The Off Season

Eleven episodes. First broadcast from 19960213 to 19980328.

 
 
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  Programme Catalogue - Details: Monsoon19960213 Producer: S-J. HALL
Next in series: NAXOS
Broadcast history
13 Feb 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
18 Feb 1996 17:02-17:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-02-08.
  Programme Catalogue - Details: Monsoon19960218 First broadcast on 1996-02-13
Producer: S-J. HALL
Next in series: NAXOS
Broadcast history
13 Feb 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
18 Feb 1996 17:02-17:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-02-08.
  Programme Catalogue - Details: Naxos19960220 Producer: M. AKHTAR
Notes: MASTER TAPE INDEXED BY SOUND ARCHIVE SLU DO NOT EDIT
Next in series: EPISODE 3, SHETLAND
Previous in series: MONSOON
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naxos (greece)
travel programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
20 Feb 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
25 Feb 1996 17:02-17:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Ros Belford
Miriam Akhtar (Producer)
Recorded on 1996-02-06.
  Programme Catalogue - Details: Naxos19960225 First broadcast on 1996-02-20
Producer: M. AKHTAR
Notes: MASTER TAPE INDEXED BY SOUND ARCHIVE SLU DO NOT EDIT
Next in series: EPISODE 3, SHETLAND
Previous in series: MONSOON
Description
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Subject Categories
naxos (greece)
travel programmes (genre)
Broadcast history
20 Feb 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
25 Feb 1996 17:02-17:30 (RADIO 4)
Contributors
Ros Belford
Miriam Akhtar (Producer)
Recorded on 1996-02-06.
  Programme Catalogue - Details: Episode 3, Shetland19960227 Producer: S-J. HALL
Next in series: FRENCH RIVIERA
Previous in series: NAXOS
Broadcast history
27 Feb 1996 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)
03 Mar 1996 17:02-17:30 (RADIO 4)
Recorded on 1996-02-20.
A01Garda And Maggiore1998022119980226Six travel journalists go in search of holiday locations that are without any other tourists. 1: Lisa St Aubin de Teran explores the Italian lakes Garda and Maggiore in November. and rain and the departure of the tourist.
A02Sahara Desert1998022819980305Six travel journalists go in search of holiday locations that are without any other tourists. 2: Michael Haag treks across the Sahara Desert in the footsteps of Alexander the Great. and rain and the departure of the tourist.
A03Portstewart In February1998030719980312Six travel journalists go in search of holiday locations that are without any other tourists. 3: `Portstewart in February'. Cal McCrystal first visited the north Antrim seaside town of Portstewart as a child. A place of ice creams, rockpools and fortune tellers huddled in beach huts, Portstewart's sunshine was the only thing ever to bring tears to his eyes. But forty years later, only dedicated dog walkers and lads with trotting horses brave the biting winter winds, and any tears would soon be frozen.
A04Jamaica In The Rainy Months1998031419980319Six travel journalists go in search of holiday locations that are without any other tourists. 4: `Jamaica in the Rainy Months'. Polly Thomas enjoys National Heroes Band Holiday in October - sound systems, fried fish, rum and all. and rain and the departure of the tourist.
A05Paris1998032119980326Six travel journalists visits holiday locations in the off season. 5: Paris. Simon Calder visits the French capital in August - when the best restaurants are closed and the Parisians have gone south, to be replaced by hordes of tourists. The `Aoutiens' - locals who choose to stay in the city over the quietest month - revel in the relaxed atmosphere. and rain and the departure of the tourist.
Six travel journalists go in search of holiday locations in the off season. 5: `Paris'. Simon Calder visits the French capital in August - when the best restaurants are closed and the Parisians have gone south, replaced by hordes of tourists. The `Aoutiens' - locals who choose to stay in the city over the quietest month - revel in the relaxed atmosphere.
A06 LASTHokkaido In Winter1998032819980402Concluding the series in which six travel journalists go in search of holiday locations in the off season. 6: `Hokkaido in Winter'. More akin to Siberia than the rest of the Japanese archipelago, Hokkaido is the most northern of Japan's islands. Simon Richmond goes in search of the ancient Ainu culture at a time when the snow is falling, the spas are steaming, and the iceflows drift in across the sea of Okhotsk. / Concluding the series in which six travel journalists go in search of holiday locations in the off season. 6: `Hokkaido in Winter'. More akin to Siberia than the rest of the Japanese archipelago, Hokkaido is the most northern of Japan's islands. Simon Richmond goes in search of the ancient Ainu culture at a time when the snow is falling, the spas are steaming, and the iceflows drift in across the sea of Okhotsk. and rain and the departure of the tourist.