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Geology, PS Waverley and Parakeets
Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.
30 May 2026,·83 mins
Fetternear, Aberdeenshire
Clare strolls with the Garioch 50+ Men’s Walking Group.
28 May 2026,·24 mins
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
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
Greenhead to Kirk Yetholm
Mark Radcliffe travels from Greenhead near Hadrian's Wall to the village of Kirk Yetholm.
21 May 2015,·30 mins
Miriam Margolyes: Tuscany, Italy
Will Miriam persuade Shaun to join her in La Dolce Vita?
26 Jun 2024,·44 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
Series 3
Reykjavik
Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.
03 Dec 2016,·30 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
Episode 2
Ayisha Yahya travels on Kenya's 100-year-old railway.
25 Jul 2011,·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
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Monsignor Quixote
Guy Hedgecoe follows Graham Greene's travels around post-Franco Spain in the late 1970s.
29 Aug 2016,·15 mins
5. Peterhead
Paddy meets a trawlerman who has fishing in his blood.
30 Dec 2016,·15 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
24/06/2012
Lawrence Pollard in conversation with Richard Branson, John Bird and an African King.
28 mins
Andrew heads to Lille, where he finds a region bursting with a strong sense of itself.
09 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The Perfumed Mountaineer
Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher, photographer and perfumer.
28 Jul 2020,·28 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
Series 6
Episode 6
Katie Derham examines the ongoing effect that recession is having on tourist destinations.
07 Jun 2010,·30 mins
Day three, the halfway point of the walk, but the worst is yet to come.
21 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London.
14 Jul 2010,·13 mins
Aonghas Dòmhnallach
Aonghas Dòmhnallach à Leòdhas ag innse sgeulachd a bheatha do Chathy NicDhòmhnaill.
29 May 2026,·24 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 4
Peter Curran concludes his investigation of Europe's electrical car industry.
10 Jul 2010,·30 mins
The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.
20 Jan 2009,·30 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
Robert Elms celebrates London, the city he loves, with a journey on the number 36 bus.
12 Jul 2010,·30 mins