Fast Track is a 30-minute travel news TV show which was broadcast on
BBC World News
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. Individual segments were also broadcast on
BBC News Channel
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.
Presenters
The programme was presented by
Rajan Datar
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and
Fiona Foster. There were also regular segments including Widget of the Week, Events and the Best of the Web.
Other presenters included:
Simon Calder
Simon Calder (born 25 December 1955) is a freelance UK travel journalist and broadcaster. He works for various news and travel publications as well as being travel correspondent for ''The Independent''.
Biography
In 1962, Calder joined the Wo ...
,
Akhtar Khan
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,
Michelle Jana-Chan and Carmen Roberts. Both Datar and Roberts are amongst the main presenters on the successor programme; with Calder presenting a viewer questions segment.
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2013 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
2010s British travel television series
English-language television shows
BBC Television shows
BBC World News shows