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« on: April 16, 2026, 21:23:27 »
Not sure this has been mentioned yet, there's a 5-part series with Michael Portillo to be found on the iplayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002v462/great-japanese-railway-journeys-series-1-1-osaka-to-nagoya
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2026, 06:18:19 »
Quote from: ChrisB on April 16, 2026, 21:23:27
Not sure this has been mentioned yet, there's a 5-part series with Michael Portillo to be found on the iplayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002v462/great-japanese-railway-journeys-series-1-1-osaka-to-nagoya

There are 15 episodes, started this week, 6:30pm Monday-Friday until 1st May, seem to be releasing 5 per week on I-player
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« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2026, 12:15:18 »
I saw some of last week's episode, and it was entertaining, and eye opening. They took Michael into a maintenance shed for the bullet trains, except it was more like a laboratory; no sign of any dirt or grime anywhere:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002v46g/great-japanese-railway-journeys-series-1-4-kanazawa-to-kurobe-gorge
at about 7 mins in.
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