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Season 2020
Lucy Hedges is experiencing what it might like to be a Mars colonist at Spain's Astroland. We have our trending guide for the upcoming Chinese New Year and Cat Moh takes an icy dip in glacial meltwater between two tectonic plates.
Lucy Hedges is experiencing what it might like to be a Mars colonist at Spain's Astroland. We have our trending guide for the upcoming Chinese New Year and Cat Moh takes an icy dip in glacial meltwater between two tectonic plates.
This week Mike's in the USA, finding out about a project to re-wet Virginia's enticingly named Great Dismal Swamp. He then heads to Sarasota, Florida which has become a popular holiday
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This week Mike's in the USA, finding out about a project to re-wet Virginia's enticingly named Great Dismal Swamp. He then heads to Sarasota, Florida which has become a popular holiday destination for members of the Amish community. And our global guru Simon Calder returns with more travel tips.
Lucy Hedges is in Spain's culinary capital, San Sebastian, to see how tourists are being overcharged for the local dish. We meet the man who's using travel to fight his depression. Plus
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Lucy Hedges is in Spain's culinary capital, San Sebastian, to see how tourists are being overcharged for the local dish. We meet the man who's using travel to fight his depression. Plus Rajan Datar is in the Saudi city of Jeddah to get a crash course in its local culture.
The Travel Show looks at some of the thrills and perils of living by - and visiting - one of the world's most active volcanoes, Sicily's Mount Etna. The Global Guru returns with advice
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The Travel Show looks at some of the thrills and perils of living by - and visiting - one of the world's most active volcanoes, Sicily's Mount Etna. The Global Guru returns with advice on some of the best sporting breaks, and Carmen Roberts finds out what it takes to dance the Bon Odori in Japan's second city, Osaka.
On this week's Travel Show Ade Adepitan heads to the Maldives to meet the people who are working to save its unique marine environment.
On this week's Travel Show Ade Adepitan heads to the Maldives to meet the people who are working to save its unique marine environment.
Lucy Hedges is in Sri Lanka, where electric tuk-tuks are taking to the road as part of measures to tackle air pollution. She also meets the snakes of the Sinharaja, the rainforest park
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Lucy Hedges is in Sri Lanka, where electric tuk-tuks are taking to the road as part of measures to tackle air pollution. She also meets the snakes of the Sinharaja, the rainforest park about to be quadrupled in size.
Also this week, the trials and challenges of travelling as a plus-sized woman.
This week, Carmen Roberts is at Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival to see how it's coping with an unusually snow-free winter; Lucy Hedges is back with a round-up of all the gadgets that'll
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This week, Carmen Roberts is at Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival to see how it's coping with an unusually snow-free winter; Lucy Hedges is back with a round-up of all the gadgets that'll help you on your travels and Mike heads for Brazil to learn some Carnaval secrets ahead of this year's spectacular in Rio.
Mike Corey visits the Ibera Wetlands in Argentina, where jaguars are set to be released back into the wild. He also risks alligator-infested waters on an extraordinary gaucho tour.
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Mike Corey visits the Ibera Wetlands in Argentina, where jaguars are set to be released back into the wild. He also risks alligator-infested waters on an extraordinary gaucho tour.
We also meet Scottish storytellers at an annual Orkney festival and our Global Guru, Simon Calder, returns with his selection of North America's best road trips.
This week, Rajan Datar explores the hidden treasure underneath the streets of Jerusalem. He walks on recently excavated 2,000 year old roads and discovers old church chambers from the
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This week, Rajan Datar explores the hidden treasure underneath the streets of Jerusalem. He walks on recently excavated 2,000 year old roads and discovers old church chambers from the time of the crusaders. We meet Sue Pascoe who shares her experience about travelling as a transgender woman through India. And what could be more British than pie and mash. We look at London's first fast food takeaway.
Join Ade Adepitan in the Maldives as he looks back on some of his favourite recent Travel Show stories.
Join Ade Adepitan in the Maldives as he looks back on some of his favourite recent Travel Show stories.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on travel. In this week's Travel Show, Rajan Datar is joined by global guru Simon Calder to take a look at the impact of cancelled flights and lockdowns around the world.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on travel. In this week's Travel Show, Rajan Datar is joined by global guru Simon Calder to take a look at the impact of cancelled flights and lockdowns around the world.
