Michael Portillo
Self (Host)
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain (2018)
Season 2
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain sees former UK politician Michael Portillo investigating abandoned buildings around Britain.
Released April 19, 2018
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: tmdb.great-britain
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Network: Channel 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - 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.
Nov. 2, 2018, midnight
S2E2 - Local Heroes: Manchester Fire Station
In Manchester, Michael ventures inside the London Road Fire Station, which was decommissioned in 1986 after 80 years' service.
Nov. 9, 2018, midnight
S2E3 - 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.
Nov. 16, 2018, midnight
S2E4 - The Palace of Dreams
The New Victoria in Bradford was Britain's first cinema.
Nov. 30, 2018, midnight
S2E5 - 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.
Dec. 7, 2018, midnight
Network: Channel 5
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: April 19, 2018
Last Air Date: Dec. 7, 2018, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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