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John McCarthy looks at the past, present and future of transportation.
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John McCarthy explores the Caucasus and mountain monasteries in Greece and Bhutan.
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Sandi Toksvig talks taxis in Tajikistan, aid work in Zululand and rowing the Indian Ocean.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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Sandi Toksvig talks to writer and broadcaster Garrison Keillor.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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John McCarthy explores three very different aspects of Italy, from Sicily to Venice.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Benedict Allen.
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Sandi Toksvig hears about two overland trips that provided very different experiences.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travel tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Sandi Toksvig traces a deported Polish family and explores the Falklands with an artist.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig looks at two facets of Egypt and a blind traveller's experience of Australia
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John McCarthy explores the Northwest Passage and Medieval England.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig explores old Paris, and uncovers an obscure corner of British military.
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Sandi Toksvig discusses rail travel in Britain and finds out all about couch surfing.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy looks at tribes and the Hebrides and meets a first time visitor to Britain.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy looks at the Parthenon and how geology forms the landscape we love.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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With John McCarthy. Featuring the Chinese Grand Canal and Michael Frayn's travel reports.
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Sandi Toksvig looks at Angola and meets actor and green traveller Richard Johnson.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Peter Curran discusses the delights of rural Turkey and the life of a safari guide.
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Sandi Toksvig looks at Chad, Jewish communities in India and alien environments on earth.
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John McCarthy looks at boats on the Aegean Sea, French waterways and Lake Malawi.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy explores wild Scotland and the Orient Express.
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John McCarthy visits the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
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John McCarthy looks at the Andes, Patagonia and Rwanda.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the hinterland of Russia and searches for the Lotus Flower in Japan
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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The pleasure of travelling in winter with John McCarthy.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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John McCarthy hears about a journalist's life of travel and an actor's view of France.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the relationship between travel and portraiture.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Sandi Toksvig travels the world in search of seeds and explores Iran and Musandam.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig goes surfing for the perfect wave and looks at ways women travel together.
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John McCarthy explores gardening and knitting around the world.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig wanders around some of Britain's cemeteries with historian Dr Julian Litten.
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Sandi Toksvig looks at cloudspotting and cargo ship voyages both as passenger and crew.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Arthur Smith.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Anita Anand explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy visits Oberammergau in Bavaria to witness the once-a-decade Passion Play.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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Sandi Toksvig talks to Stephen Fry and Alan Whicker about their travels.
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Sandi Toksvig finds out about travelling abroad with pets and a weekend in Hanoi.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy talks to photographer Don McCullin and looks at how Hungary has changed.
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Sandi Toksvig explores Somerset, the Scottish Highlands and the Suez Canal.
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John McCarthy looks at Delhi - a city of contrasts - and how pale ale got to India.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy talks to writer Jan Morris and also hears what the older traveller likes.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy introduces travellers to remote observatories and the temples of Malta.
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John McCarthy discovers some interesting inland water in Britain and further afield.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy investigates women's roles in Ghana and Uzbekistan and education in Africa.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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John McCarthy focuses on Corfu and green tourism in Uganda and Thailand.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Sandi Toksvig takes a trip on a narrowboat on the Wey Navigation in Surrey.
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John McCarthy hears about the India of Kipling's Kim and discusses travel tweets and apps.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy looks at tourism in Zimbabwe and at Eastern Europe 20 years ago and now.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig looks at tourism in Jamaica and an interesting art project in Sarawak.
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John McCarthy hears about tracing the footsteps of WWII POWs and the diversity of Ecuador.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig talks to Alex Meredith about his 4,000km bicycle ride across Kazakhstan.
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Sandi Toksvig explores London's City Wall and 'laughter yoga' in Mumbai.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Anita Anand explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy goes to Munich in search of visitor attractions old and new.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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Sandi Toksvig compares two very different oil rich cities: Abu Dhabi and Lagos, Nigeria.
