On this leg, Michael tries his hand at the art of umbrella making and learns about northern Thai cookery. Sign in to YouTube. In the Schöneberg district of the capital, Michael researches the decadent night scene of the 1920s, and looks at how cabaret culture is being revived today. Seizoen 1 - Aflevering 2 - Chiang Mai to the River Kwai Michael Portillo travels through Thailand, from the northern city of Chiang Mai to Kanchanaburi on the River Kwai and from Bangkok to the southern beach resort of Hua Hin.
Starting in the vibrant city of Berlin, Michael visits the Museum of Modern Art in Berlin's Kreuzberg, where he sees how a leading artist of the era, George Grosz, warned of the rise of fascism in a haunting self-portrait. You wouldn’t want to break down out there.”“Naturally I jump up and down on this pole, mashing the dough,” he laughs. (R) Mon 3 Aug 2020 07:30. Great Asian Railway Journeys is a TV show on British national television from BBC2 with an average rating of 3.7 stars by TelevisionCatchUp.co.uk's visitors. Whereas present-day Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia were all colonised by European powers, Thailand was never colonised thanks to the statecraft of the Thai royal family, which was always outmanoeuvring the French and British.The towering ruined temples and palaces of Siam ’sold capital, Ayutthaya, are also a must for anyone interested in pre-20th-century history. Approaching Vietnamese capital Hanoi aboard the Unification Railway, Michael passes the famous street where the locomotive passes within centimetres of the houses either side of the tracks. Later, Michael takes a spin around the track at Le Mans in a French-built car, before making his way to the capital city of Paris.
Michael Portillo travels around South-east Asia, guided by his 1913 Bradshaw's Handbook on a 2,500-mile railway adventure across six countries.
Seizoen 7 - Aflevering 3 - Berlin to StuttgartThis time, Michael Portillo ventures on a rail journey through Germany, guided by Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide published in 1936.
Taking on south-east Asia was another significant step, but actually, despite the language barriers, it went very smoothly.”As with all Portillo’s programmes, there is a trusty guidebook – in this case, dating back to 1913, Bradshaw’s Through Routes to the Chief Cities of the World – and the railway journeys themselves (always on public trains) are simply the vehicles through which the fascinating histories and cultures of the places he visits can be revealed.The second-longest journey takes place on the island of Java in Indonesia, the country containing the largest Muslim population in the world. “Chiang Mai’s old quarter is very picturesque,” says Portillo. Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13 e marquis de Lothian, baron Kerr de Monteviot, (né le 7 juillet 1945), aussi appelé comte d'Ancram et communément appelé Michael Ancram jusqu'à ce qu'il hérite du marquisat en 2004, est un politicien du Parti conservateur écossais. The area around Chiang Mai is teak forest and the British were very interested in getting their hands on the teak.