As the world becomes used to closed borders and cities in lockdown, the Travel Show team investigate what this new reality means for the future of tourism and asks if the current crisis could change the way that we think about travel.
As the world becomes used to closed borders and cities in lockdown, the Travel Show team investigate what this new reality means for the future of tourism and asks if the current crisis could change the way that we think about travel.
As holidays are cancelled or postponed and much of the travel industry still struggles to cope with the impact of the coronavirus crisis join the Travel Show team for a special programme
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As holidays are cancelled or postponed and much of the travel industry still struggles to cope with the impact of the coronavirus crisis join the Travel Show team for a special programme which focuses on how to still enjoy the world whilst staying at home.
Rajan Datar finds out what it will be like to get on a plane after the world finally emerges from lockdown, how New York’s famous yellow cabs are dealing with the new normal and why
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Rajan Datar finds out what it will be like to get on a plane after the world finally emerges from lockdown, how New York’s famous yellow cabs are dealing with the new normal and why social distancing is not a problem at the usually packed ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia
The Travel Show revisits some of its best eco-trips from the last few years, including seeing California from the very top of the world's tallest trees. Plus meet the people saving
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The Travel Show revisits some of its best eco-trips from the last few years, including seeing California from the very top of the world's tallest trees. Plus meet the people saving Cambodia's disappearing wildlife and learn how to ice dive in the French Alps.
The Travel Show visits Margate in Kent, a seaside town attempting to adopt social distancing measures in the hope it will be able to welcome tourists back this summer. Lucy Hedges tries
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The Travel Show visits Margate in Kent, a seaside town attempting to adopt social distancing measures in the hope it will be able to welcome tourists back this summer. Lucy Hedges tries out some of the gadgets that claim to keep you safe in these hygiene-aware times. And the show visits Australia’s Bondi Beach as it fully reopens following lockdown, to find out how the crowds will be managed at one of the world’s most famous surfing spots.
Ade Adepitan looks back at his recent adventures in Dubai plus gets an update on how the Emirate is easing lockdown and plans for the postponed Expo 2020.
Ade Adepitan looks back at his recent adventures in Dubai plus gets an update on how the Emirate is easing lockdown and plans for the postponed Expo 2020.
The Travel Show revisits some of its wildest adventures from the last few years. The team go moose tracking in Canada, take part in the re-enactment of a dramatic battle from the Arab
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The Travel Show revisits some of its wildest adventures from the last few years. The team go moose tracking in Canada, take part in the re-enactment of a dramatic battle from the Arab Revolt in Jordan, and enter a thrilling cart race in the jungles of the Philippines.
As Spain re-opens to tourists, the Travel Show joins a pilot project that's testing new social distancing measures across the island of Mallorca.
As Spain re-opens to tourists, the Travel Show joins a pilot project that's testing new social distancing measures across the island of Mallorca.
This week's Travel Show is a special edition from Norway as we take a musical journey from Oslo to Bergen along one of the world's must stunning rail lines, the Bergensbanen.
This week's Travel Show is a special edition from Norway as we take a musical journey from Oslo to Bergen along one of the world's must stunning rail lines, the Bergensbanen.
The Travel Show's favourite food trips from the past few years. Join Christa Larwood for a smorgasbord of delights, from Michelin star street food to the Pizza World Championships and the world's biggest underwater restaurant.
The Travel Show's favourite food trips from the past few years. Join Christa Larwood for a smorgasbord of delights, from Michelin star street food to the Pizza World Championships and the world's biggest underwater restaurant.
Simon Calder finds out why some airlines have taken months to refund passengers who cancelled their trips during lockdown. Ade Adepitan is in Venice to see how the city will reopen
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Simon Calder finds out why some airlines have taken months to refund passengers who cancelled their trips during lockdown. Ade Adepitan is in Venice to see how the city will reopen without attracting the enormous crowds that have swamped it in recent years. And Tiffany Calver finds out what the future holds for live music after a terrible summer festival season.
