Another interesting programme - BBC TWO - Portillo+Railway->Turkey

[Dave2002]

Seems like a good evening on BBC TV. First we had Bernstein on BBC Four, and now the Michael Portillo railways programme goes through Bulgaria to Turkey, with a bit o culture and history on the way. This one is really rather good. Pick it up on iPlayer.

[gradus]

Yes this has been worth watching, un-hackneyed and interesting.

[ardcarp]

...the hackneyed bit being that Portillo ALWAYS has to be seen doing something:

Making attar of roses
Driving a train
Doing a Bulgarian dance

....you just wait for it to happen! Otherwise, it's good viewing, with some great shots of geography and architecture. History of the Balkan States especially interesting tonight.

[P. G. Tipps]

Julia Bradbury is much better-looking and considerably less supercilious than Portillo though admittedly she does seem to meet some rather less interesting people on her walks.

IMO, the best TV offering lately has been a welcome repeat of Paul Murton's Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands, despite the constant sight of that funny hat, presumably an attempt to hide natural hair paucity. Some of the photography is absolutely stunning, an over-used adjective maybe but absolutely justified in this particular case.

BBC television at its impressive best, taking us to lesser-known places like those relatively neglected land-locked islands such as the gloriously wooded ones on Loch Lomond as well as the understandably predictable and majestic "Skyes and Mulls".

I haven't seen any of the latest MP-ex-MP series yet ... it too sounds really interesting and worth watching.

[Dave2002]

I started watching the programme about the islands in the Firth of Forth the other day. Seemed good, though yet to finish it.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I started watching the programme about the islands in the Firth of Forth the other day. Seemed good, though yet to finish it.

And, once you've reached the end, you have to go back to the beginning and start all over again.

[Serial_Apologist]

And, once you've reached the end, you have to go back to the beginning and start all over again.

Nah - that's the Circle Line you must be thinking of.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Nah - that's the Circle Line you must be thinking of.

Not any more. It begins and ENDS at Edgware Road. (Though if you count the Hammersmith bit, it could be called the Spiral Line.)