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010320070201Fi Glover presents the travel series passing on listeners' holiday tips and advice.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

010420070208Travel series with listeners' tips on the best and worst of holiday experiences.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

010520070215Fi Glover presents the travel series giving listeners' tips on holiday experiences.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

010620070222Travel series giving listeners' tips on the best and worst of holiday experiences.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

020120070621Fi Glover presents the holiday magazine with tips from listeners and travel experts.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

020220070628Fi Glover presents the holiday magazine with tips from listeners and travel experts.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

020320070705Fi Glover presents the holiday magazine with tips from listeners and travel experts.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

020420070712Fi explores exciting holiday experiences which don't involve getting on a plane.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

020520070719Fi Glover presents the holiday magazine with tips from listeners and travel experts.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

020620070726Fi Glover presents the holiday magazine with tips from listeners and travel experts.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

030120080117Charlie Connelly and the team offer a guide to getting the best out of Barcelona.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

030220080124The team take on a challenge to dream up an out-of-the-ordinary family-sized experience.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

030320080131The team look at musical travel ideas, from hurdy-gurdies in Brittany to opera in Prague.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

030420080207The team look at learning holidays and the vast range of choices available.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

030520080214The team look at anniversaries, big birthdays, grand celebrations and romantic weekends.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

030620080221The team look at holidays in the saddle, from tandems in Norfolk to riding in Argentina.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0401Wellbeing holidays20081013This programme looks at increasingly popular 'wellbeing holidays'.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0402Backwater USA20081020

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine with insider tips from listeners and travel experts.

With more flights being allowed to regional hub airports in North America this year, tourism to the United States is expanding beyond the usual destinations. Katie finds out about the hidden delights of small-town America and hears how an extinct Arizona volcano is being transformed into the world's first celestial visitor experience.

Katie finds out about the hidden delights of small-town America.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0403Volunteering20081027

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine with insider tips from listeners and travel experts.

Katie explores volunteering as a way of having a cheap holiday. Including reports on a family from Winchester volunteering in post-tsunami Sri Lanka and volunteering on the beautiful Minsmere bird reserve in Suffolk. Plus a young veteran of volunteering who has done everything from helping to prepare a rock festival in Iceland to rebuilding farmhouses in the Czech Republic.

Katie explores volunteering as a way of having a cheap holiday.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0404Hotels20081103

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine with insider tips from listeners and travel experts.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen joins Katie to offer his distinctive take on hotels. Featuring a report from popular tourist destination the Lake District and an assessment of how well British hotels are coping with changing customer expectations. Katie visits a wild London hotel that plays to people's desire for novelty and Sally Shalam, hotel writer for the Guardian, offers her views on the death of the boutique hotel, current trends and how the hotel business is dealing with the credit crunch.

Including Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen with his distinctive take on hotels.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0405Credit Crunch20081110

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine with insider tips from listeners and travel experts.

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine with insider tips from listeners and travel experts. Katie considers how our travelling habits may change as a result of the current economic problems. She hears from a group of city bankers considering their 2009 holiday plans and Dave Dodd enjoys a weekend in Iceland, where the collapse of the economy has brought a rush of visitors.

Plus how industry bosses are trying to weather the storm as they gather in London for World Travel Market, the world's biggest travel talking shop.

How our travelling habits may change as a result of the current economic problems.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0406Surfing the Web20081117

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine with insider tips from listeners and travel experts.

Katie explores some of the ways in which the internet is changing the travel industry by establishing an alternative travel experience. Including a report from Natalia Rolleston on her experiences of 'couch surfing' (staying on locals' sofas for free) and an Italian cyber-tour guide talks about his video-guided cycling tours around Italy. Plus a look at Second Life tourism, which treats visitors to a virtual visit around their city of choice.

Katie explores some of the ways in which the internet is changing the travel industry.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0407Paris20081124Katie Derham examines ways in which Paris continues to embrace cultural tourism.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0408Dubai, Montenegro and Hangzhou20081201Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0501Wilderness20090420

Katie Derham presents the programme which examines our holiday and travel trends.

Places that were once considered dangerous and frighteningly isolated have become increasingly desirable holiday destinations. Katie examines this trend and hears what is on offer for the wilderness traveller. Her guests include author Robert Macfarlane.

A Just Radio/Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

Katie Derham examines the increasing popularity of wilderness holiday destinations.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0502Homestay/Homeswap20090427

Katie Derham presents the programme which examines our holiday and travel trends.

