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Great Canadian Railway Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and aired on BBC Two. [1] Using an 1899 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railways of the United States and Canada, Portillo explores historic Canadian railways and learns about the places along the way.
The series premiered at the 2023 Canneseries festival, [3] and was screened at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, [4] in advance of its television premiere on May 2, 2023, on Vidéotron's Vrai streaming platform for documentaries.
Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television.The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection.
Great American Railroad Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and broadcast on BBC Two. [1] Using an 1879 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of the United States and Canada, Portillo travels across the United States and Canada primarily by train, though at times using other forms of transportation where necessary.
The National Dream combined dramatic reconstructions of the events (directed by Eric Till) with documentary content (directed by James Murray). [2] [3] Production required two years and cost $2 million. Royal Trust, which was the executor of Cornelius Van Horne's estate, paid $400,000 to be a principal sponsor. [4]
In the 1990s, Sayle did a documentary, Last Train Across Canada, for PBS station WNET in the New York area. In 2004, Sayle returned to Australia, where he was later diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In May 2007, the University of Sydney awarded him an honorary doctorate of letters for his work as a foreign correspondent. [21]
Chris Tarrant was approached by Channel 5 to present three railway documentary episodes in 2012, and the result was Tarrant's trips to Congo, Australia and India, under the name Extreme Railways. Radio and television composers David Lowe and Simon Darlow provided music for the series. [ 6 ]
The Secret Railroad or Les Voyages du Tortillard in French, was a series produced by Societe Radio-Canada of 52 (or possibly 61) [1] animated shorts made in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Episodes last 5 minutes each. It was originally recorded in English at Place D'Youville in Montreal then subsequently dubbed into French. [2]