Documentary series · BBC Two
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
Who's in it
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Signature profile
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and World Building.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Michael Portillo embarks on a new railway adventure, following the Silk Road through Central Asia.
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Alison KrepsExecutive Producer
- John ComerfordExecutive Producer
Direction
- Dave MinchinDirector
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