Wednesday 14th April
06:00
Holiday Show (Entertainment)
Holiday Show.
If you've ever wondered what happened to the good old holiday show, then tune into Travel Channel this month. The Holiday Show is a brand new studio series discussing travel passions.
06:30
Travel Deals Direct (Travel)
Travel Deals Direct.
Travel Deals Direct is a fully independent teleshopping channel offering a wide selection of great value holidays as well as providing practical and informative advice for all travellers.
(Part 11)
07:00
Travel Deals Direct (Travel)
Travel Deals Direct.
Travel Deals Direct is a fully independent teleshopping channel offering a wide selection of great value holidays as well as providing practical and informative advice for all travellers.
(Part 11)
07:30
Angry Planet (Documentary)
Antarctica.
George Kourounis returns to the "Fin Del Mundo" at the southern tip of Argentina, this time to sail on a Russian icebreaker to Antarctica. After braving the stormy Drake passage, he explores volcanic Deception Island, camps out in the Antarctic snow, and paddles a kayak through icebergs calved off the melting glaciers.
(Part 5)
08:00
Angry Planet (Documentary)
Italia Wild.
Italy is the only country in Europe that is threatened by four kinds of natural disasters: volcanoes, avalanches, earthquakes, and floods. George tours through the Dolomite mountains, seeing the avalanches that crash down into alpine villages, and meeting Italians with new ways of dealing with these winter dangers. He then heads for Venice, where rising water levels are flooding this unique Renaissance city. He meets the engineers who are involved in building giant floodgates to protect and preserve the city. He then heads south to explore Italy's three explosive volcanoes: Vesuvius, Etna and Stromboli.
(Part 7)
08:30
Angry Planet (Documentary)
West Coast Winter Weather.
Changing weather patterns mean that the weather is getting wilder on Canada's rugged west coast. George tries his hand at ice-climbing up a 70 meter frozen waterfall. He then straps on ski-skins to climb high up Mt.Garibaldi to experience the real Canadian winter high on an alpine lake. Finally, he visits a stormwatching lodge on British Columbia's Long Beach, home of hardcore winter surfing and massive Pacific storms.
(Part 8)
09:00
Holiday Show (Entertainment)
Holiday Show.
If you've ever wondered what happened to the good old holiday show, then tune into Travel Channel this month. The Holiday Show is a brand new studio series discussing travel passions.
09:30
Travel Deals Direct (Travel)
Travel Deals Direct.
Travel Deals Direct is a fully independent teleshopping channel offering a wide selection of great value holidays as well as providing practical and informative advice for all travellers.
(Part 11)
10:00
Planet Food (Travel)
Southern Mexico.
Tyler Florence heads south to find the real heart and soul of Mexican cuisine. The country has a number of regional variations and Tyler starts in Mexico City, once the culinary gateway between Europe and the America's. He explores the markets and discovers just how hot chillies can get! A quick sip of tequila takes him to the cactus heartland of Oaxaca where he finds out how tequila's sister drink, mescal is made. Chocolate is another favourite of all Mexicans and in the beautiful city of Puebla, Tyler learns how to prepare the national dish, Mole, turkey with chocolate sauce.
(Part 1)
11:00
Globe Trekker (Travel)
Ultimate Mexico.
More exciting round-the-world adventures with Ian Wright and his team of intrepid travellers. In this ultimate guide to Mexico, Ian, Justine Shapiro and Zay Harding explore the country's many different facets. Justine and Ian trek into the mountains and the jungles, climbing the mighty pyramids and seeking out the remains of Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Palenque, Tulum and Tenochtitlan to find out how the Mayans, Aztecs and other pre-colonial Mexicans lived, died and worshipped. Meanwhile, Zay sweats it out with the Tarahumara Indians in the spectacular Copper Canyon and rafts the jungle whitewater of Vera Cruz.
(Part 8)
12:00
Holiday Show (Entertainment)
Holiday Show.
