Ranked #1
Italy
Italy
John McCarthy gets a flavour of rural Italy and its food in conversation with writer Tracey Lawson who investigated the ... Read more
1 Oct 2011
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28mins
Ranked #2
Israel
Israel
John McCarthy discusses the diverse attractions of Israel as a destination. It's a land whose tumultuous existence often... Read more
18 Feb 2012
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28mins
Ranked #3
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
John McCarthy visits Northern Ireland where he stays in two contrasting hotels and hears about different approaches to t... Read more
23 Apr 2011
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27mins
Ranked #4
England
England
John McCarthy looks at the changing nature of the traditional attractions of England with historian John Julius Norwich,... Read more
31 Dec 2011
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27mins
Ranked #5
Romania, Transylvania - Rowing across the Indian Ocean
Romania, Transylvania - Rowing across the Indian Ocean
John McCarthy explores Romania with William Blacker who lived there for some years and Lucy Mallows who wrote the first ... Read more
5 Feb 2011
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Ranked #6
Walking in Ireland and Spain - Philippines
Walking in Ireland and Spain - Philippines
John McCarthy hears from a bestselling thriller writer about his travels around The Philippines, finds out about a serie... Read more
9 Apr 2011
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Ranked #7
Antarctic and Shackleton centenary expedition to the South Pole - In the footsteps of my Ottoman uncle
Antarctic and Shackleton centenary expedition to the South Pole - In the footsteps of my Ottoman uncle
Sandi Toksvig explores two very different sides of the Antarctic. One from an expedition cruise ship and the other follo... Read more
5 Mar 2011
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Ranked #8
Greek islands - Ireland by Kayak
Greek islands - Ireland by Kayak
John McCarthy talks to travel journalist Harry Bucknall about his journey round the Greek islands which vary from the cr... Read more
4 Jun 2011
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28mins
Ranked #9
Colin Thubron Tibet
Colin Thubron Tibet
John McCarthy talks to travel writer Colin Thubron about hiking up a sacred mountain in Tibet and to members of an exped... Read more
12 Feb 2011
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Ranked #10
Catalonia - Cornish Coast
Catalonia - Cornish Coast
Sandi Toksvig meets novelist Richard Gwyn and translator Peter Bush to discuss Catalonia and its relationship with Spain... Read more
18 Jun 2011
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Ranked #11
Russia - Crimea - Ukraine
Russia - Crimea - Ukraine
Sandi Toksvig discusses the 'Wild East' - Russia - with the BBC's former Moscow correspondent, Martin Sixsmith. Actor Mi... Read more
10 Mar 2012
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Ranked #12
Family Travel
Family Travel
John McCarthy takes a look at family travel with novelist Gill Lewis, who has taken her daughters spotting wildlife both... Read more
24 Mar 2012
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28mins
Ranked #13
Somali Pirates - Montserrat - Languages
Somali Pirates - Montserrat - Languages
Sandi Toksvig meets journalist Colin Freeman who was kidnapped by pirates in Somalia whilst investigating them. He tells... Read more
9 Jul 2011
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28mins
Ranked #14
Black Prince - Wine trade in Medieval Europe - Lourdes
Black Prince - Wine trade in Medieval Europe - Lourdes
John McCarthy meets a writer who followed in the 14th century footsteps of the Black Prince through SW France; an histor... Read more
17 Mar 2012
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27mins
Ranked #15
Swimming - Land Art - Sicily
Swimming - Land Art - Sicily
John McCarthy discusses Art and Travel with leading art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon explaining his abiding passion for th... Read more
14 Jan 2012
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27mins
Ranked #16
Holy places in Britain, Antarctica
Holy places in Britain, Antarctica
Sandi is joined by Nick Mayhew Smith who has undertaken a pilgrimage to every "holy place" in England, Scotland and Wale... Read more
30 Jul 2011
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Ranked #17
Cycles
Cycles
Sandi Toksvig looks at the simplicity and versatility of the bicycle as a travel machine with three very different cycli... Read more
25 Jun 2011
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28mins
Ranked #18
Hawaii - Buskers
Hawaii - Buskers
Sandi Toksvig is joined by country singer Hank Wangford to hear about life on the ranch with paniolo cowboys in Hawaii. ... Read more
23 Jul 2011
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28mins
Ranked #19
Rites of Passage - Mexico
Rites of Passage - Mexico
Sandi Toksvig looks at rites of passage with Anders Ryman who spent seven years photographing the ceremonies associated ... Read more
2 Jul 2011
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28mins
Ranked #20
Liberia - Evacuation - Algeria
Liberia - Evacuation - Algeria
John McCarthy looks at Liberia and Sierra Leone with journalist and author Tim Butcher who retraced a journey without ma... Read more
7 May 2011
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28mins