Great Asian Railway Journeys - Season 1 Episode 16 : Kuala Kangsar to Cameron Highlands

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Jan 27, 2020

1 - 1

Kowloon to Wan Chai Jan 27, 2020
1 - 2

Hong Kong University to Lantau Island Jan 28, 2020
1 - 3

Chiang Mai to Lampang Feb 29, 2020
1 - 4

Ayutthaya to River Kwai Jan 30, 2020
1 - 5

Bangkok Jan 31, 2020
1 - 6

Bangkok to Hua Hin Feb 03, 2020
1 - 7

Ho Chi Minh City to Phan Thiet Feb 04, 2020
1 - 8

Da Nang to Hoi An Feb 05, 2020
1 - 9

Hue to Ninh Binh Feb 06, 2020
1 - 10

Hanoi to Ha Long Bay Feb 07, 2020
1 - 11

Jakarta to Bogor Feb 10, 2020
1 - 12

Jakarta to Borobudur/Kutoarjo Feb 11, 2020
1 - 13

Yogyakarta to Ambarawa Feb 12, 2020
1 - 14

Ambarawa to Surabaya Feb 13, 2020
1 - 15

Penang to Kuala Kangsar Feb 14, 2020
1 - 16

Kuala Kangsar to Cameron Highlands Feb 15, 2020
1 - 17

Kuala Lumpur to Melaka Feb 18, 2020
1 - 18

Melaka to Johor Bahru Feb 19, 2020
1 - 19

Raffles Place to Botanic Gardens Feb 20, 2020
1 - 20

Chinatown to Gardens by the Bay Feb 21, 2020

Overview

Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of south east Asia continues in Malaysia. His journey resumes in Kuala Kangsar, where he taps into the source of the lucrative rubber industry that boomed at the time of his 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide, when Malaya was a British colony. Michael learns how rubber engineering today ensures railway passengers enjoy a smooth ride. In the cosmopolitan foody town of Ipoh, Michael bakes a popular Chinese treat at a famous Malaysian bakery and enjoys a dragon dance of epic proportions. At a colonial-era hill station in the Cameron Highlands, Michael discovers how the British made themselves at home as he visits a tea plantation by a golf course to taste this most British staple.

Year 2020

Studio BBC Two

Director Dave Minchin

Crew Alison Kreps (Editor), Cassie Farrell (Director), George Boyle (Director), Dave Minchin (Director), Jon Wygens (Music), Frances Beere (Story Editor)

Popularity 0.9108

Language Cantonese, English, Indonesian, Malay, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese