Season 2018 2018

The Travel Show team is at The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem with a blind backpacker who is on a mission to explore the globe through touch and sound. Christa is in Paris to take part in an all-night festival of lights, plus Simon Calder's back with advice and tips for travellers.

Henry Golding travels to Australia for a special episode from the Northern Territory, as we hear what the future holds for tourism at the county's most well-known monolith, Uluru.

Joanne Whalley finds out why sinkholes are appearing at one of Israel's biggest tourist attractions - the Dead Sea. Mike Corey heads for a patch of high altitude forest in Mexico to witness the dramatic migration of millions of monarch butterflies. And Lucy Hedges finds out how voice activated tech could help travellers on their travels.

Rajan Datar is in Abu Dhabi exploring both its urban and desert landscapes. On his journey he visits the new Louvre museum, finds out how traditional local music instruments are being revived and tries to get to the top of one of the world's highest sand hills, the Moreeb Dune or Terrifying Mountain.

Mike Corey visits a Mexican theme park that recreates what it's like to illegally cross the US border, Simon Calder has solutions to all your travel problems and the team visit the Danish fishing port with a big artistic heritage.

This week, we're riding the creaking Freedom Railway between Tanzania and Zambia ahead of its planned refurbishment, we join one woman who manages to see the world from the comfort of her armchair and Christa Larwood heads to Denmark to practice with an underwater orchestra.

Jo Whalley is learning winter survival skills in the mountains of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park. Plus Simon Calder answers travel questions and Carmen Roberts is eating her way around Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

A special edition of the Travel Show from Norway, as Christa Larwood takes a musical journey from Oslo to Bergen along one of the world's must stunning rail lines, the Bergensbanen. Christa looks into the roots of the Norway's music and tries to get a sense of how it's landscapes, culture and society are brought to life through its music. Along the way, she takes in Norway's Ice Music Festival and explores the classical music and dance inspired by the country's folk traditions.

As Mauritius celebrates its 50th year of independence, Rajan Datar travels to this Indian Ocean island to explore the legacy of slavery in Mauritius, to see and taste how multiculturalism works there, to spend a day at the the races and to visit a unique conservation project dedicated to saving some of the world's most endangered species.

Carmen Roberts reports from Japan on the video game-inspired go-kart tours of the city that have got everyone talking. Plus the latest advice on how to travel without using plastic, and the woman who lives alone in America's smallest town.

Carmen Roberts looks back at some of our favourite trips of the year so far, from a reindeer safari in Finnish Lapland to racing up the world's highest sand dune in Abu Dhabi.

This special programme follows blind backpacker Tony Giles through Jerusalem and Bethlehem to find out how he experiences the world without being able to see it.

In this episode Ade Adepitan travels to Egypt, as the capital, Cairo, prepares to open the doors to the biggest archaeological museum in the world. But, after the problems of political unrest and terrorism since the revolution in 2011, can this grand, new centre of Egyptology help bolster the country's once thriving tourism industry?

Ade also visits the pyramids in Giza, where archaeologists are trying to salvage an ancient boat, which was buried nearly five thousand years ago.

Plus the show hears about one man's incredible solo journey across the Caucasus.

Henry Golding heads to the middle of Australia to find out why it's perfect mountain bike country and a report from Chad on an innovative new conservation programme that's protecting elephants from illegal ivory trade poachers.

The Travel Show jumps on board the world's biggest ever cruise ship as she prepares to welcome her first paying passengers. Plus a journey back in time on a steam train in China.

Henry Golding is in Australia's Alice Springs, as the Royal Flying Doctors Service mark their 90th anniversary, while the team travels to Snowdonia to meet a woman on a mission to swim all 250 lakes in the region. Plus Travel Show goes to China's Altay Prefecture to find out about a traditional skiing technique, which dates back 8,000 years.

Ade Adepitan heads to the English town of Windsor for a preview of the biggest royal wedding of the year. Plus we jump on board the QE2 as she reopens as a floating hotel in Dubai.

