Clutching his Bradshaw’s Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, published in 1913, Michael is en route to Shimla, the former summer seat of the British Raj.\n\nArriving in the vast cloth market of Ambala, Michael gives his trademark colourful wardrobe an Indian twist. Turning north, he discovers calm amid the commotion of India in the modernist Punjabi state capital, Chandigarh, but the rhythm of bhangra dancing soon has Michael on his feet.\n\nAt Kalka, Michael is rewarded with his first glimpse of the Himalayas and boards the mountain railway – built in 1903 - for the spectacular 7,000-feet climb over 60 miles to Shimla.\n\nIn the shadow of the Viceregal Lodge, Michael hears how the British governed their empire from this tiny hill town and how the exploits of its social elite earned Shimla a racy reputation - recorded in detail by a young Rudyard Kipling.
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Series 1: 1. Amritsar To Shimla
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04-01-2023
BBC 2
Series 1 Reversions: 6. Lucknow To Kolkata Part 2
Michael Portillo resumes his rail journey from Lucknow to Kolkata following his 1913 Bradshaw’s Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel. He visits the Buddhist mo ...
05-03-2019
BBC 2
Series 1: 4. Lucknow To Kolkata
On an epic railway journey from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to Kolkata in West Bengal, Michael Portillo uses his Bradshaw's 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, pu ...
10-01-2023
BBC 2
Series 1 Reversions: 3. Jodhpur To Delhi Part 1
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Series 1: 3. Mysuru To Chennai
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BBC 2
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28-02-2019
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04-03-2019
BBC 2
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05-01-2023
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