Michael Portillo, host of Great British Railway Journeys, is currently in Australia filming Great Australian Railway Journeys, doubtless for SBS..

3AW listeners spotted him at numerous Victorian locations, including aboard Puffing Billy at Queen Victoria Market and shearing a sheep in Birregurra.

“Yes I am indeed, I am filming Great Australian Railway Journeys, we’re basically going to cover all the coastal cities, of course the Indian Pacific and we’ll be on The Ghan as well,” he told 3AW.

“All those spottings are absolutely true, I was indeed on Puffing Billy, what a lovely train that is,” he said.

The idea of a local series has been hinted at recently, given the show’s continued success for SBS.

Last November SBS Director of Television and Online Content Marshall Heald told TV Tonight, “If there was an opportunity to do it as a co-production then that would be a happy middle-ground. You need to get the stars to align with a few broadcasters.

“Watch this space….”

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