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Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain (2018)

April. 20,2018

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Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain sees former UK politician Michael Portillo investigating abandoned buildings around Britain.

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Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

2018

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain sees former UK politician Michael Portillo investigating abandoned buildings around Britain.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 2 : 2018

5 Episode

Episode 1 - Plastic Surgery Pioneers: Cambridge Military Hospital

November. 02,2018

Michael visits the beautiful, forbidding and now abandoned military hospital in the garrison town of Aldershot to uncover the pioneering work of reconstructive surgeons.

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Episode 2 - Local Heroes: Manchester Fire Station

November. 09,2018

In Manchester, Michael ventures inside the London Road Fire Station, which was decommissioned in 1986 after 80 years' service.

Episode 3 - Countdown to WW3

November. 16,2018

Michael Portillo visits a top-secret Cold War stronghold, just a mile from the Cambridge campus where he spent his university years. The bunker, formerly known as RSG-4, was built in 1953 to house 300 local government officials from Cambridgeshire in the event of a nuclear attack. The former politician is also given access to the decommissioned Soviet nuclear submarine U-475 Black Widow - currently moored at Strood on the River Medway - revealing how close the world came to a full-scale nuclear war.

Episode 4 - The Palace of Dreams

November. 30,2018

The New Victoria in Bradford was Britain's first cinema.

Episode 5 - Seaside Escape

December. 07,2018

Michael Portillo explores the history of the British seaside resort. He gets up close and personal with the ghostly skeleton of Brighton's West pier, which has become one of the UK's most well known ruins. He meets Jo Berry, daughter of Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry who was killed by an IRA bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel.

Seasons 1 : 2018

4 Episode

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain sees former UK politician Michael Portillo investigating abandoned buildings around Britain.