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Season 2019
Carmen Roberts heads to Taiwan where she explores the Chinese treasures on display at Taipei's National Palace Museum. Plus she takes centre stage as she leads a traditional dragon dance
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Carmen Roberts heads to Taiwan where she explores the Chinese treasures on display at Taipei's National Palace Museum. Plus she takes centre stage as she leads a traditional dragon dance at a local arts festival. And Lucy Hedges hits the French Alps to test out the very latest ski gadgets.
Ade Adepitan is in Morocco to find out what happens to working animals in the tourist trade when they can't work anymore. Plus the African Americans whose old travel stories helped shape
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Ade Adepitan is in Morocco to find out what happens to working animals in the tourist trade when they can't work anymore. Plus the African Americans whose old travel stories helped shape a Hollywood film, and a rafting trip near one of the world's highest border crossings.
Lucy Hedges is in Tignes in the French Alps looking at how ski resorts are tackling climate change Plus there's a roundup of some of the best mountain festivals this season, while travel
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Lucy Hedges is in Tignes in the French Alps looking at how ski resorts are tackling climate change Plus there's a roundup of some of the best mountain festivals this season, while travel guru Simon Calder shares his tips on rail travel in central Europe and where to find old-fashioned Greece. And the show is in Fuerteventura in the Canaries, where one woman shows off why her island is perfect for kite surfing.
The Travel Show is in France, where Christa Larwood goes behind the scenes at Notre Dame to discover how time has taken its toll on the historic building and investigates how online
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The Travel Show is in France, where Christa Larwood goes behind the scenes at Notre Dame to discover how time has taken its toll on the historic building and investigates how online crowd-funding communities are working hard to help save it.
Plus we head to New York to visit a restaurant where all the chefs are retired grandmothers from overseas.
Ade Adepitan heads to Morocco to find out why Marrakech is becoming a destination for lovers of modern African art. Carmen Roberts goes to Yokohama.
Ade Adepitan heads to Morocco to find out why Marrakech is becoming a destination for lovers of modern African art. Carmen Roberts goes to Yokohama.
Mike Corey heads to Los Angeles as it prepares for Oscars weekend to see how film fans visiting the area can get closer to the films they love. Simon Calder gives his Global Guru travel
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Mike Corey heads to Los Angeles as it prepares for Oscars weekend to see how film fans visiting the area can get closer to the films they love. Simon Calder gives his Global Guru travel tips and Carmen Roberts is back in Japan for another challenge against the clock, this time in Kumamoto.
Christa Larwood delves into Latvia's Soviet past as the tiny country celebrates its centenary. Carmen takes on Japan's southern city Fukuoka in her high-speed challenge and Rajan Datar
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Christa Larwood delves into Latvia's Soviet past as the tiny country celebrates its centenary. Carmen takes on Japan's southern city Fukuoka in her high-speed challenge and Rajan Datar travels to a remote spot in Wales to find out about a very unique painting project.
The team is in the Texan state capital to find out about the campaign to 'Keep Austin Weird'. Flying cars and sausage hotels are part of this month's look at what's trending in the world
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The team is in the Texan state capital to find out about the campaign to 'Keep Austin Weird'. Flying cars and sausage hotels are part of this month's look at what's trending in the world of travel and Christa Larwood heads to Estonia to take on the annual European Sauna Marathon.
Three months in to 2019 and already we have covered plenty of ground. So this week we are going to take a look back at some of our favourite stories so far this year.
Three months in to 2019 and already we have covered plenty of ground. So this week we are going to take a look back at some of our favourite stories so far this year.
The team are in Dubai to find out how they are working hard to make holidays more sustainable. They meet the turtles who have become temporary residents at a seven star hotel. Plus there
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The team are in Dubai to find out how they are working hard to make holidays more sustainable. They meet the turtles who have become temporary residents at a seven star hotel. Plus there is a serious drop in temperature, as the show travels to Russia to meet the man who has just completed an incredible journey across Siberia.
This week’s Travel Show comes from the USA, where we follow the Ellis family and their two severely autistic twins as they take their first-ever holiday together, to a theme park designed especially for children with special needs.
