Wouldn't mind being stuck on an overnight train with him :man:
charles.w
7 May 17#2
Is there a Portillo-free version ? Ghastly man, dreadful presenter.
Roger_Irrelevant to charles.w
7 May 179#3
I think the fact there's been 8 series of this, plus spin-offs, would suggest most people don't share your opinion. :wink:
Steve1205 to charles.w
8 May 173#6
Portillo is the ideal presenter as he has a love of railways.
charles.w
7 May 176#4
Ah the old popular = High Quality argument. The bestselling newspaper in the UK is The Sun. Go figure.
funkeymunkey
7 May 171#5
Now that's what i call a touché!
Roger_Irrelevant
8 May 172#7
Yep he knows his subject and he has an affable nature with the people he meets on his travels.
Bear in mind also it was him who saved the Settle-Carlisle line from the axe.
charles.w to Roger_Irrelevant
8 May 171#8
"“I wasn’t expecting any kind of publicity around it, but I was surprised when I got out at Carlisle the first thing I saw was a television camera. Then, as the train passed through each station on the line there were very large numbers of people waving banners with my name on them, all sorts of things. I was told later that an official in my department had leaked my visit. So you see, the line had friends everywhere.”
Yeah, right. I do lots of work for charity but I don't like to talk about it.
DarrenLev
8 May 171#9
Didnt agree with his political views but Portillo is a very good presenter on this.
mane1034 to DarrenLev
10 May 17#16
This is called respect!!!!
saintagnes
10 May 171#10
err...you just did. And I don't get your comment about the Sun. Nobody necessarily said this series was quality, but that it is popular. I have heard Portillo speak in person and found him very interesting. You, I find, are not.
charles.w
10 May 17#11
You might like him, but you'd be wrong.
Rom
10 May 17#12
Get him and his nauseating clothing out of the country after Brexit.
ryan2 to Rom
10 May 17#13
??? Wasn't aware Brexit enabled the deportation of people with questionable taste in fashion!
I much prefer Portillo as a presenter than a politician, but he once cited his greatest achievement in office as being saving the Settle-Carlisle line.
Gazmando
10 May 17#14
Shane that the political zealots have to come and drone on with comments that nobody is interested in.
Lovely, interesting and relaxing programme and Michael does a great job presenting it.
Excellent price.
Rom
10 May 17#15
It was on the other side of the bus that said the NHS would be getting an extra £350 million a week
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Bear in mind also it was him who saved the Settle-Carlisle line from the axe.
Yeah, right. I do lots of work for charity but I don't like to talk about it.
I much prefer Portillo as a presenter than a politician, but he once cited his greatest achievement in office as being saving the Settle-Carlisle line.
Lovely, interesting and relaxing programme and Michael does a great job presenting it.
Excellent price.