Travel sick! Celebrity road trips are nauseating – why won’t TV stop making them?
Danny Dyer in Italy. Bradley Walsh in an RV. And now Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes in … Dorset. These shows are beyond desperate, but commissioners insist that plenty more are coming
April 2023
TV review
Absolutely Dyer: Danny and Dani Do Italy review – apparently the country’s full of ‘mad little gaffs’
The father-daughter duo aren’t sure why they’ve been asked to present a travel show, but proceed to attack it with gusto – volcanoes, catacombs, fish semen and all
November 2022
TV review
Oti Mabuse: My South Africa review – proof that TV has the power to educate like no other medium
The Strictly star returns to the township near Pretoria where she grew up, bringing a light and upbeat touch to issues of racial injustice that occasionally leave a chill in the air
October 2022
TV review
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal review – already disturbing … then she meets the men who have sex with donkeys
Sue is off on a risk-taking world tour, where she gets shot at and takes a mind-altering trip that makes her vomit for five hours. Then things get really strange
February 2022
TV review
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy review – a sweet, light delight of a documentary
Be warned: the actor’s so charming that you risk becoming pregnant through the screen as he guides us round the land of his forefathers
January 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: Jamie Dornan’s identity is finally revealed in The Tourist finale
It’s the last episode of the BBC’s fun lost-identity thriller – and time for the Man’s long-awaited backstory. Plus: David Attenborough takes on a cactus. Here’s what to watch this evening
Andi and Miquita Oliver: ‘We learned to drink without shame in Barbados’
The celebrity chef has long wished her daughter could feel more connection with her Caribbean heritage. Now, they’re off on an adventure full of belly laughs, blubbing and 8am boozing
TV review
Sue Perkins’ Big American Road Trip review – a joyful insight into poky caravans
The ex-Bake Off presenter meets the stars of Nomadland, then buries poop alongside influencers and it’s strangely charming
April 2021
TV tonight
Updated: TV tonight – a homegrown travelogue with a difference
Comic Rosie Jones kicks off her tour around Britain’s lesser-known holiday hotspots. Plus: Food Unwrappped. Here’s what to watch this evening
March 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: how science could reverse the climate crisis
Scientists offer up their ideas about how we could reduce global warming. Plus the ins and outs of planning for holidays this year. Here’s what to watch this evening
December 2020
Michael Palin’s Himalaya: Journey of a Lifetime review – a fitting swansong
The highlights of a 16-year-old six-part series condensed into one 90-minute jaunt made for a restorative dose of Palin – except for the unnerving intimations of mortality
October 2020
Monty Don: ‘Everything about gardening is personal. It heals my troubled brain’
Around the world in seven journeys: Michael Palin on his favourite trips
July 2020
Rogue Trip review – National Geographic vistas with added Pixar schmaltz
Can Disney bring anything new to the trendy parent-and-child travelogue genre, with this show featuring a grizzled TV anchor and his son?
June 2020
TV tonight
TV tonight: Viola Davis's legal eagle teases out the truth
Shonda Rhimes’s drama comes to a melodramatic close. Plus: more Inbetweeners-style football fun in The First Team. Here’s what to watch this evening
March 2019
TV review
Travelling Blind review – a touching journey that leaves tweeness at home
Magenta Devine obituary
February 2019
TV tonight
Tuesday’s best TV – Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century
Seven celebrities make the case for a worthy finalist before the public decides. Plus: Martin Clunes tours the islands of the US
January 2019
Comedy travel shows are a huge TV trend. So why can’t Whoopi Goldberg get commissioned?
When comedian London Hughes got her hero to appear on a travel programme with her, she was overjoyed. Until she tried to get it made ...
December 2018
2018 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2018: the full list
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s femme fatale takes the top spot, above political high camp, breakneck drama and the water-cooler hit of the decade
