Synopsis
Michael Portillo ventures into the bowels of an immense hydroelectric dam to learn how the Swiss use their mountainous environment to power the country.
- Programme: Great Continental Railway Journeys
- Series: 8
- Episode: 12: Sedrun to Schwyz
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2025
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