Travel Sick Explained

Starring:Grub Smith
Country:United Kingdom
Num Series:2
Num Episodes:30
Network:Bravo

Travel Sick is a British hybrid comedy-travel television series that originally aired on Bravo from 2001 to 2002. It placed UK writer Grub Smith in a different region of the world in each episode. In each destination, he was asked to complete five undesirable challenges posed by the show's producers. If he failed a challenge, he was forced to perform something unpleasant called a "forfeit". The more he failed, the worse the "forfeit" at the end of the show became.

In 2002, the series was picked up by Comedy Central in the United States for at least 15 episodes.[1]

Series 1 (2001)

LocationNotable challenge
1IcelandPlay golf on glacier
2TurkeyDeliver a letter to an underwater home
3MoroccoHave sex with a watermelon
4South KoreaPlay golf in a war zone
5The PhilippinesDrink a dwarf under the table
6CambodiaBeat Miss Cambodia in a shoot out
7The Wild WestGet probed by aliens
8New ZealandCastrate a bull and eat its testicles
9AustraliaEat a road kill sandwich at 14,000 ft
10Tennessee, United StatesBeat a miniature person at miniature golf
11New Orleans, USABecome a born-again virgin
12Los Angeles, USAJoin an LA gang
13JamaicaMake a Rasta make you lunch
14SpainFight a bullfighter
15GermanyRead a peace poem in a riot

Series 2 (2002)

LocationNotable Challenge
1ThailandCarry a "fridge over the River Kwai"
2Hong KongKick a kung-fu master in the balls
3BrazilCapture poisonous spiders
4South AfricaFeed a great white shark
5Papua New GuineaBecome a buffet for bats
6Czech RepublicPlay frisbee with a lion
7PeruGet intoxicated with ayahuasca
8IndiaWash an elephant's penis
9ItalyWin a gladiator fight
10Las Vegas, USAFrench kiss a bride
11The NetherlandsRide a windmill while high on marijuana
12RomaniaDrink blood
13Chicago, USABeat a chicken at noughts and crosses
14MexicoTrick someone into buying a fake chihuahua
15JapanEat a cannibal

Notes and References

  1. News: April 2002 . Bought in the USA . 2024-05-26 . Television Business International . . 14 . 4.