TV - Michael Portillo in Oz.

[lunchbox]

Former British Minister for Transport and TV "rail tourist", Michael Portillo, has finally made his way to Australia. I believe his program will air on SBS TV from 4 February 2020. Let's hope someone has quietly turned down his ego, but I doubt it.

[moa999]

Have quite liked some of his Euro series

From the BBC website
Great Australian Railway Journeys, Series 1

Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of Australia by train.

Newcastle to Brisbane
Kuranda to Townsville
Canberra to Melbourne
Adelaide to Perth: The Indian Pacific
Sydney to Broken Hill
Port Augusta to Darwin: The Ghan

UK audiences will be very familiar with the XPT in Ep3 given the similarities to the mostly retired HST in the UK.

Was reportedly filmed in 2018.
https://mumbrella.com.au/great-australi ... y-4-612395

[tonyp]

Former British Minister for Transport and TV "rail tourist", Michael Portillo, has finally made his way to Australia. I believe his program will air on SBS TV from 4 February 2020. Let's hope someone has quietly turned down his ego, but I doubt it.

He was a politician. You don't get into politics by being a shrinking violet!

[boronia]

Failed politicians and out-of-work actors seemed to end up with travel shows.

Can we trust either group?

[lunchbox]

For the record, he got one thing wrong. Walking past the station name board at Bondi Junction, he quipped that the famous beach was associated with a RAILWAY junction!

[rogf24]

For the record, he got one thing wrong. Walking past the station name board at Bondi Junction, he quipped that the famous beach was associated with a RAILWAY junction!

Well it's not tramway junction anymore is it? Maybe interchange or intermodal junction would be better.

[tonyp]

We need to create a historical myth about Shellharbour Junction to justify its name.

[lunchbox]

That other Pommy TV "personality", Chris Tarrant, is also inclined to a bit of bulldust. His "Ghan" piece purported to show early morning aerial shots of the Ghan heading north to Darwin, but the long shadows of the rolling stock, from a low sun, were on the RIGHT side of the train.

[lunchbox]

Another egotist, in the name of Tony Robinson, otherwise going by the name of "Baldrick", has joined the ranks of rail tourist dragging along a TV crew. Emulating Portillo, his egotism even extends to a "Sir" in the credits!
But I confess to enjoying his 2020 visit to El Paso, Texas, with its beautifully restored (imitation?) PCC cars - with pantos!
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[Guy_Arab]

GREAT SHOW SAW THE PCC WRECKS TO
RIC