Staying with local people or swapping your house or flat for theirs is an economical solution that can deliver a prize holiday. The programme follows the Gordon family as they swap with the Coppolas in Italy, veteran swapper Sara Wheeler discusses her experiences and a listener report from Morocco where Rose and Mick Hart have booked in with a local Berber family in the foothills of the Atlas mountains.

A Just Radio/Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

Katie Derham hears from people who have stayed with locals or swapped houses with others.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0503Raising the Iron Curtain20090504

Katie Derham presents the programme which examines our holiday and travel trends.

As the countries of the former Soviet bloc prepare to celebrate 20 years of democracy, Katie and the team look at how our curiosity to travel and experience Eastern Europe has affected those countries. Former tour leader and travel writer Neil Taylor reflects on the momentous changes that were precipitated by the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

Plus a report from 20-year-old Mike Copus, who visits Berlin as a cold war tourist.

A Just Radio/Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

Katie Derham looks at our curiosity to travel and experience Eastern Europe.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0504The Niche Holiday20090511

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine which examines our holiday and travel trends.

With the growth of enthusiast tour operators, there is now a huge range of niche holiday opportunities, with every private passion, hobby and indulgence catered for. Patricia Lalla travels to Portugal on a wolf-watching holiday and Dan Cruickshank talks about his experiences following in Captain Cook's footsteps to New Zealand.

Is the niche experience just another excuse for one-upmanship or a genuine way of exploring our cravings and curiosities?

A Just Radio/Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

Katie Derham looks at niche holidays.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0505Turkey20090518

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine which examines our holiday and travel trends.

With British holiday bookings to Turkey up over 20 per cent and a host of new air routes to the country, Katie and the team look at the country that has become the most popular 'outside the Euro-zone' destination.

Sarah Rainsford, at the end of her stay in Turkey as BBC correspondent, gives an insider's guide to Instanbul, the city she has come to love, and author and journalist Jeremy Seal takes a meander inland. Plus a report on Cappodocia, one of the world's most bizarre landscapes where holiday accommodation is in caves.

A Just Radio/Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

Katie takes a look at Turkey, which has become more popular with British holidaymakers.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0506The British Seaside20090525

Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine which examines our holiday and travel trends.

With recession and the high cost of the Euro, British seaside resorts are optimistically preparing for what could be a bumper season. Katie finds out about how Margate is reinventing itself as 'the Bilbao of the Kent coast' by embracing its links with the 19th century Romantic painter, Turner.

Plus writer Josie Barnard sees how self-catering in the far west of Cornwall is bucking the credit crunch by offering a touch of high-end glamour.

Katie finds out how Margate is reinventing itself as 'the Bilbao of the Kent coast'.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0601South Africa20100503

Katie Derham hears about holidays to South Africa.

There's growing excitement in the country just a few short weeks from the World Cup. Infrastructure and hotels have been upgraded but what's on offer for the tourist? How easy is it to navigate the country and the social divide?

We have reports from Johannesburg and Cape Town and the Winelands. There's advice on ways of meeting local people and how to access some world class music. We hear a listener report from the Reeves of Worcester and follow the Mandela trail to Robben Island.

Katie is joined in the studio by guest Lenny Henry who has recently returned from South Africa, exploring the country through its music and by South-African born travel editor of the Telegraph, Graham Boynton.

The producer is Susan Marling. This is a Whistledown and Just Radio Production for BBC Radio 4.

A month from the World Cup, Katie Derham looks at holidays to South Africa.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0602Food and Travel20100510

Katie Derham celebrates the pursuit of good food as a newly popular reason to travel.

Nowadays we travel to eat. The pursuit of good food has become a mission and a pleasure on holidays. To examine and celebrate this trend Katie is joined by Antonio Carluccio, the Number One ambassador for Italian food and Sarah Miller, editor of Traveller magazine.

There are reports from Goa, where foodie film director Gurinder Chadha takes a cookery course to learn how to make a classic fish curry and from West Sweden which has, per capita, the highest number of starred restaurants on earth. Susan Marling takes a trip to discover how the best seafood, land produce and fruits of the forest come together in traditional dishes now given an exciting modern twist.

There's also a report about a 'pig safari' in Shropshire - the model for an increasingly popular style of weekend with British food at its heart.

And Craig Allen, veteran foodie, talks about being a traveller who follows his nose entirely.

Further information:

India:
Lucy Greenwell was at Judy Cardozo's cooking school in Panjim, Goa, run by a company called Holiday On The Menu.

France:
Marseille restaurants mentioned by Craig were La Cote De Boeuf, 35 Cours Honore d'Estienne d'Orves, Copropritete Jardin de Thalassa, and 120 Rue Commdt Rolland.