This week’s Travel Show comes from the USA, where we follow the Ellis family and their two severely autistic twins as they take their first-ever holiday together, to a theme park designed especially for children with special needs.
With just over 500 days left in the countdown to the 2020 Paralympics, Paul Carter is in Tokyo finding out if the Japanese capital is prepared to welcome disabled visitors from around the world.
With just over 500 days left in the countdown to the 2020 Paralympics, Paul Carter is in Tokyo finding out if the Japanese capital is prepared to welcome disabled visitors from around the world.
Mike Corey is in Los Angeles in search of the local wild mountain lions whose lives and habitat are under threat from human activity, as well as meeting the people who are helping to
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Mike Corey is in Los Angeles in search of the local wild mountain lions whose lives and habitat are under threat from human activity, as well as meeting the people who are helping to protect them. Simon is back with more Global Guru travel tips, and we visit the world’s largest underwater restaurant as it prepares to open to the public for the first time.
The Travel Show team heads to Madrid where a transport revolution is underway, as Ade Adepitan rounds up all the latest stories and trends in travel. Plus, Christa heads to the mountains
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The Travel Show team heads to Madrid where a transport revolution is underway, as Ade Adepitan rounds up all the latest stories and trends in travel. Plus, Christa heads to the mountains of Latvia to have a go at some of the more terrifying winter sports.
Mike Corey is in Oslo taking on the grandmasters of Norway's chess scene, while Lucy Hedges is on the Thames putting some of the latest video cameras to the test. Plus the team are in
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Mike Corey is in Oslo taking on the grandmasters of Norway's chess scene, while Lucy Hedges is on the Thames putting some of the latest video cameras to the test. Plus the team are in Hereford to find out what is behind one of the world's oldest surviving medieval maps.
Reporter Greg McKenzie visits the Caribbean island of St Martin, where music festival-goers are volunteering to help the island’s recovery following devastating Hurricane Irma. Ade gets
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Reporter Greg McKenzie visits the Caribbean island of St Martin, where music festival-goers are volunteering to help the island’s recovery following devastating Hurricane Irma. Ade gets a taste of life in Dubai’s supercar fast lane and we meet the people working to keep Hong Kong’s iconic neon lights from going out forever.
The team is on the Normandy coast to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-day landings. Mike Corey is at the top of one of California's enormous redwood trees to find out how climate change might be affecting some of these arboreal giants.
The team is on the Normandy coast to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-day landings. Mike Corey is at the top of one of California's enormous redwood trees to find out how climate change might be affecting some of these arboreal giants.
Lucy Hedges is in New York for a sneak peek inside the brand new Statue of Liberty Museum and she climbs Vessel, the 150-feet-high sculpture that is the centrepiece of the city's $25
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Lucy Hedges is in New York for a sneak peek inside the brand new Statue of Liberty Museum and she climbs Vessel, the 150-feet-high sculpture that is the centrepiece of the city's $25 billion development, Hudson Yards. We also meet a man who lives alone on an island in Norway's remote Solund region and Simon returns with more Global Guru travel trips.
Cat Moh visits Morocco where a women-only tour of the Atlas Mountains is helping to reveal hidden cultures. The show also heads stateside to join the historic cavalcade of Pancho Villa.
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Cat Moh visits Morocco where a women-only tour of the Atlas Mountains is helping to reveal hidden cultures. The show also heads stateside to join the historic cavalcade of Pancho Villa. Plus Lucy Hedges is in New York to try the street sport that's entertained generations of New Yorkers.
We look back at some of our favourite moments from the past few months from mountain lions in LA to a race around Kumamoto in Japan and bobsleighing in Latvia.
We look back at some of our favourite moments from the past few months from mountain lions in LA to a race around Kumamoto in Japan and bobsleighing in Latvia.
Tony Giles is an independent backpacker who has been totally blind from birth and visited over 125 countries in the last 20 years. In this first of two special films the Travel Show
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Tony Giles is an independent backpacker who has been totally blind from birth and visited over 125 countries in the last 20 years. In this first of two special films the Travel Show follows him as heads to Ethiopia. Tony starts his
journey in the country's modern, vibrant capital Addis Ababa. On his quest to take in the sounds and smells and feel of the city, he explores one of Africa’s biggest markets and tastes Ethiopian food prepared by his local host. Jumping inside an iconic blue Addis taxi, he then heads to a gallery which exhibits art for the visually impaired before ending his day enjoying traditional Ethiopian music and dance.
