The Travel Show

Christa Larwood is in Melbourne, Australia to see how the city’s restaurants have survived the world’s longest cumulative lockdown. The team visits Fire Island National Park in New York State to find out why it occupies a special place in LGBT history. Emeline Nsingi Nkosi heads for Paris to find out about its competing bids for Unesco World Heritage status.

Carmen Roberts visits Tokyo's landmark Nakagin Tower, an eye-catching example of capsule living from the 1970s, to find out why it's about to be demolished. Simon Calder rounds up some of the travel highlights of 2022, and we meet the woman who left her busy metropolitan life for a new start in the arctic wilderness.

The team follows a woman battling with anxiety as she emerges from isolation and begins travelling for the first time.

With Europe's ski season tentatively underway, The Travel Show heads to Ischgl, the 'super-spreader resort' in Austria that made headlines during the early stages of the pandemic.

As Qatar gears up to host the first World Cup to be staged in the Middle East, Rajan Datar gets to know the host nation and its people as it begins to make the final preparations for the most famous football tournament on earth.

The Travel Show visits La Palma in the Canary Islands to see what remains of its tourist industry since a devastating volcanic eruption there last year.

Carmen Roberts is in the French Alps to hear about concerns that increased use of artificial snow is harming the environment.

Rajan Datan is in Dublin, a UNESCO city of literature, celebrating 100 years since the publication of James Joyce's epic novel Ulysses.

Carmen Roberts heads to the Swiss Alps for a look at a horse race on a frozen lake. Lucy Hedges rounds up the best kit to navigate the perils of travelling in the age of Covid.

Christa Larwood rounds up some of team's favourite trips from the last few months, including a look ahead to this year's Fifa World Cup preparations in Qatar and a visit to Melbourne as Australia relaxed some of the tightest lockdown measures in the world.

Christa Larwood's in the Netherlands to find out why some of Europe's best-known museums are opening their archives to the public. The team heads to India to meet the historians cataloguing Delhi's historical treasures, and Kate Hardie-Buckley is in Reykjavik in search of Iceland's best food.

Lucy Hedges heads to the city of Naples to see how staff at Pompeii are using four-legged robots and drones fitted with lasers to uncover more about what life was like in this ancient city. Cat Moh continues her trip around Britain's biggest attractions to find out how they're emerging from Covid - this week, she's at Alton Towers theme park, and adventurer Karolis Mieliauskas begins his human-powered voyage along Sri Lanka's Hamilton Canal, exploring the likely effects of climate change on this island nation.

Carmen Roberts heads to Chile to see the results of what some people are calling the world's biggest rewilding project. The team meets the artist and historian on a mission to catalogue all the Islamic public art in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, before neglect and the elements do their worst. And we catch up with adventurer Karolis Mieliauskas as he attempts to travel the length of Sri Lanka's Hamilton Canal by kayak.

Rajan Datar is in Dublin, a Unesco City of Literature, as it celebrates 100 years since the publication of James Joyce's epic novel Ulysses. He visits Trinity College Dublin's iconic Old Library, where an ambitious restoration is underway to save their collection of 750,000 books. Also in the show, Simon Calder is back with money-saving tips for tight travel budgets, and adventurer Karolis Mieliauskas ends his punishing paddle boat journey up Sri Lanka's Hamilton Canal.

Ade Adepitan is in Athens to visit the Acropolis, Greece's most popular tourist attraction. He experiences new improvements to accessibility made at the site and explores the controversy that surrounds them. We join an Athens-based cat charity to find out how their feline friends fared over the pandemic, and Kate Hardie-Buckley takes part in another culinary challenge, this time in the Spanish city of Malaga.

Carmen Roberts is in Chile, where the ancient Chinchorro burial culture has been recognised by Unesco. Cat Moh is on another day trip, this time in Manchester, and we visit the cafe in Vienna bringing back a taste of the good old days.

Christa Larwood is in Amsterdam to meet the scientists working on a library of historic smells that could transform how we experience museums.

The team heads to Bavaria to go behind the scenes of a once-in-a-decade German passion play. Simon Calder celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of interrailing in Europe, and Rajan Datar spends a night in the restored childhood home of George Best - Northern Ireland's most famous footballer.

As the UK celebrates the platinum jubilee, Rajan heads to Balmoral Castle, the Queen's holiday home in the Scottish Highlands, and finds out how to holiday like a royal on a budget. Also, Green Guide returns with tips on how to make the summer festival season more sustainable, and we explore the new Bob Dylan Centre in the USA.

On this week's Travel Show Lucy Hedges heads to Yellowstone National Park in the USA to meet the conservationists reintroducing bison to traditional native American homelands - 150 years on from the creation of the huge park. We are in Hong Kong to report on a growing interest in the game of mahjong amongst young people, and visit a troupe of acrobats in Cambodia who are preparing to perform again following a tough time during Covid

The team take a look back at some of their favourite trips from the last few months: Ade Adepitan revisits the Acropolis in Athens to check out accessibility for disabled travellers, Carmen Roberts is in Chile uncovering the secrets of the world's oldest mummies, and Christa Larwood heads to Amsterdam, where scientists have come up with a novel idea to attract tourists - recreating the smells of medieval Europe.

The Travel Show comes from Venice, where Carmen Roberts reports on a new app-based system that is being proposed to control the number of tourists who explore the city every day.

Eva zu Beck is in the Mexican wetlands as hopes rise that a clean-up could attract back one of the area's unique – and most distinctive – creatures.

