''The Travel Show'' is a

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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

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coverage, in a Friday morning slot on

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. A Sunday evening slot was also added on the

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in April 2014 and

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Presenters

Occasionally other BBC correspondents and travel bloggers appear as presenters such as blind backpacker Tony Giles, Emeline Nsingi Nkosi and

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''The Travel Show'' (1988-1997)

''The Travel Show'' name was first used by the BBC for a BBC 2 holiday programme presented by

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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

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, 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 on hand to give weather advice for the week ahead, 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. 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 or Southern California) whilst ''The Travel Show Traveller'' and ''The Travel Show UK Mini Guides'' were short-form filler programmes compiled from the main programme with the latter featuring a voice-over from Roger Wilkes.

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