| The Travel Show | |
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| Created by | BBC News |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
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| Production location | Various |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Release | 27 February 2013 (2013-02-27) – present |
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The Travel Show is aninternational feed of BBC News channel travel programme. The new programme launched on 27 April 2013 and has the same programme title as a 1990s holiday programme broadcast on BBC Two.
Using a network of correspondents in London, Tokyo, Sydney, New York and Kuala Lumpur, the programme aims to provide unique insight into the world of travel. It first aired in the UK in late February, afterWinter Olympics coverage, in a Friday morning slot onBBC Two. A Sunday evening slot was also added on theUK feed of BBC News channel in April 2014 andBBC iPlayer.
| Presenter | Role | Base / other info |
|---|---|---|
| Ade Adepitan | Presenter | London |
| Christa Larwood | Presenter | London |
| Rajan Datar | Presenter | London |
| Benjamin Zand | Presenter / Producer | London |
| Carmen Roberts | Presenter | Tokyo |
| Henry Golding | Presenter | Kuala Lumpur |
| Simon Calder | Global Guru | |
| Lucy Hedges | Presenter | London |
| Mike Corey | Presenter | |
| Omar Mehtab | Presenter | London |
| Qasa Alom | Presenter |
Occasionally other BBC correspondents and travel bloggers appear as presenters such as blind backpacker Tony Giles,[1] Emeline Nsingi Nkosi[2][3] andEva zu Beck.[4][5]
The Travel Show name was first used by the BBC for a BBC2 holiday programme presented byPenny Junor[6] between 1988 and 1997. Like the BBC News programme, one of the main contributors to this magazine-style programme was the news channel's Global GuruSimon Calder,[7] who joinedThe Travel Show in the last few years of its run to present reports. Before Calder, Matthew Collins and John Thirlwell were the presenters reporting from various locations around the world withJohn Kettley[8] on hand to give weather advice for the week ahead,[9] while an early 1990s refresh sawCarol Smillie andPaddy Haycocks join the reporting team, withThe Travel Show providing a 'Moanline' for viewers to get in-touch with travel complaints.[10][11]
In addition to the main programme,The Travel Show Guides was a half-hour spin-off which just focused on one location per week (for example, Ibiza[12] or Southern California)[13][14] whilstThe Travel Show Traveller[15] andThe Travel Show UK Mini Guides were short-form filler programmes[9][16] compiled from the main programme with the latter featuring a voice-over from Roger Wilkes.[16]
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