| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Creator: | BBC News |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Location: | Various |
| Language: | English |
| Last Aired: | present |
| Related: | Fast Track |
The Travel Show is an international 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, after Winter Olympics coverage, in a Friday morning slot on BBC Two. A Sunday evening slot was also added on the UK feed of BBC News channel in April 2014 and BBC iPlayer.
| Presenter | Role | Base / other info |
|---|---|---|
| Presenter | London | |
| Christa Larwood | Presenter | London |
| Rajan Datar | Presenter | London |
| Benjamin Zand | Presenter / Producer | London |
| Carmen Roberts | Presenter | Tokyo |
| Presenter | Kuala Lumpur | |
| Global Guru | ||
| Lucy Hedges | Presenter | London |
| Mike Corey | Presenter | |
| Omar Mehtab | Presenter | London |
The Travel Show name was first used by the BBC for a BBC 2 holiday programme presented by Penny 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 Guru Simon Calder,[7] who joined The Travel Show in the last few years of its run to present reports. Before Calder, Matthew Collins and John Thornes were the presenters reporting from various locations around the world with John Kettley[8] on hand to give weather advice for the week ahead,[9] while an early 1990s refresh saw Carol Smillie and Paddy Haycocks join the reporting team, with The 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] whilst The Travel Show Traveller[15] and The 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]