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Sandi Toksvig hears about pyramids, opera houses and cargo containers round the world.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy hears about Casablanca and the future of the Arctic.
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Sandi Toksvig investigates northern Australia and the countries on the Tropic of Cancer.
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John McCarthy talks to three professional travel photographers.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy looks at the human rights aspect of travel and music tourism in the USA.
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David Stafford discovers how Marrakesh is reinventing itself for modern tourists.
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John McCarthy finds out about the boom in museums in China and volcano tourism in Iceland.
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Sandi Toksvig travels to India, Egypt and Iraq.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy focuses on Pakistan, Cuba and safety while travelling off the beaten track.
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John McCarthy visits the National Railway Museum in York.
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John McCarthy talks to Sir David Attenborough about his early journeys abroad.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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John McCarthy looks at historical Tuscany and buying a farm in Brazil.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig delves into Swiss culture and talks to Kate Humble about charity couriers.
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John McCarthy talks to wilderness expert Ray Mears about travelling across northern Canada
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig looks at two places that evoke the past: Budapest and the Isle of Wight.
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Sandi Toksvig hears about horseriding in Albania and a teenager's view of Cameroon.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Sandi Toksvig explores tourism development in Cambodia and Kurdistan.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Benedict Allen.
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John McCarthy talks to William Dalrymple about mysticism in modern India.
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John McCarthy discusses wildlife travel with Mark Cawardine and sees a different Mexico.
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Sandi Toksvig talks about travel in Tanzania in a programme direct from Dar es Salaam.
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Sandi Toksvig hears about the world of weaving and travel in search of the Roman empire.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig goes to a postcard fair with photographer and collector Martin Parr.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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John McCarthy with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig looks at scenic and historical walks in Britain, including one from 1066.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the Persian world and the development of tourism in Libya.
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Sandi Toksvig visits the traditional Yorkshire seaside town of Filey.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with David Stafford.
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John McCarthy explores Germany with two writers.
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John McCarthy looks at the very earliest days of man's travel and little-known Surinam.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.
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Sandi Toksvig with travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation.
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Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation with John McCarthy.
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Sandi Toksvig uncovers the secrets of Florence and Naples with author Lucretia Grindle.
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John McCarthy explores Berlin and travels with the British Army.
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Sandi Toksvig hears three different views of travels in Afghanistan.
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John McCarthy investigates Alaska, Zambia and London to Paris by bike.
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John McCarthy looks at Tasmania and the attractions of the British countryside.
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Sandi Toksvig takes the 49 bus from Swindon to Devizes.
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Sandi Toksvig finds out about travelling to trace family history, and life in Paraguay.
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John McCarthy looks at the appeal of wildlife travel especially in a balloon.
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John McCarthy talks to Bianca Jagger about her travels and to Matthew Rhys about Patagonia
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John McCarthy explores the Lebanon and Paris.
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John McCarthy talks to medics who work abroad and looks at bridges with Dan Cruickshank.
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Sandi Toksvig takes a slow paddle around Britain and hears a new account of Nagasaki.
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John McCarthy explores The Great Northern Coalfield in North East England.
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Sandi Toksvig goes on retreat and explores the places painted by Sir Winston Churchill.
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Quiz with Peter Curran, Sandi Toksvig, John McCarthy, Alice Roberts and Arthur Smith.
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John McCarthy explores the coast of Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana in South America.
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John McCarthy focuses on the rich history of Syria and the serenity of Sark.
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Sandi Toksvig goes to Iringa in the heart of Tanzania and the spice island of Zanzibar.
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Sandi Toksvig explores Florida and some off beat destinations with comedian Dom Joly.
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Peter Curran presents a Excess Baggage special quiz with John McCarthy and Sandi Toksvig.
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John McCarthy looks at British villages, Ordnance Survey maps and Finland.
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John McCarthy explores walking in Europe, Tasmania, Madeira and the Gambia.
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John McCarthy looks at travelling in Yemen and attitudes to the sun round the world.