Portillo's 200 Years Of The RailwaysSeason 1, Episode 1 - The Day That Changed The World

The first of two special episodes marking 200 years since the birth of the modern railway. Railway enthusiast and famously flamboyant dresser Michael Portillo follows the route of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway in Northeast England - the world's first public railway to carry fee-paying passengers using steam locomotives.

Portillo's 200 Years Of The Railways was broadcast on SBS ONE at Tuesday 20 January 2026, 09:36.