Great Continental and Indian Railway Journeys
Lucknow to Kolkata
Season 1 Episode 4 of 4
On a journey from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to Kolkata in West Bengal, Michael Portillo charts a course through India's history from the days of The East India Company to the dawn of independence. In Lucknow, he tastes the famous kebabs, stops off at Bodh Gaya, where he meditates on its Buddhist heritage, and In Kolkata, he glimpses colonial Calcutta in the grand Great Eastern Hotel
Great Continental and Indian Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 12:00 AM, Thursday 28 November. (Subtitles.)
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General
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Alison Kreps
Series Producer
Ben Rowland
Director