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Michael Portillo's Long Weekends Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

6 Episodes 2024 - 2024

Episode 1

Madrid

60 mins

The weekend begins in the city center, the busy Gran Via boulevard, which connects the city's east end, home to Madrid's famous Golden Triangle of art museums and El Retiro Park, with the western side, where the opulent Royal Palace sits.

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Episode 2

Prague

60 mins

The stunning 13th century Charles Bridge heading to the British Embassy which he last visited in the 1980s when the city was under constant Soviet surveillance and meetings took place in the Embassy's garden to avoid being spied upon.

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Episode 3

Milan

60 mins

A Long Weekend to Italy's capital of fashion, design and industry: the dynamic, northern powerhouse of Milan.

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Episode 4

Sicily

Michael spends a packed weekend on the stunning island of Sicily, dining with a Duchess, toasting a Hollywood legend and investigating the island's murderous links to the Mafia.

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Episode 5

Lisbon

In the captivating capital, Michael embraces the sea-faring spirit of the great navigators, savours quirky and fiery cuisine and loses himself in melancholic folk music.

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Episode 6

Stockholm

Michael spends a midwinter weekend in the Swedish capital, helping prepare the Royal Palace for a state visit, helps a group of ice divers trawling the city's seabed for rubbish and visits Stockholm Cathedral.

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