Great Asian Railway Journeys - Season 1 Episode 18 : Melaka to Johor Bahru

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 is in Malaysia on a 2,500-mile tour of south east Asia. His 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide takes him to Melaka, for centuries one of the greatest trading ports in the world. He tastes the spicy cuisine of the Kristang community, descendants of early 16th-century Portuguese settlers who mixed with local Malays. Continuing to Kluang amid fertile farmland, Michael joins in the pineapple harvest and discovers how Malaysia’s resources of tin and tropical fruit created a global market in food. Arriving at the tip of the Malaysian peninsula in Johor Bahru, Michael visits the palace of Sultan Abu Bakar, a canny and well-travelled monarch who became friends with Queen Victoria and used what he learned in Britain to modernise his realm. Michael learns how Malaysia’s first ever railway fell prey to an implacable foe.

Year 2020

Studio BBC Two

Director Dave Minchin

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

Popularity 1.0487

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