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Episodes

Aug 31, 2024
Season 1
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.
Aug 24, 2024
Season 1
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.
Aug 17, 2024
Season 1
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.
May 3, 2024
Season 1
A Long Weekend to Italy's capital of fashion, design and industry: the dynamic, northern powerhouse of Milan.
Apr 26, 2024
Season 1
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.
Apr 19, 2024
Season 1
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.

Episodes

Episode 1
Apr 19, 2024
Madrid
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.
Episode 2
Apr 26, 2024
Prague
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.
Episode 3
May 3, 2024
Milan
A Long Weekend to Italy's capital of fashion, design and industry: the dynamic, northern powerhouse of Milan.
Episode 4
Aug 17, 2024
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.
Episode 5
Aug 24, 2024
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.
Episode 6
Aug 31, 2024
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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Season info

Original Title
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
Rating
8.2
Country
United Kingdom