If you've ever wondered what happened to the good old holiday show, then tune into Travel Channel this month. The Holiday Show is a brand new studio series discussing travel passions.
12:30
Travel Deals Direct (Travel)
Travel Deals Direct.
Travel Deals Direct is a fully independent teleshopping channel offering a wide selection of great value holidays as well as providing practical and informative advice for all travellers.
(Part 11)
13:00
Travel Deals Direct (Travel)
Travel Deals Direct.
Travel Deals Direct is a fully independent teleshopping channel offering a wide selection of great value holidays as well as providing practical and informative advice for all travellers.
(Part 11)
13:30
Chef Abroad (Travel)
White Truffle Quest- Italy.
Truffles are difficult to find and very rare and expensive as a result! Chef Michael Smith embarks on a woodsy adventure led by a truffle dog to unearth his own truffle, and follow it from the forest floor into an Italian kitchen to enjoy it as the locals do.
(Part 2)
14:00
Taste Takes Off (Travel)
Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
Vancouver is surrounded by water and mountains and is 'breathtaking beautiful'. It's also a glorious place to eat. Vancouver Island has seen dramatic resurgence in artisan producers and organic produce. In fact Vancouver is rated and one of the top ten cities of the world. Peta Mathias sets out to find out why.Food journalist Nathan Fong guides Peta around Vancouver's exceptional seafood and Asian styled cuisine. Vancouver has the 3rd biggest Chinatown in North America and its sushi is reputed top be the best in the world. Top chef is Tojo. His BC Roll, a smoked salmon California roll, has become famed throughout the western seaboard.Granville Island Market is an oasis in the middle of downtown Vancouver. Centrepiece is the Public Market, an emporium of green grocers, butchers, bakers, fishmongers, importers, ethnic food sellers, sweet stands and eateries.On Vancouver Island we visit Sooke Harbour House, a boutique lodge and one of America's top ten restaurants.
(Part 8)
14:30
Travel Today (Travel)
April.
Travel Today pops the cork this April as Isabelle Legeron uncovers the lesser known qualities of Bulgarian wine. Also Laura Moka talks to those glamorous Grannies on Safari and Sarah Cawood explores London. There is also a report on the Joan of Arc Festival in Orleans.
(Part 4)
15:00
Globe Trekker (Travel)
Ultimate Indo-China.
A combination of war and government policy kept tourists out but by the end of the 20th century the red doors to Indo-China opened to reveal a unique destination untouched by the Western world. Our travel guides through this corner of South East Asia are Zay Harding, Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro and Megan McCormack. We begin our trek in Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, followed by Cambodia and the Asian nightlife of Phnom Phen. Zay takes us motocycling through Vietnam, Justin and Megan board the historic Reunification Express train to Hanoi and Ian opts for a boat trip down the mighty Mekong. We see the scars of war, stroll amongst some of the most beautiful temples in Asia, experience the Buddhist full moon celebrations in Laos and enjoy the New Year festivities in Vietnam.
(Part 10)
16:00
Holiday Show (Entertainment)
Holiday Show.
If you've ever wondered what happened to the good old holiday show, then tune into Travel Channel this month. The Holiday Show is a brand new studio series discussing travel passions.
16:30
Travel Deals Direct (Travel)
Travel Deals Direct.
Travel Deals Direct is a fully independent teleshopping channel offering a wide selection of great value holidays as well as providing practical and informative advice for all travellers.
(Part 11)
17:00
Travel Deals Direct (Travel)
Travel Deals Direct.
Travel Deals Direct is a fully independent teleshopping channel offering a wide selection of great value holidays as well as providing practical and informative advice for all travellers.
(Part 11)
17:30
Globe Trekker (Travel)
Vienna City Guide.
