The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
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The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

8.0 / 10
2022
1 season
4 episodes
Documentary

Michael Portillo embark on an extraordinary voyage of self-discovery, exploring the dramatic mountain range that straddles the border between France and Spain, the Pyrenees. The four-part series is a real adventure for Michael as he walks a stretch of the 270 mile trail through the Pyrenees, from the Bay of Biscay on the Atlantic coast in the West to the shores of the Mediterranean in the East.

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Seasons

  • A Quest of Identity

    1.A Quest of Identity

    23-08-2022

    In the first leg of his quest, Michael explores the Spanish Basque region, an area that has fought to maintain its own independence and unique culture, and which is integral to Mic...

  • Ep 2

    2.A Physical Challenge

    30-08-2022

    Michael's Pyrenean quest continues with the physical challenge of the French High Pyrenees, which he enters at the Cirque du Gavarnie, a 1,700-metre-high wall of limestone forming...

  • Ep 3

    3.A Spiritual Quest

    06-09-2022

    Michael Portillo continues his Pyrenean challenge, this time in the wild beauty of southwest France's Ariege region. He begins by visiting a young couple from Luxembourg who left c...

  • Ep 4

    4.An Emotional Journey

    13-09-2022

    For the final leg, Michael is back in the Catalonian Pyrenees for a deeply personal journey. In 1939, his father Luis Gabriel Portillo Perez fled through these mountains as a polit...

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