying footholds of the Victorian daredevil who made rock climbing a sport. Show more
Steered by his Bradshaw's railway handbook to Gainsborough, Michael Portillo wraps his head around an ingenious Victorian machine which changed shopping forever. Show more
Michael Portillo is on the final leg of his journey following the route of the North Country Continental service to Harwich. Michael gets to drive The Middy. Show more
Heading north to Gargnano, Michael discovers the romantic hideaway of a famous British writer and ends his journey with a boat trip across Lake Garda. Show more
Michael Portillo ends this journey in Thessaloniki where, in 1913, Greece's King George I was assassinated. Show more
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Series 4 - Reversions
Episode 9: The Black Forest to Hannover - Part 1
29 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Michael Portillo travels from the Black Forest to Hanover, via Heidelberg, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Goettingen University. Show more
Jules Hudson is in Monmouthshire revisiting one of his couples who were armed with a £500,000 budget and moved into one of the houses they all viewed together. Show more
Alistair is in Devon to visit a mother and daughter who found their dream home, as well as Shropshire to visit a couple who have achieved work-life balance. Show more
Sonali Shah heads to Monmouthshire and the Peak District to revisit two of her house-buying couples who have recently settled into their homes. Show more
Alistair Appleton heads to Northumberland to revisit his buyers whose £475,000 home has allowed them to kick-start their holiday lettings business ambitions. Show more
Jonnie Irwin is in Cumbria, where he catches up with two couples who found their perfect country homes during their property search. Show more