''Travel Man'' (also advertised as ''Travel Man: 48 Hours in...'') is a British television travel documentary series, presented by

Richard Ayoade Richard Ayoade ( ; born 23 May 1977) is a British comedian, actor, writer, director and presenter. He played the role of socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom ''The IT Crowd'' (2006–2013), for which he won the 2014 Br ...

and, since Series 10,

Joe Lycett Joe Harry Lycett (born 1988), also known by the self-given moniker "Mummy", and officially self-renamed briefly as Hugo Boss in 2020, is a British comedian, television presenter, and painter. He has appeared on many TV shows, including '' Live ...

Description

The programme focuses on the presenter travelling to a popular city in each episode, accompanied by a celebrity guest, to provide viewers a potential itinerary for a two-day (48-hour) break. The series is characterised by a fast-paced format, consumer advice and light humour. In July 2019, Channel 4 announced that sardonic

would be leaving the show after the ninth series and would be replaced as host by comedian

. His first episode was broadcast on 27 December 2021. It is produced by

North One Television North One Television (also known as North One and formerly known as Chrysalis Television) is a production company based in London and Birmingham, England. Part of All3Media since 2004, the company specializes in factual entertainment, sports a ...

for

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

. It is broadcast on

SBS Television The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from tax revenue. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies, SBS ...

and SBS On Demand in Australia.

Accolades

The programme has been twice nominated in the Best Features category at the

BAFTAs The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to f ...

and won Best Factual Programme three years running at the RTS Midlands awards.

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

Series 6

Series 7

Series 8

Series 9

Series 10

Series 11

Series 12

Series 13

Home video

''Travel Man'' Series 1 and 2 was released on DVD in October 2018.

Related programmes

''Travel Man'' was a spin-off from the Ayoade-presented North One/Channel 4 series ''

Gadget Man ''Gadget Man'' (previously ''Stephen Fry: Gadget Man'') was a British television series, which aired from 19 November 2012 to 22 June 2015 on Channel 4 and was presented by Stephen Fry in the first series and Richard Ayoade in the remaining th ...

'', which was first broadcast with

Stephen Fry Sir Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He came to prominence as a member of the comic act Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in ''A Bit of ...

as host in 2012. Since this series was first broadcast, the franchise has been expanded by Channel 4/North One to include new commission ''Hobby Man'', with

Alex Brooker Alexander James Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4. Since 2012, Brooker has co-hosted ''The Last Leg'', a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe ...

from Channel 4's Friday night comedy show ''

The Last Leg ''The Last Leg'' (known during its first series as ''The Last Leg with Adam Hills'' and in Australia as ''Adam Hills: The Last Leg'') is a British late-night television humorous talk/sketch show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Par ...

'' as the main presenter. Similar to ''Travel Man'', the format features a main presenter with a different guest each week, but each episode of the new programme is an hour long, rather than half an hour. Channel 4 has commissioned a four-part ''Hobby Man'' series, with each episode exploring three different British hobbies. The guests for the series are

Joe Wilkinson Joseph Roland Wilkinson (born 11 February 1975) is an English comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He began his comedy career in 2004 and has supported Alan Carr and Russell Howard on tour. In 2006, Wilkinson won the Hackney Empire New Act of ...

Scarlett Moffatt Scarlett Sigourney Leigh Moffatt (born 17 October 1990) is a British television personality and presenter, best known for appearing in the Channel 4 programme ''Gogglebox''. She won the sixteenth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of He ...

, Joe Thomas and Andi Oliver.

References

External links

Channel 4
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