Palermo to Mt Etna

Great Continental Railway Journeys Season 7 Episode 4

Overview:
Michael Portillo’s 1936 Bradshaw’s Guide brings him to the Italian 'treasure island' of Sicily, full of natural beauty and 'scenery of the greatest charm'. But the interwar guide book also tells Michael that the head of government in Italy is the fascist leader Signor Benito Mussolini. On a railway journey from the capital, Palermo, through the ancient town of Agrigento and the port of Siracusa, to Europe’s largest volcano, Mount Etna, Michael explores Sicilian life under the dictatorship. Michael finds out how the dictator took on the mafia and asks whether it is true that under Mussolini, the trains ran on time.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Michael Portillo

Release Date : 2020-08-19

Duration : 60 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 7)

Salamanca to Canfranc
1. Salamanca to Canfranc
Orleans to Reims
2. Orleans to Reims
Berlin to Stuttgart
3. Berlin to Stuttgart
Palermo to Mt Etna
4. Palermo to Mt Etna
Linz to Bratislava
5. Linz to Bratislava
Stockholm to the Arctic Circle
6. Stockholm to the Arctic Circle


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