''Travel Man'' is a British television travel documentary series, presented by

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and, since Series 10,

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Description

The programme focuses on the presenter travelling to a popular city in each episode, accompanied by a celebrity guest, to provide viewers a potential itinerary for a two-day (48-hour) break. The series is characterised by a fast-paced format, consumer advice and light humour. In July 2019, Channel 4 announced that Ayoade would be leaving the show after the ninth series and would be replaced as host by comedian Joe Lycett. His first episode was broadcast on 27 December 2021. It is produced by

North One Television North One is a production company based in London and Birmingham, England. It was originally known as Chrysalis Television and is now part of All3Media. North One won a tender for a programme to accompany Channel 4 Channel 4 is a Briti ...

for

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

. It is broadcast on

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and

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in Australia.

Accolades

The programme has been twice nominated in the Best Features category at the

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and won Best Factual Programme three years running at the RTS Midlands awards.

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

Series 6

Series 7

Series 8

Series 9

Series 10

Home video

''Travel Man'' Series 1 and 2 was released on DVD in October 2018.

Related programmes

''Travel Man'' was a spin-off from the Ayoade-presented North One/Channel 4 series ''

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'', which was first broadcast with

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as host in 2012. Since this series was first broadcast, the franchise has been expanded by Channel 4/North One to include new commission ''Hobby Man'', with

Alex Brooker Alexander James Brooker (born 15 May 1984) is an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4. Since 2012, Brooker has co-hosted ''The Last Leg'', a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe ...

from Channel 4's Friday night comedy show ''

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'' as the main presenter. Similar to ''Travel Man'', the format features a main presenter with a different guest each week, but each episode of the new programme is an hour long, rather than half an hour. Channel 4 has commissioned a four-part ''Hobby Man'' series, with each episode exploring three different British hobbies. The guests for the series are

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, Joe Thomas and

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References

External links

Channel 4
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2015 British television series debuts 2010s British travel television series 2020s British travel television series Channel 4 documentaries Television series by All3Media English-language television shows