Travel Docos
Along with the Lonely Planets and Pilot Guides there are a few more personal journeys in this collection too. Billy Crystal visits Moscow, Ruby Wax hangs out in Miami, Billy Connolly shows us Scotland and Michael Palin goes all over the place.
Put on your loudest Hawaiian shirt and kick off your Birkenstocks, this is travelling the cheap way. Bon Voyage.
Pictured: Michael Palin visits Ancient Rome
1 Giant Leap (2002)
7.6/10
Director: Duncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto
Starring: Neneh Cherry, Brian Eno, Dennis Hopper, Tom Robbins, Anita Roddick, Gabrielle Ro...
"We are recording an album and an audio-visual DVD for Palm Pictures, fusing spoken word, musicians, sounds, rhythms and images from all around the wo... Read more
A Flying Visit: Series 1 and 2 (2002)
Starring: Jim Hickey
Former TVNZ weatherman and pilot Jim Hickey flies his plane to some of the country's more unique and remote areas, in search of colourful characters a... Read more
A Year in Tibet (2007)
7.9/10
Director: Sun Shuyun
Isolated in the midst of the world's highest mountains, the Himalayas, Tibet is one of the most remote and least accessible places on the planet. This... Read more
An Idiot Abroad (2010)
8.3/10
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington
In this hilarious hit series, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send their friend Karl Pilkington around the world - against his will. Karl thinks he... Read more
Ancient Megastructures: Volume 3 (2007)
Examine how ancient civilisations built some of the most magnificent structures on the face of the Earth - Machu Picchu (Peru): To celebrate his God-l... Read more
Arctic (2011)
8/10
Starring: Bruce Parry
Following the six-month Polar summer - across Siberia, Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Russia and Norway - Bruce Parry ("Amazon") immerses himself in the r... Read more
Beautiful New Zealand: The Four Seasons (2006)
In a country where the landscape confronts one at every corner, it is hard not to be affected by its beauty. From its rugged mountains to idyllic beac... Read more
Billy Connolly's Route 66 (2011)
7.9/10
Starring: Billy Connolly
The Big Yin turns Easy Rider and follows a lifelong dream as he makes the iconic 2488 mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica. With his unrivalled a... Read more
Billy Connolly's World Tour Collection (2006)
Director: Nobby Clark, etc
Starring: Billy Connolly
All four of Billy's hugely popular 'World Tours' are gathered together in this deluxe 8-disc box-set. Celebrate the cultures, comedy and characters B... Read more
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand (2004)
Starring: Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly is back with the fourth in his massively popular World Tour series. This time Billy journeys to a land down under, New Zealand, a count... Read more