Ruled by the Hapsburg dynasty for over 600 years, Vienna was once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire. In this guide to the city Ian Wright will be exploring the Hofburg - home to the world famous Lipizzaner Stallions and the Vienna Boys' Choir, and visiting the summer Palace of Schonbrunn. We chill out in one of the many coffee shops and discover the secret recipe for Sacher Torte. Our trips out of the city take us to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp, where hundreds of thousands of Vienna's Jews perished in the Second World War, and to Graz - birthplace of the most famous Austrian still alive today, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(Part 12)
18:30
Essential (Travel)
Lithuania.
Lithuania translates as Land of Rain, not on Danny Robins' visit. He discovers a gem of a Baltic State that literally sweeps him off his feet. From the modern to the ancient capital and from air to sea Danny will leave no stone unturned on his search for Lithuania's spirit. Will he find it in a bottle though?
(Part 4)
19:00
Planet Food (Travel)
Germany.
Merrilees Parker heads for Germany, where she finds out there's a lot more to the cuisine than just sauerkraut and beer. At the Oktoberfest she samples the best of German beers, and the Weisswurst - Bavaria's very own sausage. Nursing a hangover, she sets off to uncover the history of the pretzel and tries her hand at making a Black Forest Gateau. In Berlin she discovers the two sides of the capital, tasting both the new and sophisticated cuisine as well as the nostalgic produce that originated from the former GDR.
(Part 1)
20:00
Holiday Show (Entertainment)
Holiday Show.
If you've ever wondered what happened to the good old holiday show, then tune into Travel Channel this month. The Holiday Show is a brand new studio series discussing travel passions.
20:30
Travel Deals Direct (Travel)
Travel Deals Direct.
Travel Deals Direct is a fully independent teleshopping channel offering a wide selection of great value holidays as well as providing practical and informative advice for all travellers.
(Part 11)
21:00
Intrepid Journeys (Travel)
Vanuatu.
Twinkle toes Brendan Cole is confident Vanuatu will be an easy run but after 18 hours on a cargo boat, trekking uphill for a day in the mud and having to catch and kill his dinner, the sharp tongued judge realises he's on an Intrepid Journey.
(Part 7)
22:00
Globe Trekker (Travel)
Morocco 2.
Ian Wright and Megan McCormick take a journey through mysterious Morocco, the meeting of Europe and Africa and a land of richly cultured cities, high mountain ranges and inhospitable desert landscapes. Ian's itinerary includes Fes and Marrakech while Megan explores Tangier, Casablanca and Rabat.
(Part 6)
23:00
Globe Trekker (Travel)
Globe Shopper 2.
Globe Shopper 2 picks up where its shop-happy predecessor left off - on a blistering trail in pursuit of the finest and latest, the oldest and rarest, the cheapest and most expensive gifts a budding traveller can possibly trawl home.We rejoin our band of globe-trekking presenters this time in the throes of learning how to bargain with stubborn vendors, picking up a tip or two along the way from veteran travellers who won't be stymied by a well-worked haggle. We hunt down classic furniture in Honk Kong, the antique emporium of the world. We revisit tribal handicrafts with the Makonde tribes of Mozambique, play a didgeridoo with the Aborigine tribes of Outback Australia, and fawn over carpets stretching from the Middle East to the Ottoman empire.Finally, we take you on a dazzling guided tour of affordable and impossible jewellery to be gleaned from the gemstone makers of Bangkok, the diamond dealers of Antwerp and the gold jewellers of deluxe Dubai.
(Part 2)
00:00
The Big Fish (Series)
(Ep13) - The Very Best Of The Big Fish.
For Marc the best thing about Friday afternoons is that you can escape from the crowds and traffic of the city and "Go Fishing". In this final episode of the "The Big Fish" Marc is able to re-live that "get away' feeling and reflect on the best moments from the series. The production team travelled throughout Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific in search of the ultimate fishing adventures and travelling to a fishing location is often as much of an adventure as the destination and fishing itself.The goal was always to catch a particular fish and Marc managed to hook a wide variety of target species from the exotic Mahi Mahi to the unique Doubleheader Wrasse of Lord Howe Island. There were many types of fishing that challenged Marc including fly fishing for Rainbow Trout, Helifishing and beach fishing.Boats play a huge part in any fishing adventure and Marc was out on the water in a wide variety of crafts.