In this episode, Travel Show heads to the Philippines' often overlooked capital Manila, where Mike Corey finds out how its colourful jeepney vehicles face an uncertain future as the pride and joy of the city's transport network. He then visits a restaurant themed around its owner's bipolar condition. Plus Ade Adepitan is back with the best travel-related stories trending on the web.

Carmen Roberts is in Thailand to find out how to stop holiday selfies putting animals at risk. The team explore the Italian village that can't be named and go underground in search of London's hidden rivers. Plus Simon is back with his tips on Italian train travel and the cheapest way to see an iceberg.

Christa Larwood is on the maiden voyage of the largest ever cruise ship looking back at some of their favourite recent stories.

The team look at the issue of debris left by tourists in Thailand, the most crowded island in the world, comedy improvisation in New York and a lab in Florence that looks after old works of art.

Ade Adepitan is in Cairo to check out a new style of music that has become a YouTube sensation.

We head to Italy for a cut-price guide to Florence, and in Trending Travel we find out how to make your travel pictures pop online.

Adventurer Mike Corey travels to Bulgaria to explore one of the most extraordinary and controversial abandoned buildings in the world. He also discovers how diving in the Black Sea is becoming increasingly popular, thanks to an extraordinary number of shipwrecks hidden beneath the waves.

Ade Adepitan is in London, where he explores the dramatic rise of veganism in the city's culinary offering. Jo Whalley is in Naples in search of the perfect pizza, and The Travel Show heads underground to meet a man with a passion for public art in New York.

Christa Larwood is in Amsterdam on board a boat which once ferried refugees and migrants across the Mediteranean but now carries tourists, and Rajan Datar heads to Colorado to meet the people helping to save the iconic North American bison.

Lucy Hedges has the lowdown on how to pick the best smart suitcase, and the Travel Show meets a man who cycled from Egypt to Moscow to watch the World Cup!

Rajan Datar is in Jordan's capital Amman, where a cultural revolution is afoot. Carmen Roberts escapes Tokyo for a new relaxation trend called 'forest bathing', and The Travel Show ventures underground to see what it is like to live in a pit-home in Northern China.

Rajan Datar travels to Jordan to take part in an action-packed battle re-enactment, as the country celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Great Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Plus the show heads to Spain to join a wine festival with a difference.

As South Africa celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, the Travel Show's Lucy Hedges heads to Johannesburg to discover how the city is reinventing itself and to meet Mandela's personal chef, who cooks up a dish that was one of Mandela's favourites. Lucy's next stop is Cape Town, where she visits the site of the historic speech Mandela gave when he was first released from prison. She then meets the young ballroom dancers who are helping to break down barriers between black and white.

Mike Corey heads to the Bosnian capital Sarajevo to explore a city attempting to step out of the long shadow of war.

Cat Moh finds out how flight sharing could bring people back to some long-overlooked destinations, and the team rounds up some of the most inspiring news trending in travel.

In this special from Hokkaido in Japan, the programme looks at how - 150 years after the Japanese annexed the island - local indigenous culture has fused with traditions brought from the mainland.

The team heads to West Cork to explore the growing food scene in Ireland and takes a trip to Bosnia to meet a man who is trying to recreate for tourists how it felt to live in a city under siege.

Alex Taylor checks out the Ibiza club scene in a wheelchair, Lucy Hedges is in Johannesburg taking a lesson with some of South Africa's most famous township dancers, and the programme heads to Scotland to catch a glimpse of some rare flying visitors to Orkney.

The show heads to Queensland, Australia, to a town that encourages tourists to pay for everything by cryptocurrency, Simon Calder returns to spell out what Brexit might mean for travellers, plus find out how Italy is turning to tourism to bring some of its abandoned villages back to life.

In this episode, the team shares some of their travel highlights from the last few months.

In this episode, Christa Larwood is in London to find out why its traditional red phone boxes are becoming a thing of the past, Lucy Hedges returns with the best tech for keeping a lid on the roaming charges, and Cat Moh tries out India's first natural horsemanship course.