The pair of restaurants joined by a viaduct in Marseille are L'Epuisette and Chez FonFon.

England:
The Pig Safari in Shropshire is run by Carolyn Cheshire At Lower Buckton Farm in Leintwardine
Pigs in Clover, Rare Breed Farm in Cardeston And The Old Hand and Diamond Pub in Coedway

Sweden:
For details of Oyster events contact Destination Grebbested. Oyster Safari organized by Everts Sjobod.

Gothenburg Restaurants:
Restaurant Fond, Gotaplatsen
Restaurant Kock & Vin, Viktoriagatan 12

Traveller's Tree is a co-production between Just Radio and Whistledown. The producer is Susan Marling.

Katie Derham celebrates the pursuit of good food as a newly popular reason to travel.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0603Rail Holidays20100517

Katie Derham looks at the growing number of environmentally savvy travellers considering rail holidays as their first choice.

Rail travel has been a favoured choice for thousands of holidaymakers for many years, and the popularity of the railway holiday is growing and growing. New high-speed lines are opening around the world, and the scenic railway tour business is experiencing a boom.

We hear from Nick Southgate about his metaphysical perspective of rail travel, and joining Katie in the studio are guests Anthony Lambert, travel writer and journalist and Mark Smith, founder of rail travel information station 'The Man in Seat Sixty-One'.

We also hear a listener report from Richard Biddlecombe taking a Grand tour around Europe, and from travel writer Melissa Shales as she attempts to traverse the continent of Africa by rail.

Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown and Just Radio co-production for BBC Radio 4.

Katie Derham looks at the rising popularity of taking a holiday by rail.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0604Pilgrimage20100524

Pilgrimages are a fast-growing phenomenon. In Europe and beyond, shrines associated with healing, beauty, peace and prayer are attracting record numbers of visitors, and people are increasingly taking time out of their busy lives for a journey of enlightenment.

Over 2 million people are expected to visit the Turin Shroud this year, and the Spanish pilgrimage centre of Santiago de Compostela is celebrating a Holy Year with over 250,000 expected on July 25th.

Katie Derham travels to Santiago where she talks to the pilgrims, shares their stories, and touches the cloak of St James, as so many have done before.

She also gets advice on sustaining the pilgrim's appetite from Rick Stein, and meets the man who runs Santiago's pilgrims website.

We hear from listeners Duncan and Christopher Neil as they take a very special father and son pilgrimage to Iona.

And we also consider what is involved in the modern pilgrimage and how secular pilgrimages can in their own way be just as fulfilling.

Producer: David Prest
A Just Radio and Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

Katie Derham examines the pilgrimage phenomenon taking the travel industry by storm.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

0605Senior Sabbaticals20100531

Christina Beach is a teacher currently travelling in New Zealand - she's been on a trip that started in the UK several months ago and has already spent time in Mozambique, South Africa and parts of Asia. When we spoke to her she had just been micro-lighting across the North Island.

In September Christina will be back in the classroom - refreshed and ready for action. She's one of a great number of workers who have decided to take a 'grown-up gap year', a sabbatical that can change your life and fulfil your dreams of travel.

We talk to workers (many 'let go' for a while willingly by their firms during recession) who have planned and enjoyed trips and to firms who say what they themselves get out of it.

We also offer advice on how to plan and how to approach such a trip.

Programme contributors are travel expert Alison Rice and Julian Critchlow of Bain Consulting. Also featured are sabbatical takers and volunteers: Jonathan Froom, Family Jakubovic, Christina Beach.

Producer: Susan Marling
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

How the recession has accelerated the trend in career breaks for travel and volunteering.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public

060620100607

Katie Derham looks at the ongoing effect that recession is having on tourist destinations.

The World Tourism Council is predicting a global tourism slump of 2 percent in 2010/2011. The effect of World recession on fragile tourist spots could be disastrous. Small communities that have become used to the revenue that a constant supply of tourists brings are now under threat.

The global economic meltdown has created ripples in the calm backwaters of the Indian southern state of Kerala and, as Nick Maes discovers, on the island of Zanzibar.

Here, tourism development was well underway when the economy started to slide. Katie also looks at how some countries have utilised the downturn, like Iceland's "Our Loss is Your Gain" campaign, and we join the Cassan family on their first UK 'stay-cation'.

Producer: Charlotte Austin
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

Katie Derham examines the ongoing effect that recession is having on tourist destinations.

Travel programme consisting of tips and advice for travellers submitted by the public