Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

2018 · 1h 0m · TMDB 8.0/10 (1 votes)

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About Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

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

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
8.0/10 from 1 votes
Seasons
2
Episodes
9

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

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Season 2

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S2 E160 min

Plastic Surgery Pioneers: Cambridge Military Hospital

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

S2 E260 min

Local Heroes: Manchester Fire Station

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

S2 E360 min

Countdown to WW3

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.

S2 E460 min

The Palace of Dreams

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

S2 E560 min

Seaside Escape

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.

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