In the second part of a Travel Show special from Ethiopia, Tony Giles, a backpacker who is blind and almost deaf, visits Lalibela, the cradle of Orthodox Christianity in Africa. He
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In the second part of a Travel Show special from Ethiopia, Tony Giles, a backpacker who is blind and almost deaf, visits Lalibela, the cradle of Orthodox Christianity in Africa. He visits the world-famous rock-hewn churches and gets the chance to take part in a colourful and moving Orthodox lent service. It is here that Tony begins his own spiritual journey, questioning his own disability and why his own lack of sight and sound has driven him to travel the world.
Ade Adepitan and the team are on the Yorkshire coast, painting the town black at the Whitby Goth Festival.
Our Global Guru Simon Calder returns with advice on combating altitude
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Ade Adepitan and the team are on the Yorkshire coast, painting the town black at the Whitby Goth Festival.
Our Global Guru Simon Calder returns with advice on combating altitude sickness and how to see both Corsica and Sardinia in just one trip.
And we head to New York, ahead of the events marking 50 years since the Stonewall Riots, a turning point in the struggle for LGBT rights in the United States.
Mike Corey travels to Thailand to visit an eco-tourism project where travellers are helping to give something back by replanting a mangrove lake, Lucy Hedges tries out a cardboard kayak
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Mike Corey travels to Thailand to visit an eco-tourism project where travellers are helping to give something back by replanting a mangrove lake, Lucy Hedges tries out a cardboard kayak in this month's Global Gadgets, and we go under the ice in Austria for a surreal game of hockey.
Christa Larwood dresses up and heads to Dublin to join the competitors taking part in the 2019 Irish cosplay championship, Ade Adepitan travels to Dubai to go behind the scenes at one of
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Christa Larwood dresses up and heads to Dublin to join the competitors taking part in the 2019 Irish cosplay championship, Ade Adepitan travels to Dubai to go behind the scenes at one of the biggest outdoor gardens in the world and Lucy Hedges tries out a cardboard kayak in Global Gadgets.
Mike Corey heads to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to meet some of the people trying to save it for future generations, including plans for a Great Reef Census - which would see tourist
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Mike Corey heads to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to meet some of the people trying to save it for future generations, including plans for a Great Reef Census - which would see tourist photos used to create the most detailed survey of the structure to date. We meet the scientist whose work on coral spawn could lead to kilometres of dead reef being repopulated, thanks to breakthroughs in robotics; and we find out how submarine rides could be the newest way to see the reef, without causing further harm to it.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, Rajan Datar travels to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The show meets a man who has signed up to become a space tourist and
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, Rajan Datar travels to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The show meets a man who has signed up to become a space tourist and discovers how Iceland played a little-known but vital role in space exploration.
This week’s Travel Show heads to New York to meet the crime-fighting volunteer Guardian Angels as they mark 40 years of protecting travellers and tourists on the city’s public transit
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This week’s Travel Show heads to New York to meet the crime-fighting volunteer Guardian Angels as they mark 40 years of protecting travellers and tourists on the city’s public transit system, we help out with an ambitious urban art project in Spain and our Global Guru Simon Calder is here to answer your travel questions.
In a UK special from around the country, Christa Larwood travels to Northern Ireland to discover how tourism there is being transformed by a hit television programme. Cat Moh walks in
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In a UK special from around the country, Christa Larwood travels to Northern Ireland to discover how tourism there is being transformed by a hit television programme. Cat Moh walks in the treacherous footsteps of miners in England’s Lake District and we meet a man exploring the country in a new way, walking the entire length of the coast.
