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An Emotional Journey

For the final leg, Michael is back in the Catalonian Pyrenees for a deeply personal journey. In 1939, his father Luis Gabriel Portillo Perez fled through these mountains as a political refugee from the Spanish Civil War. At the tiny village of La Vajol, where many refugees headed to cross the border into France, Michael meets Margaret, some of whose family escaped through here.

English
  • Originally Aired September 13, 2022
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Network Channel 5
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Notes Is the series finale
  • Created September 13, 2022 by
    derekvm
  • Modified February 18, 2023 by
    parau
Name Type Role
Michael Portillo Host Presenter