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Episode 5
In the Norwegian Arctic life is all about the border.
29 May 2026,·14 mins
Sierra Leone: the diamond that saved a thousand lives
The diamond that brought light, a school and healthcare to one African village.
26 May 2026,·31 mins
A Trip Doon the Watter on the Waverley
Mark Stephen climbs aboard the world's last seagoing paddle steamer, The Waverley
27 May 2026,·26 mins
Bailies of Bennachie
Clare heads up Mither Tap, a distinctive hill in the Bennachie range.
21 May 2026,·24 mins
Introducing... The Collection: Peel Acres
Jarvis Cocker joins Tom Ravenscroft at Peel Acres the home of John Peel's music collection
16 Jan 2023,·9 mins
Miriam Margolyes: Tuscany, Italy
Will Miriam persuade Shaun to join her in La Dolce Vita?
26 Jun 2024,·44 mins
Greenhead to Kirk Yetholm
Mark Radcliffe travels from Greenhead near Hadrian's Wall to the village of Kirk Yetholm.
21 May 2015,·30 mins
5. Shipwreck and Marriage
117 days have passed since Maurice and Maralyn were cast adrift and hope of rescue faded.
07 Feb 2025,·14 mins
The Perfumed Mountaineer
Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher, photographer and perfumer.
28 Jul 2020,·28 mins
5. Peterhead
Paddy meets a trawlerman who has fishing in his blood.
30 Dec 2016,·15 mins
Series 3
Reykjavik
Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.
03 Dec 2016,·30 mins
How to Laugh It Off
Jack Boswell explores craic, the Irish way of blending humour, stories and shared joy.
17 Jan 2025,·15 mins
Episode 2
Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London.
14 Jul 2010,·13 mins
Monsignor Quixote
Guy Hedgecoe follows Graham Greene's travels around post-Franco Spain in the late 1970s.
29 Aug 2016,·15 mins
The point and the pleasure of travel
John McCarthy talks to three travellers and asks why they are driven to explore the world.
28 Apr 2012,·28 mins
Andrew heads to Lille, where he finds a region bursting with a strong sense of itself.
09 Apr 2012,·28 mins
Series 6
Episode 6
Katie Derham examines the ongoing effect that recession is having on tourist destinations.
07 Jun 2010,·30 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
The Legacy
The lasting legacy of the March and how its roots still reach to the highest levels.
12 Mar 2014,·28 mins
Episode 3
Peter Curran travels from Lands’ End to John O’Groats in an electric car.
28 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Norma Mhoireastan
Norma Mhoireastan à Leòdhas ag innse sgeulachd a beatha do Chathy NicDhòmhnaill.
22 May 2026,·30 mins
Episode 4
Peter Curran concludes his investigation of Europe's electrical car industry.
10 Jul 2010,·30 mins
On the Trail of Algerian Exiles and Pacific Settlers
Chahrazade Douah follows in the steps of 19th century Algerian exiles to a Pacific Island.
06 Nov 2023,·28 mins
Day three, the halfway point of the walk, but the worst is yet to come.
21 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Orkney
Louise journeys to the tiny Orkney island of Wyre, via the Ness of Brodgar neolithic dig.
05 Feb 2012,·15 mins
1990 to the Present Day
Miranda Sawyer explores if, in the age of cheap flights, interrailing is still popular.
20 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Jumping on freight trains in America, adventure or desperation? Peter Bowes explores.
19 Dec 2012,·30 mins
Reflections from passengers on the 18:53 London to Manchester. What's causing the delays?
01 Sep 2024,·28 mins
A journey with the chaplains who support travellers on Britain’s rail network.
20 Mar 2020,·28 mins
An insight into the life of Linard Davies, a baggage attendant at San Francisco airport.
25 Jun 2014,·30 mins
