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
Wild China (2008)
8.5/10
Starring: Narrated by, Bernard Hill
China is one of the oldest civilizations on Earth, and for the first time in almost a century, it is opening up to the world. This landmark series gai... Read more
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World (2009)
8/10
Starring: Billy Connolly
Billy's going to the edge of the world and he's taking us with him. In the summer of 2008, Billy Connolly set sail on a 10-week journey from ocean to... 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
Francesco's Shakespeare in Italy (2012)
Starring: Francesco da Mosto
Shakespeare was in love with Italy. A third of his plays are set in the country. For the Elizabethan playwright, it was the stage on which to explore... Read more
Scandimania (2014)
6.9/10
Starring: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Join Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on a journey across the land of the eternal sun as he discovers the Scandinavian way of life and how we can all learn... Read more
Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast (2009)
8.6/10
Starring: Julia Bradbury
Having completed his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, Alfred Wainwright became obsessed with finding the perfect route across the north of Engl... Read more
Billy Connolly: World Tour Of Scotland (1994)
8.3/10
Starring: Billy Connolly
Combining personal revelations with original concert footage, this is a fast-moving and entertaining exploration of Billy's homeland. Read more
Whicker's World (1969)
7.5/10
Director: David Greene, Michael Blakstad, Peter Robinson, Michael Deakin, Nigel Turner
Starring: Alan Whicker
For some forty years, British television pioneer Alan Whicker has roamed far and wide in search of the eccentric, the ludicrous and the socially-revea... Read more
The Trail of Genghis Khan (2010)
8.3/10
Director: Tim Cope
Starring: Tim Cope
For young Australian adventurer Tim Cope, this was the journey of a lifetime - travelling 10,000kms alone on horseback across the Eurasian steppe thro... Read more
Up the Yangtze (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Yung Chang
In China, it is simply known as 'The River'. But the Yangtze (and all of the life that surrounds it), is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation... Read more