Great Asian Railway Journeys | |
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Genre | Travel documentary |
Directed by | Dave Minchin |
Presented by | Michael Portillo |
Composers | Jon Wygens, Joe Donohoe |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 20 (short versions) 10 (long versions) |
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Executive producer | John Comerford |
Production locations | Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore |
Editor | Alison Kreps |
Running time | 30 minutes (short versions) 60 minutes (long versions) |
Production company | Boundless [1] |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 27 January 2020 |
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Great Asian Railway Journeys is a 20-part BBC travel and history documentary series produced by Boundless [1] and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. [2] Following the format of the highly successful Great British Railway Journeys and related series with Portillo as presenter, each episode features a railway journey in south-east Asia using Bradshaw's Through Routes to the Chief Cities, and Bathing, and Health Resorts of the World (1913) [lower-alpha 1] as a historical reference, in order to consider how the places visited have changed over the preceding century.
During the course of the series, Portillo travels a total distance of 2,500 miles and passes through six countries, [1] beginning with Hong Kong then moving on to Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia before reaching his final destination of Singapore. [3] One of the main themes he explores is colonial history, examining the legacy of the British, French, Dutch and Portuguese empires, and how the countries involved gained their independence. [1] [4] Filming for the series was carried out in two stages and took 7–8 weeks to complete. [4]
The programme was first broadcast as 20 30-minute episodes on consecutive weekday evenings on BBC Two, beginning on 27 January 2020. [3] [5] It was re-broadcast weekly as ten 60-minute episodes starting 4 April 2020. [6] [7]
No. | Episode | First broadcast | ||||||||||
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Short versions | ||||||||||||
1 | "Kowloon to Wan Chai" | 27 January 2020 | ||||||||||
2 | "Hong Kong University to Lantau Island" | 28 January 2020 | ||||||||||
3 | "Chiang Mai to Lampang" | 29 January 2020 | ||||||||||
4 | "Ayutthaya to River Kwai" | 30 January 2020 | ||||||||||
5 | "Bangkok" | 31 January 2020 | ||||||||||
6 | "Bangkok to Hua Hin" | 3 February 2020 | ||||||||||
7 | "Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet" | 4 February 2020 | ||||||||||
8 | "Da Nang to Hoi An" | 5 February 2020 | ||||||||||
9 | "Huế to Ninh Bình" | 6 February 2020 | ||||||||||
10 | "Hanoi to Ha Long Bay" | 7 February 2020 | ||||||||||
11 | "Jakarta to Bogor" | 10 February 2020 | ||||||||||
12 | "Jakarta to Borobudur/Kutoarjo" | 11 February 2020 | ||||||||||
13 | "Yogyakarta to Ambarawa" | 12 February 2020 | ||||||||||
14 | "Ambarawa to Surabaya" | 13 February 2020 | ||||||||||
15 | "Penang to Kuala Kangsar" | 14 February 2020 | ||||||||||
16 | "Kuala Kangsar to Cameron Highlands" | 17 February 2020 | ||||||||||
17 | "Kuala Lumpur to Melaka" | 18 February 2020 | ||||||||||
18 | "Melaka to Johor Bahru" | 19 February 2020 | ||||||||||
19 | "Raffles Place to Botanic Gardens" | 20 February 2020 | ||||||||||
20 | "Chinatown to Gardens by the Bay" | 21 February 2020 | ||||||||||
Long versions | ||||||||||||
1 | "Hong Kong" | 4 April 2020 | ||||||||||
2 | "Chiang Mai to the River Kwai" | 11 April 2020 | ||||||||||
3 | "Bangkok to Hua Hin" | 18 April 2020 | ||||||||||
4 | "Ho Chi Minh to Hoi An" | 25 April 2020 | ||||||||||
5 | "Hue to Halong Bay" | 2 May 2020 | ||||||||||
6 | "Jakarta to Borobudur" | 9 May 2020 | ||||||||||
7 | "Yogyakarta to Surabaya" | 16 May 2020 | ||||||||||
8 | "Penang to Cameron Highlands" | 23 May 2020 | ||||||||||
9 | "Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru" | 30 May 2020 | ||||||||||
10 | "Singapore" | 6 June 2020 |
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