Ade is in Lebanon as the country celebrates 75 years of independence. In Beirut, he discovers how the city has shaken off the dust and debris from the calamitous civil war and gone on to
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Ade is in Lebanon as the country celebrates 75 years of independence. In Beirut, he discovers how the city has shaken off the dust and debris from the calamitous civil war and gone on to become one of the Middle East’s top nightlife destinations. In the mountains he visits the astonishing Moussa Castle, an entire 3500 square metre fortress built single handed by one local man. And we join Lucy the for latest round up of Global Gadgets.
This weekend Rajan Datar’s in Hokkaido in Japan - looking at how, 150 years since the Japanese annexed the island, local indigenous culture has fused with traditions brought from the
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This weekend Rajan Datar’s in Hokkaido in Japan - looking at how, 150 years since the Japanese annexed the island, local indigenous culture has fused with traditions brought from the mainland. On his journey, Rajan meets the Ainu people for an introduction to hunting, flexes his muscles at a Mochi pounding contest, and puts his best foot forward for the island’s biggest international dance competition.
Join Lucy Hedges as she takes a look back at some of her favourite recent trips and adventures with The Travel Show team.
Join Lucy Hedges as she takes a look back at some of her favourite recent trips and adventures with The Travel Show team.
In the Scottish Highlands and Outer Hebrides, Christa Larwood explores ancient loch dwellings that archaeologists now believe date back to the neolithic era.
Mike Corey has the
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In the Scottish Highlands and Outer Hebrides, Christa Larwood explores ancient loch dwellings that archaeologists now believe date back to the neolithic era.
Mike Corey has the latest in what is trending in travel, and we're in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires where the LGBT community has been embracing a movement they are calling Queer Tango.
This week on The Travel Show, Lucy is in Switzerland taking part in the world’s biggest and perhaps most infrequent wine festival; The Fete des Vignerons. We take a look at the Filipino
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This week on The Travel Show, Lucy is in Switzerland taking part in the world’s biggest and perhaps most infrequent wine festival; The Fete des Vignerons. We take a look at the Filipino community who risk their lives daily scaling cliffs to collect bird’s nests. And we head to the Alps to explore the rising trend of natural wine.
This week’s Travel Show comes from the Netherlands, where Amsterdam is marking the 350th anniversary of the death of one of the world’s most accomplished artists – Rembrandt. Ade
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This week’s Travel Show comes from the Netherlands, where Amsterdam is marking the 350th anniversary of the death of one of the world’s most accomplished artists – Rembrandt. Ade Adepitan sees how one of Rembrandt's most famous paintings is being restored.
We meet a woman who doesn’t let her visible difference get in the way of her travels and also go wild swimming in Scotland.
Carmen Roberts heads to Osaka in Japan to explore some ancient burial mounds located in the middle of a very modern city. Alex Taylor tries out a sailing holiday that's wheelchair-friendly and global guru Simon Calder takes on your travel challenges.
Carmen Roberts heads to Osaka in Japan to explore some ancient burial mounds located in the middle of a very modern city. Alex Taylor tries out a sailing holiday that's wheelchair-friendly and global guru Simon Calder takes on your travel challenges.
Cat Moh travels to Iceland to see how glaciers are melting and the landscape is changing, while Ben Hunte heads to New York to learn how to vogue.
Cat Moh travels to Iceland to see how glaciers are melting and the landscape is changing, while Ben Hunte heads to New York to learn how to vogue.
On The Travel Show this week, Christa's in Greece as the Acropolis Museum unveils its newest excavation marking the 10th anniversary of this popular attraction. Plus, Christa finds her
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On The Travel Show this week, Christa's in Greece as the Acropolis Museum unveils its newest excavation marking the 10th anniversary of this popular attraction. Plus, Christa finds her sea legs off the coast of Athens as she joins 170 rowers on board a full scale replica of a two thousand year old warship named 'Olympias'.
Mike Corey travels across Malaysia's biggest state, Sarawak. He ventures deep into the Bornean rainforest; hanging out with some orang-utans at a former rehabilitation centre, climbing
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Mike Corey travels across Malaysia's biggest state, Sarawak. He ventures deep into the Bornean rainforest; hanging out with some orang-utans at a former rehabilitation centre, climbing jagged peaks at Gunung Mulu National Park and exploring Pesta Nukenen, one of the world's most remote food festivals.