Christa Larwood looks back at some of the most inspirational characters that the team have met on their travels, including the Thai woman who started the world’s first elephant hospital,
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Christa Larwood looks back at some of the most inspirational characters that the team have met on their travels, including the Thai woman who started the world’s first elephant hospital, the 97 year old conservationist in Turkey and the members of a ground-breaking Heavy-Metal band in Botswana.
The Travel Show is in Japan, as ceremonies take place to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What effect will coronavirus restrictions have on
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The Travel Show is in Japan, as ceremonies take place to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What effect will coronavirus restrictions have on this last major anniversary attended by elderly survivors?
We also meet the people still trapped overseas because of current travel restrictions and get some tips on the types of gadgets available to help have a socially distanced holiday, including a caravan that turns into a boat!
Canadian Mike Corey rediscovers his Scottish roots by heading to the Isle of Skye to see the negative impact that the downturn in tourism is having on Scotland’s historic buildings.
Canadian Mike Corey rediscovers his Scottish roots by heading to the Isle of Skye to see the negative impact that the downturn in tourism is having on Scotland’s historic buildings.
This week the Travel Show looks back at some of their adventures in Turkey, from the time Henry Golding visited the barbershops and bazaars of Istanbul to Mike Corey exploring a dive site with a difference off the coast of Kusadasi.
This week the Travel Show looks back at some of their adventures in Turkey, from the time Henry Golding visited the barbershops and bazaars of Istanbul to Mike Corey exploring a dive site with a difference off the coast of Kusadasi.
The Travel Show is at London Zoo, which has reopened with the help of volunteers recruited from the city's furloughed workforce. Mike Corey visits Brazil's National Museum, two years
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The Travel Show is at London Zoo, which has reopened with the help of volunteers recruited from the city's furloughed workforce. Mike Corey visits Brazil's National Museum, two years after a huge fire destroyed millions of artefacts. And we catch up with some of the explorers who began their round-the-world adventures just before lockdown left them stuck mid-challenge.
The Travel Show looks back at some of its most memorable animal encounters from the last decade, including the Beluga Whales that got a second chance, the dog exploring the United States
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The Travel Show looks back at some of its most memorable animal encounters from the last decade, including the Beluga Whales that got a second chance, the dog exploring the United States by motorbike and the rewilding project that's seeing jaguars released back into Argentine wetlands.
Christa Larwood travels to Munich to see some of the different ways German drinkers have been marking 2020's cancelled Oktoberfest beer festival. The team is in Harlem to meet the
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Christa Larwood travels to Munich to see some of the different ways German drinkers have been marking 2020's cancelled Oktoberfest beer festival. The team is in Harlem to meet the pensioner running a jazz parlour from her home, and Rajan Datar heads off to sniff out some truffles in the woodlands of northern Italy.
The Travel Show revisits some of its favourite moments from the four corners of the UK, including Ade Adepitan's tour of vegan London, a trip to dig snowholes in Scotland's Cairngorms, and a real-life Game of Thrones experience in Northern Ireland.
The Travel Show revisits some of its favourite moments from the four corners of the UK, including Ade Adepitan's tour of vegan London, a trip to dig snowholes in Scotland's Cairngorms, and a real-life Game of Thrones experience in Northern Ireland.
Rajan Datar drops in on Rome as it prepares to mark 150 years since becoming Italy's capital city. We're back with our series revealing Untold America, Christa Larwood is on the hunt for
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Rajan Datar drops in on Rome as it prepares to mark 150 years since becoming Italy's capital city. We're back with our series revealing Untold America, Christa Larwood is on the hunt for Neanderthals in Gibraltar and Carmen Roberts tries out a distinctive kind of rafting in Japan's Wakayama prefecture dating back 600 years.
The Travel Show team takes a look back at some of its most memorable trips to Africa, including the time Ben Zand took part in one of Sudan's popular Friday wrestling contests, when Ade
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The Travel Show team takes a look back at some of its most memorable trips to Africa, including the time Ben Zand took part in one of Sudan's popular Friday wrestling contests, when Ade Adepitan went behind the scenes at the Grand Egyptian Museum and Lucy Hedges's tour of one of South Africa's most awe-inspiring modernist landmarks.
