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5. Glacier
Robert travels along the large Knud Rasmussen glacier.
03 May 2019,·14 mins
Brazil’s gambling addiction
Millions of Brazilians have become problem gamblers after an explosion in online betting.
25 Aug 2026,·28 mins
60 Years of the Tay Road Bridge
Mark Stephen climbs inside the Tay Road Bridge to mark its 60th Birthday
26 Aug 2026,·23 mins
In the Footsteps of Little Nell
Clare joins Alistair MacNichol on a unique hike inspired by The Old Curiosity Shop.
02 Jul 2026,·24 mins
Miriam Margolyes: Tuscany, Italy
Will Miriam persuade Shaun to join her in La Dolce Vita?
26 Jun 2024,·44 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
Episode 2
Day three, the halfway point of the walk, but the worst is yet to come.
21 Nov 2011,·30 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
Tenerife
Pigeons, lizards and tourists in volcanic Tenerife.
30 Mar 2003,·15 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
Monsignor Quixote
Guy Hedgecoe follows Graham Greene's travels around post-Franco Spain in the late 1970s.
29 Aug 2016,·15 mins
The Legacy
The lasting legacy of the March and how its roots still reach to the highest levels.
12 Mar 2014,·28 mins
The Perfumed Mountaineer
Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher, photographer and perfumer.
28 Jul 2020,·28 mins
The Festival of the Snows
Explorers Hugh Thomson and Benedict Allen make the arduous journey to Qoyllurit'i.
16 Oct 2015,·28 mins
Series 3
Reykjavik
Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.
03 Dec 2016,·30 mins
Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London.
14 Jul 2010,·13 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
5. Peterhead
Paddy meets a trawlerman who has fishing in his blood.
30 Dec 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
2. Welshness
Cerys Matthews continues her trip down the A470, the road connecting north and south Wales
17 Jan 2014,·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
Ayisha Yahya travels on Kenya's 100-year-old railway.
25 Jul 2011,·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 3
Peter Curran travels from Lands’ End to John O’Groats in an electric car.
28 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Dòmhnall MacCoinnich
Dòmhnall MacCoinnich à Nis ag innse mu òige agus mu bheatha obrach ann am bancaireachd.
03 Jul 2026,·22 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
24/06/2012
Lawrence Pollard in conversation with Richard Branson, John Bird and an African King.
28 mins
Orkney
Louise journeys to the tiny Orkney island of Wyre, via the Ness of Brodgar neolithic dig.
05 Feb 2012,·15 mins
Miles Jupp boards the train to Transylvania on the trail of Count Dracula.
31 Oct 2017,·28 mins