As Sydney Harbour bridge celebrates its 90th anniversary, The Travel Show heads down under to discover how Australia’s indigenous community is now being included in its story.

Emeline Nsingi Nkosi finds out what life is like as an international volunteer on board the world's biggest civilian hospital ship. The Green Guide's back, asking how to travel sustainably on a budget, and the team is in India, taking a look at a new record-breaking railway bridge in the Himalayas.

Carmen Roberts meets the gondoliers-turned-scuba divers now responsible for cleaning the canals of Venice, Lucy Hedges is in Brighton testing out the latest festival gadgets, and we meet chef Yurii Kovryzhenko who is setting up a restaurant in London which will be staffed entirely by refugees from Ukraine.

Ade Adepitan visits the Greek Island of Evia one year on from devastating forest fires caused by climate change and finds out how locals are hoping to make a Happy Evia After.

Lucy Hedges heads for the big outdoors as the USA celebrates the 150th birthday of Yellowstone National Park. On her journey she encounters grizzly bears, wolves and bison as Yellowstone looks for new ways to work in conjunction with Native American tribes.

Carmen Roberts visits Chile to see some of the ways the country is changing as it faces a once-in-a-generation vote on the rewriting of its constitution.

Christa Larwood is in southern Spain, exploring the hidden treasure buried beneath the living sand dunes along the Mediterranean coastline.

Rajan Datar looks back at some of his favourite stories from the show over recent months - from how Greece recovered from devastating forest fires to why the traditional game of mahjong is enjoying a resurgence in Hong Kong.

We're in Tarifa in southern Spain, where high winds make it the perfect place to hold the annual World Kite Surfing Championships. We also head to Turkey to discover how the city of Mardin is becoming a hub for contemporary art. And as the music festival season comes to an end in the UK, we go behind-the-scenes at an event that hosts over 60,000 people every year to discover how all the mind-boggling logistics come together!

Following two years of travel restrictions, this summer marked a return of tourists to the UK. In this special programme Cat Moh and Lucy Hedges look back at visits they made to some of the UK’s top destinations and attractions as they geared up to welcome tourists back.

A group of fee-paying adventurers travel to the bottom of the ocean in an innovative submersible, hoping to explore the world's most famous wreck, the Titanic. The expedition also hopes to gain new insights into deep sea biodiversity around the wreck site. Part 1 of 2.

In the final part of this special series, The Travel Show team continue their journey with a group of fee-paying visitors as they begin their descent to the wreck of the Titanic. They have the hope of fulfilling lifelong ambitions to visit the remains of the famous, sunken liner, in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

Christa Larwood visits Estonia to find out why some Russian monuments are being removed from public view, while other reminders of the Soviet era are being restored and revived. She finds out how the country has launched a new visa system to encourage remote workers to set up shop in the capital Tallinn, and she tries out bog swimming in the country’s vast and wild peatlands.

Visually impaired social media star Lucy Edwards heads to Kenya for one of nature's most extraordinary events: 'The Great Migration'. It's one of the largest animal migrations in the world, in which over 1.5 million wildebeests make the perilous journey from Tanzania to Kenya in search of fresh grazing. But how will Lucy experience this once-in-a-lifetime must-see spectacular? In part one Lucy arrives in Nairobi but soon realises she's a fish out of water. But help is at hand when she meets Will, a guide who promises to tune her senses into Africa's landscape before embarking on her biggest adventure yet. Part 1 of 2.

It's the finale of The Travel Show special 'How Does a Blind Girl Go on Safari?'. Visually impaired Lucy Edwards makes her way to the Maasai Mara for 'The Great Migration', said to be one of nature's most spectacular events. In this episode, Lucy comes across the last line of defence against rhino poaching, hikes down to the foot of Thomson's Falls, and spends the day at a Maasai Village. But will she get the chance to experience one of the elusive river crossings where wildebeest risk their lives passing lions and crocodiles?

Eva Zu Beck heads to Mexico to meet a man who is taking the sting out of snake bites, Cat Moh is off to the Azores to taste the local volcanic wine and the team head to the Highlands of Scotland to check out a network of mysterious stone structures that are a symbol of Scotland's unique archaeological past.

Ade Adepitan is in Rome with the team responsible for hunting down Italy’s stolen relics. Lucy Hedges tests out some pet gadgets with the help of a few four-legged friends, and Omar Mehtab heads to Midyat in Turkey, where an underground city is being excavated.

Ibiza vs Type One Diabetes. BBC Radio 1xtra DJ Reece Parkinson tests out if you can tackle the Spanish party island and keep a health condition like type one diabetes in check. Surfs up in Senegal, as Emeline Nsingi Nkosi rides the waves with an all-female surf team in West Africa. 

Ade Adepitan is in Tuscany to take part in an unusual cheese-rolling competition down the steep streets of Volterra. Cat Moh is in the Azores, where locals are using volcanic energy to power up the local tourism industry, and Nick Kwek tests his taste buds on some unique Turkish recipes.

As Egypt celebrates the centenary year of the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber, Rajan Datar heads to Luxor to come face to face with the Boy King himself. He hears about efforts to highlight the part Egyptians played in the astonishing find, including the contribution of one 12-year-old boy whose ‘mistake’ may have changed everything. Elsewhere, the team’s in Austria meeting the terrifying figure whose Christmas spirit is a bit darker than Santa’s. And in Glasgow to find out why panto audiences there used to be some of the toughest in Britain. 

Rajan Datar looks back at a year when travel finally returned and the team got back on the road to bring you the best stories from around the world.