The team heads for Devon to see how British holiday parks are coping with new coronavirus restrictions, Christa is in Berlin to find out why wild boars have been running rampant across
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The team heads for Devon to see how British holiday parks are coping with new coronavirus restrictions, Christa is in Berlin to find out why wild boars have been running rampant across the city in recent months, and Carmen Roberts visits the Japanese House of Horrors that’s managed to scare its customers silly, while maintaining an appropriate social distance.
Christa Larwood is in London looking back at some of the most memorable arts and culture moments featured on the programme over the years, including when Ade Adepitan tried improvised
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Christa Larwood is in London looking back at some of the most memorable arts and culture moments featured on the programme over the years, including when Ade Adepitan tried improvised comedy in New York City and when Carmen Roberts took part in a traditional dragon dance in Taiwan.
The team looks at whether we can book holidays with any confidence when coronavirus restrictions begin to lift, Alana Yzola is in Las Vegas finding out how more engaged couples are
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The team looks at whether we can book holidays with any confidence when coronavirus restrictions begin to lift, Alana Yzola is in Las Vegas finding out how more engaged couples are choosing to elope rather than plan a big destination wedding, and we meet the Ugandan mountain guides trying to rebuild their tourist industry after a terrible year of lockdowns and landslides.
Lucy Hedges rounds up some of the Travel Show's best sporting adventures from recent years, from sandboarding in Kazakhstan, to wrestling in the Gobi Desert, to a freezing cold dip in Scottish seas.
Lucy Hedges rounds up some of the Travel Show's best sporting adventures from recent years, from sandboarding in Kazakhstan, to wrestling in the Gobi Desert, to a freezing cold dip in Scottish seas.
Ade Adepitan looks at some of the innovations that may get us travelling again in the near future. The team's on Australia's Kangaroo Island, twelve months on from the catastrophic
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Ade Adepitan looks at some of the innovations that may get us travelling again in the near future. The team's on Australia's Kangaroo Island, twelve months on from the catastrophic bushfires that killed of thousands of koalas. In Guatemala, scientists are using laser imaging to reveal more about the Mayan civilisation, and Rajan Datar visits the crumbling Italian hilltop village that's battling to stop erosion carrying away its heritage.
The team revisits some favourite North American trips from recent years. Mike Corey is in Hollywood for a behind-the-scenes look at the new, yet-to-open Academy Museum of Motion
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The team revisits some favourite North American trips from recent years. Mike Corey is in Hollywood for a behind-the-scenes look at the new, yet-to-open Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Ade Adepitan visits Bermuda, the shipwreck capital of the world, and Brandy Yanchyk is in frozen Canada for a spot of ice canoeing.
Christa Larwood finds out how trips to see Santa are changing as we prepare to celebrate Christmas in a pandemic. The show heads to Mount Everest, now closed to climbers, to find out how
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Christa Larwood finds out how trips to see Santa are changing as we prepare to celebrate Christmas in a pandemic. The show heads to Mount Everest, now closed to climbers, to find out how its famous sherpas are coping with the loss of work. Amanda Ruggeri is in China to look at some of the high-tech solutions to fix crumbling sections of the Great Wall. Plus the couples separated by closed borders, but are hoping to be reunited for Christmas.
Christa Larwood finds out how trips to see Santa are changing as we prepare to celebrate Christmas in a pandemic. We head to Mount Everest, now closed to climbers, to find out how its
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Christa Larwood finds out how trips to see Santa are changing as we prepare to celebrate Christmas in a pandemic. We head to Mount Everest, now closed to climbers, to find out how its famous sherpas are coping with the loss of work. Amanda Ruggeri is in China to look at some of the high-tech solutions to fix crumbling sections of the Great Wall. And we catch up with the couples separated by closed borders, but hoping to be reunited for Christmas.
In a special programme from Kazakhstan, Mike Corey explores the significant role of nature on the people of Kazakhstan and the travellers who visit there.
In a special programme from Kazakhstan, Mike Corey explores the significant role of nature on the people of Kazakhstan and the travellers who visit there.
Ade Adepitan takes a look back at 2020, a year when Covid-19 brought the travel industry to its knees. He looks at some of the inspiring ways travellers coped with lockdown.
Ade Adepitan takes a look back at 2020, a year when Covid-19 brought the travel industry to its knees. He looks at some of the inspiring ways travellers coped with lockdown.
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