In a special programme from Kazakhstan, Mike Corey explores the significant role of nature on the people of Kazakhstan and the travellers who visit there. He begins by having his journey blessed by a shaman, discovering how ancient shamanic beliefs worshiping the power of nature are undergoing a resurgence in post-soviet Kazakhstan. He heads east to see the scale of the loss of the Aral Sea, once one of the world's biggest environmental disasters, going in search of the waters which are now returning and fishing with the local fisherman whose lives have been transformed by the sea's return.

Mike returns to Almaty where he meets local guide Karla, who explains how her life was saved by sharing with travellers the mountains surrounding the Kazakhstan's largest city. She takes Mike to see the UNESCO World Heritage site the Petroglyphs - bronze age carvings depicting how even millennia ago people there's lives were intertwined with nature, before finally sand boarding on the famous 'singing sand dunes'.

An Egypt extravaganza from the Travel Show as Ade visits Cairo to check in on the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is set to become the world's largest archaeological institution when it opens in 2020. He takes a tour round the city's emerging street food scene then returns to Giza, where experts are excavating a giant wooden boat that has been buried beside the Great Pyramid for 5000 years.

Christa Larwood explores some of London's best and unusual buildings during Open House weekend, including a pathology museum.

It's purists versus hipsters at the annual Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in Scotland.

Plus we go to the Faroe Islands to see what locals are doing to preserve their unique language.

In this special edition of the programme, Christa is in Norway where she goes on a musical journey from Oslo to Bergen along one of the world's must stunning rail lines, Bergensbanen. She tries to get a sense of how the country's landscapes, culture and society are brought to life through its music. Along the way, the programme takes a look at Norway's Ice Music Festival and explores the classical music and dance inspired by its folk traditions.

The team visit Taiwan, an island off the coast of mainland China. Carmen Roberts visits the ancient capital, Tainan, where she explores a fort originally built by Dutch traders in the 17th century, before heading to Kaohsiung to go behind the scenes at the vast Weiwuying, the biggest performing arts centre in the world. Her journey then continues to the stunning central mountain range, before ending in Pingxi, where she takes part in a spectacular lantern festival.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 the Travel Show is in Scotland, heading to Scapa Flow to join divers who are now taking tourists underwater to explore the wrecks of a scuppered German fleet.

Archaeologist and chefs in Spain revive an ancient fish sauce long preserved in Roman amphorae. Plus Ade Adepitan has the latest on what's trending in travel around the world and Cat Moh is in Delhi to see how street fashion is making its way to the runway.

Ade Adepitan is in Lebanon as the country celebrates 75 years of independence. In Beirut, he discovers how the city has shaken off the dust and debris from the calamitous civil war and gone on to become one of the Middle East's top nightlife destinations. Ade also visits the astonishing Moussa Castle in the moutains, an entire 3500 square metre fortress built single handed by a local man. Plus Lucy has latest round-up of Global Gadgets.

Christa Larwood is in Paris to mark the 70th birthday of a car the French like to call 'The Tin Snail', Global Guru Simon Calder is back to answer travel questions and Kate Hardie Buckley takes to the hills of Eastern Europe on the trail of gold.

Ade Adepitan presents a special edition of the programme to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The programme is in Tokyo - hosts of the 2020 Paralympics - to find out what it will be like for disabled visitors travelling to the city. We also go to Hawaii to catch the waves at an adaptive surf school. Plus a look at travelling with autism as one family from Alabama prepare for their first trip.

The Travel Show heads to America to re-join the Ellis family and find out how a trip with their autistic twins to a theme park designed for children with disabilities went. Plus, Lucy has news on the latest gadgets designed to make your hotel stay a good one, and Carmen takes on a challenge against the clock in Japan.

The Travel Show comes from the scenic Lake District, meeting the volunteers helping protect and preserve the national park. And Carmen continues her whistle-stop tour of next year's rugby World Cup venues in Japan - this week, seeing Osaka in under 90 minutes.

Ade Adepitan heads to Finnish Lapland to meet the local Sami people fighting to preserve their culture. There is a winter feeling in the air as we meet the Austrian craftsman carving out a name for himself. The skies light up in Amsterdam and Carmen Roberts takes on another challenge against the clock in Japan.

Taking a look back at some of our favorite places, faces and stories of 2018.