Great Continental Railway Journeys
Rennes to Mont Saint-Michel
Season 8 Episode 18 of 20
Michael Portillo's railway adventure reaches Rennes, capital of Brittany. At the Lycee Emile Zola, he hears how, in 1899, the school was used as a military court for the second trial of Alfred Dreyfus, an army captain who was twice wrongfully convicted of spying for Germany. Climbing the steps of Mont-Saint-Michel, Michael reflects on the layers of history evident in the Abbey's architecture and many uses over the centuries
Great Continental Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two England at 6:30 PM, Wednesday 2 April. (Subtitles, new.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Celestino Ingrao
Director
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Series Editor