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Great Continental Railway Journeys - Season 7 Episode 4 : Palermo to Mt Etna

Great Continental Railway Journeys
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Michael Portillo’s 1936 Bradshaw’s Guide brings him to the Italian 'treasure island' of Sicily, full of natural beauty and 'scenery of the greatest charm'. But the interwar guide book also tells Michael that the head of government in Italy is the fascist leader Signor Benito Mussolini. On a railway journey from the capital, Palermo, through the ancient town of Agrigento and the port of Siracusa, to Europe’s largest volcano, Mount Etna, Michael explores Sicilian life under the dictatorship. Michael finds out how the dictator took on the mafia and asks whether it is true that under Mussolini, the trains ran on time.

Title Great Continental Railway Journeys - Season 7 Episode 4 : Palermo to Mt Etna
Alternative Titles 欧洲铁路纪行, 乘着火车游欧洲, 坐着火车游欧洲, En tren por el viejo continente, Junamatka Eurooppaan, Les trains du monde, Nagy kontinentális vasúti utazások, Trans Europe Express, Vel'ké kontinentálne cesty po zeleznici
First Air Date 2012-11-08
Last Air Date 2025-04-04
Number of Episodes 57
Number of Seasons 8
Genres Documentary,
Networks BBC Two,
Casts Michael Portillo
Self - Presenter
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Michael Portillo
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