Great Continental Railway Journeys
Brest to St Brieuc
Season 8 Episode 17 of 20
Michael Portillo's journey reaches the naval port of Brest, home to France's oceanographic fleet. Aboard the 107 metre-long Pourquoi Pas, he hears how marine biologists deploy research submersibles 6,000 metres below the surface to study life in the deep sea. In the kitchen of a traditional boulangerie, Michael learns how to make a Breton favourite, a sweet, buttery cake called kouign-amann
Great Continental Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two Northern Ireland at 6:30 PM, Tuesday 1 April. (Subtitles, new.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Celestino Ingrao
Director
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Series Editor