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| Travel Man | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Special interest Travel |
| Presented by | Richard Ayoade (1–9) Joe Lycett (10–) |
| Theme music composer | Paul Mottram |
| Opening theme | Trailblazer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 53 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30–60 minutes |
| Production company | North One Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 30 March 2015 – present |
| Related | |
| Gadget Man |
Travel Man (also advertised as Travel Man: 48 Hours in...) is a British television travel documentary series, presented by Richard Ayoade and, since Series 10, Joe Lycett.
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 sardonic Richard Ayoade would be leaving the show after the ninth series and would be replaced as host by comedian Joe Lycett.[1] His first episode was broadcast on 27 December 2021.
It is produced by North One Television for Channel 4.
It is broadcast on SBS Television and SBS On Demand in Australia.
The programme has been twice nominated in the Best Features category at the BAFTAs and won Best Factual Programme three years running at the RTS Midlands awards.[2][3]
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series premiere | Series finale | |||
| 1 | 4 | 30 March 2015 | 20 April 2015 | |
| 2 | 8 | 5 January 2016 | 15 April 2016 | |
| 3 | 5 | 23 September 2016 | 14 October 2016 | |
| 4 | 4 | 6 March 2017 | 3 April 2017 | |
| 5 | 5 | 20 October 2017 | 10 November 2017 | |
| 6 | 4 | 2 April 2018 | 23 April 2018 | |
| 7 | 5 | 10 September 2018 | 1 October 2018 | |
| 8 | 4 | 15 April 2019 | 6 May 2019 | |
| 9 | 4 | 21 October 2019 | 11 November 2019 | |
| 10 | 5 | 27 December 2021 | 25 April 2022 | |
| 11 | 5 | 29 December 2022 | 3 February 2023 | |
| 12 | 4 | 8 March 2024 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 10 January 2025 | 31 January 2025 |
Travel Man Series 1 and 2 was released on DVD in October 2018.[citation needed]
Travel Man was a spin-off from the Ayoade-presented North One/Channel 4 series Gadget Man, which was first broadcast with Stephen Fry 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 from Channel 4's Friday night comedy show The Last Leg as the main presenter.[6][7] 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 Joe Wilkinson, Scarlett Moffatt, Joe Thomas and Andi Oliver.[citation needed]
- ^ "Joe Lycett becomes Channel 4's Travel Man" (Press release). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "News". North One Television.
- ^ "Television in 2016 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Channel 4 (SD+HD) w/e 31 Dec 2017". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Episode 1: Travel Man: 48 Hours in Vilnius". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Alex Brooker to host Channel 4's Hobby Man". 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Brooker tries hobbies for North One and C4". 3 May 2022.