00:30
Raging Bulls (Travel)
With Dougray Scott.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join Mission Impossible and Enigma star Dougray Scott in Pamplona to take part in one of the most riotous, dangerous and macho festivals in the world - the legendary Running of the Bulls. For over 400 years men and women from across the globe have flocked to the narrow streets of the city of Pamplona in Northern Spain to be pursued by herds of very angry bulls. So will Dougray literally take the bull by the horns and succeed in his mission? Or will the reality of squaring up to a ton of very angry beefsteak prove too much for him?
(Part 1)
01:00
Floyd on Africa (Cookery)
Madagascar.
Floyd cooks up a storm in Madagascar with a visit to Zoma market where he rustles up three traditional dishes. From here it's off into the countryside aboard the Michelin train which promptly breaks down giving Floyd the chance to conjure up a classic spicy salad and a rice stir fry en route but later on their boat suffers the same problem. Later on safely back on dry land Keith treats his friends to a mouthwatering feast of stir fried prawns served on a bed of sunshine vegetables and (you guessed it) flambed in rum!
(Part 3)
01:30
Chef Abroad (Travel)
Bread and Beyond- Turkey.
In Turkey bread is found at every meal and comes in many shapes and sizes. Following his own fondness for bread, Chef Michael Smith visits the bustling city of Istanbul, visiting local bakeries and pastry shops before settling down to cook a traditional, dough-based meal with a few new friends.
(Part 6)
02:00
Chef Abroad (Travel)
Google Food,California.
How does a company, where creativity is prized above all else, serve 10,000 meals every day to their employees? How do they do it with ingredients sourced from within 150 miles of their kitchens?. Chef Michael Smith visits the kitchens of Internet Company Google to see how the creative chefs produce a brand new menu every single day with fresh local ingredients.
(Part 2)
02:30
Journey Into Wine (Travel)
Paarl.
In this episode Isabelle hits the vineyards on horseback, hijacks a tourist tour with invaluable tips on tasting wine and meets the man behind the brand that had France's winemakers up in arms. She travels to the heart of Afrikaans South Africa, discovers the complex and troubling history of the country through the archaeology of one winery and ends up in Franschhoek, or the French corner, South Africa's culinary capital, where she finds out how a handful of Huguenot asylum seekers changed South Africa's winemaking fortunes forever.
(Part 3)
03:00
Planet Food (Travel)
Germany.
Merrilees Parker heads for Germany, where she finds out there's a lot more to the cuisine than just sauerkraut and beer. At the Oktoberfest she samples the best of German beers, and the Weisswurst - Bavaria's very own sausage. Nursing a hangover, she sets off to uncover the history of the pretzel and tries her hand at making a Black Forest Gateau. In Berlin she discovers the two sides of the capital, tasting both the new and sophisticated cuisine as well as the nostalgic produce that originated from the former GDR.
(Part 1)
04:00
Swiss Railway Journeys (Travel)
(Ep4) - The New Glacier Express (Part 1).
We begin this journey at Zermatt popular with mountaineers since the middle of the 19th century and take the Gornergrat railway for a spectacular view over the Alps including the famous Matterhorn. We pause to look at the picturesque old villages of the Goms region and take the cablecar up to the majestic Aletsch glacier the longest ice sheet in Europe.
05:00
Globe Trekker (Travel)
*Malaysia and Southern Thailand.
Justine Shapiro explores the heart of South East Asia, modern Malaysia, with its ancient forests and vibrant mix of cultures and the beaches of Southern Thailand just across the border.
(Part 12)
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