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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

Putting Our Town On the Map (2000)

Director: Shirley Horrocks
Starring: Miranda Harcourt

Giant fish, fruit and vegetables, novel signs, murals depicting local history, unusual festivals – such creative expressions of local identity are p... Read more

The Real New Zealand (1997)

Director: Shirley Horrocks

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: Full Circle (1997)

8.4/10
Director: Roger Mills
Starring: Michael Palin

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

Billy Connolly: World Tour Of Australia (1996)

8.3/10
Director: Nobby Clark
Starring: Billy Connolly

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

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

This Is New Zealand (1970)

Director: Hugh Macdonald

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

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

Northern Safari (1957)

8.4/10
Director: Keith F Adams
Starring: Keith F Adams, Audrey Adams, Margaret Adams

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

Seven Years in Tibet (1956)

6.5/10
Director: Hans Nieter
Starring: Heinrich Harrer

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