Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys were followed by Great Continental Railway Journeys and now the former MP has crossed the Atlantic to tackle the world's largest rail network. Great American Railroad Journeys is on BBC Two tonight at 6:30pm | BBC Breakfast

2.3K views · 39 reactions | There's over TWO HUNDRED episodes of Great British Railway Journeys for you to stream for free on UKTV Play! To celebrate, here's Michael Portillo in a typically understated outfit, learning about the history of, well, bird poo. | StreamOnU | Facebook

If you watch Great British Railway Journeys tonight, you might just spot a familiar logo appearing - presenter Michael Portillo visited our Hall Farm Rescue and Rehoming Centre on a trip to Norfolk, meeting our staff and even helping to clip pony Rudolph. The episode featuring our farm is on BBC2 at 6.30pm tonight, so make sure you tune in to see how Michael's introduction to clipping a pony went! | World Horse Welfare