Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles

In Mexico, Nick travels from Los Mochis in Sinaloa to Creel in Chihuahua, witnessing astonishing feats of railway engineering and breathtaking landscapes.

Nick travels north from the Viking capital of Trondheim, stopping for a night on the River Namsen, takes a helicopter ride, meets a Sami reindeer herder and goes swimming in near freezing sea.

From the misty mountains of Sa Pa to the jam-packed city of Hanoi with its five million scooters, Nick discovers a Vietnam that is developing fast and thriving.

Over the course of three train journeys, Nick visits Malaysia, a country of contrasts - high tech, rural simplicity, megacities and virgin rainforest, and culture.

Nick's Alaskan journey begins at dawn in snowy Anchorage and takes him north to the USA's coldest city, Fairbanks, taking in the mighty Matanuska Glacier on the way.

The presenter travels by rail from the extraordinary landscapes of Peru to Machu Picchu, visiting the fourth highest train station in the world and Lake Titicaca en route.