Twenty-five years after the devastating genocide in Rwanda, it now has one of the fastest-growing tourism economies in the world. Lucy Hedges sets off on a trekking expedition to find
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Twenty-five years after the devastating genocide in Rwanda, it now has one of the fastest-growing tourism economies in the world. Lucy Hedges sets off on a trekking expedition to find gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park and meet the rangers and vets involved in protecting the species. She also mounts an e-bike and cycles across the country of a thousand hills, completing her journey on Lake Kivu, one of Africa's Great Lakes
The Travel Show visits the Turkish coast where Mike Corey explores a sunken airliner, one of several scuttled in recent years as part of efforts to create artificial reefs.
The Travel Show visits the Turkish coast where Mike Corey explores a sunken airliner, one of several scuttled in recent years as part of efforts to create artificial reefs.
Rajan Datar heads into the Arabian desert to explore a hidden city that has lain relatively untouched for thousands of years. Lucy Hedges tests out the gadgets that could help you travel
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Rajan Datar heads into the Arabian desert to explore a hidden city that has lain relatively untouched for thousands of years. Lucy Hedges tests out the gadgets that could help you travel better. Carmen Roberts meets the bear dogs of Japan which are specially trained to stop ursine intruders prowling the streets of one of the country’s popular resort towns.
Ade Adepitan is in Germany as it marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. He meets some punks who defied the East German authorities in the 1980s and an artist building a
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Ade Adepitan is in Germany as it marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. He meets some punks who defied the East German authorities in the 1980s and an artist building a commemorative 'wall of unification'. We also catch up with the first All-Female Injured and Sick team to compete in a gruelling bicycle race across the USA and Cat Moh swims in some of the world's clearest waters in Iceland.
Join Christa Larwood as she looks back at some recent highlights on The Travel Show.
Join Christa Larwood as she looks back at some recent highlights on The Travel Show.
Cat Moh tries out an eco-friendly ski-slope in Copenhagen - a city aiming to become the world's first carbon neutral capital. Simon Calder's back with tips on how to take a new train
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Cat Moh tries out an eco-friendly ski-slope in Copenhagen - a city aiming to become the world's first carbon neutral capital. Simon Calder's back with tips on how to take a new train link to the world's coldest city. Lucy Hedges is in the Rwandan capital Kigali, meeting a people determined to make the country one of East Africa's cultural hotspots.
Cat Moh is back in Iceland ahead of the opening of a new kind of sanctuary which will offer a home to whales released from captivity.
Ade Adepitan visits an abandoned theme park,
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Cat Moh is back in Iceland ahead of the opening of a new kind of sanctuary which will offer a home to whales released from captivity.
Ade Adepitan visits an abandoned theme park, opened 50 years ago in communist-era Berlin, and we meet the women who undertook a gruelling bike race across America.
Join the team on their journey of discovery as they explore new destinations around the globe and uncover hidden sides to some of the world's favourite holiday hotspots.
Carmen Roberts
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Join the team on their journey of discovery as they explore new destinations around the globe and uncover hidden sides to some of the world's favourite holiday hotspots.
Carmen Roberts is in the world's capital of plastic surgery, Seoul, South Korea, to explore the booming Korean beauty market.
This week Christa goes behind the scenes at the Houses of Parliament to see some of the urgent renovation work being carried out on this UNESCO World Heritage Site, we join the fun
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This week Christa goes behind the scenes at the Houses of Parliament to see some of the urgent renovation work being carried out on this UNESCO World Heritage Site, we join the fun festivities at Norfolk's Thursford Christmas Spectacular, and we're in one of London's historic arcades to see how the people there prepare for their Christmas lights switch-on.
Lucy Hedges rounds up some of the Travel Show's best adventures from 2019.
Lucy Hedges rounds up some of the Travel Show's best adventures from 2019.
Mike Corey travels across Malaysia's biggest state, Sarawak. He ventures deep into the Bornean rainforest and explores Pesta Nukenen, one of the world's most remote food festivals.
Mike Corey travels across Malaysia's biggest state, Sarawak. He ventures deep into the Bornean rainforest and explores Pesta Nukenen, one of the world's most remote food festivals.
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