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Great Indian Railway Journeys: Lucknow to Kolkata

Series 1, episode 4

Directed by (unconfirmed)
Ben Rowland

On a journey from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to Kolkata in West Bengal, Michael Portillo charts a course through India's history from the days of The East India Company to the dawn of independence. In Lucknow, he tastes the famous kebabs, stops off at Bodh Gaya, where he meditates on its Buddhist heritage, and In Kolkata, he glimpses colonial Calcutta in the grand Great Eastern Hotel

Cast (unconfirmed)

Michael Portillo
Alison Kreps
Ben Rowland