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
Giant fish, fruit and vegetables, novel signs, murals depicting local history, unusual festivals – such creative expressions of local identity are p... Read more
An entertaining look at New Zealand through the eyes of international tourists who choose to move out of their comfort zones and stay in local homes r... Read more
Michael Palin and his intrepid BBC crew set off on their most ambitious journey yet. 55,000 miles around the Pacific Rim, taking in 18 countries, sta... Read more
A funny, witty and perceptive account of the Big Yin's trip Down Under combining documentary footage and live performances from his sell-out concerts. Read more
Combining personal revelations with original concert footage, this is a fast-moving and entertaining exploration of Billy's homeland. Read more
Directed by Hugh Macdonald, "This Is New Zealand" was made to promote the country at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. An ambitious concept saw iconic NZ imag... Read more
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
Decades before Steve Irwin's Croc Hunter, the Bush Tucker Man and Crocodile Dundee, Keith Adams with his wife and sister, lived a searing adventure in... Read more
The original drama documentary that inspired the Brad Pitt movie of the same name - tells the story of Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, who... Read more