Michael Portillo’s Long Weekends: Season 1,Episode 1 Madrid (BBC iPlayer 2024 UK)(ENG/SUB ENG)

Michael Portillo’s Long Weekends Network: BBC Two, BBC iPlayer (UK) Series One, Episode 1 Madrid Aired: April 19, 2024 (United Kingdom) 65 min | Travel Documentary | TV Series (2024 - now) (ENG/SUB ENG) On each Long Weekend Michael reveals the secrets, sites and people that make these cities tick, finding the best restaurants, bars, food markets and hotels, as well as the places only the locals know and love. Exploring hidden neighbourhoods off the tourist trail, and going behind-the-scenes of major landmarks he reveals how in just a busy weekend you can find the real city as well as the classic Royal palaces, cathedrals, galleries, and museums, which open their doors and welcome us all in. Season 1, Episode 01 – “Madrid” A short flight from the UK, renowned as a city that never sleeps, Madrid is somewhere Michael knows well having visited it regularly for over 60 years. And this weekend will be one to remember, with spies in hotel bars, delicate suckling pig and exquisite charcoal grilled seafood, and an outrageous bespoke Spanish cape. There’s even his boyhood home in the heart of the city. #BBCTwo #BBCiPlayer #Travel@zdenek1964 #Travel@britblood #Documentary #MichaelPortillo@zdenek1964