Vienna to Trieste
Michael Portillo travels the Habsburg imperial line from Vienna across the Semmering Pass, a handmade railway line blasted through the Alps.
Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo travels the Habsburg imperial line from Vienna across the awe-inspiring Semmering Pass, a handmade railway line blasted through the Alps.
His journey takes him through a patchwork of nations which a century ago formed part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His destination is the Adriatic port of Trieste.
In Vienna, he encounters a pre-Cold War spy and hears for himself the concert that caused a riot in 1913. At the winter sports resort of Semmering, rails of a slippier kind prove hard to navigate when Michael takes to a toboggan.
In Austria's second city, Graz, Michael ventures underground at the Lurgrotte Caves to find out about a famous turn-of-the-century rescue operation.
Over the border in the former imperial territory of Slovenia, Michael discovers how an earthquake in Ljubljana encouraged its citizens to assert their national identity in architecture and art. In high spirits, with the help of the local liquor, Michael says 'na zdravje' to Slovenia and heads south.
Arriving in Italy at the empire's southern port of Trieste, Michael savours the imported coffee which fuelled the caf茅 culture of its elegant capital, Vienna.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Portillo |
Executive Producer | John Comerford |
Series Producer | Alison Kreps |
Production Company | Boundless Productions |
Broadcasts
- Fri 23 Oct 2015 21:00麻豆官网首页入口 Two England & HD only
- Fri 23 Oct 2015 21:30麻豆官网首页入口 Two Wales
- Sat 24 Oct 2015 17:10麻豆官网首页入口 Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 24 Oct 2015 19:30麻豆官网首页入口 Two except Northern Ireland & Wales
- Tue 3 Nov 2015 08:15
- Wed 22 Jun 2016 19:00麻豆官网首页入口 Two except Scotland
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