Great Australian Railway Journeys

BBC Four HD

1:00 AM to 1:30 AM

Thursday 7 November

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Part one of two. Michael Portillo rides the transcontinental Indian Pacific Railway from the southern port city of Adelaide to Perth in the west. Along the way he hears the story of how an enterprising 19th-century Briton with a murky past began to grow vines. Michael enjoys the fruits of his labours and hears his story from his great great great granddaughter. Later, the presenter embraces the luxury of a previous age as he travels across Australia's notoriously remote and inhospitable Nullarbor Plain