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Joe Lycett is the new Travel Man, off on his debut voyage to Iceland with dancing comedian Bill Bailey, for outdoor bathing, volcanoes, the northern lights and snowflake bread ARRIVAL: Hire Car – Avis Car Rental   HOTEL:  Buubble Hotel https://www.buubble.com/ FOOD AND DRINK:  Friðheimar Restaurant https://www.fridheimar.is/en   Café Jaja Ding Dong Laugarbrekka, Húsavík, Iceland

Snowflake Bread Making Garðarsbraut, Húsavík, Iceland ACTIVITIES: Hallgrimskirkja Church Hallgrímstorg 1, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland   Punk Museum Bankastræti 2, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland   Art Installation http://shoplifterart.com/   Troll Workshop https://creativeiceland.is/make-an-icelandic-troll-with-wool-workshop-reykjavik   Egg Boiling Hveragerði, Iceland   Earthquake 2008 https://www.south.is/en/service/the-quake-2008    Circle Air Plane Tour https://www.circleair.is/   Snow Dogs Husky Sledding https://snowdogs.is/

Mývatn Nature Baths https://myvatnnaturebaths.is   Yule Lads Cave Dimmuborgir, Mývatn, Iceland   Husavik Souvenir Shop Hafnarstétt 1, Húsavík, Iceland   Christmas House Sveinsbær, Hrafnagil, 601 Akureyri, Iceland   Hauganes Hot Pot https://www.ektafiskur.is/en/hauganes-hot-tubs/ WITH THANKS: Visit Reykjavik & Visit North Iceland ​

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For the first trip of his debut series, Joe is joined by comedian James Acaster for a long weekend in the Spanish part of the Basque Country, where they visit a bargain two cities for the price of one! HOTEL:  Arima Hotel – San Sebastian https://arimahotel.com/en/ FOOD AND DRINK:  Kalimotxo @ Café Bar Bilbao http://bilbao-cafebar.com/   Mimo Cooking School (for class and pintxos tour) https://mimo.eus/ ACTIVITIES: Mt. Artxanda Funicular https://funicularartxanda.bilbao.eus/en/home/   Sombreros Gorostiaga  https://sombrerosgorostiaga.com/   Guggenheim Museum https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en   Vizcaya Bridge https://puente-colgante.co    

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EpiSode TWO 

In this episode Joe visits the Croatian City of Split with comedian, actress and writer, Aisling Bea. ARRIVAL: Fast Sea Transfers (RIB) https://www.fastseatransfers.com/ HOTEL: Briig Hotel https://www.briig-hotel.com/   FOOD/DRINK: Cucina Mare Cooking Classes @ Ciri Biri Bella https://cucina-mare.com/en/cooking-classes   Splitalicious Wine and History Tour https://splitlicious.com/ ACTIVITIES: SUP Adriatic https://adriatic-sup.com/   Froggyland https://froggyland.net/   Bestie Shelter Dog walks https://www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/264870   Cathedral of Saint Domnius Bell Tower https://visitsplit.com/en/527/cathedral-of-saint-domnius   Joe’s Beach Lounge and Bar (Postcard Location) http://joesbeach.com/   WITH THANKS: ​Croatian National Tourist Board https://www.htz.hr/en-GB/general-information/representative-and-branch-offices/croatian-national-tourist-office-london   &    Cornaro Hotel https://cornarohotel.com  

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Joe takes Mo Gilligan on a Cypriot odyssey where they get hands-on with halloumi, ride mushroom boats, visit the salt and pepper museum and sample a 24-carat gold ice lolly ARRIVAL: Hire Car  http://www.agrentacar.com/ HOTEL Euphoria Art Land https://euphoriartland.com/   FOOD/DRINK: Lollies  Address: Uluwatu Specialty Coffees, Anexartisias 10,  Limassol 3036, Cyprus   Halloumi Heaven Workshop & Tour with Cyprus Taste Tours https://cyprustastetours.com/   Ammos  http://www.ammos.eu/ ACTIVITIES: Handkerchief tree Address: Agia Solomoni Catacomb, Apostolou Pavlou Ave 100, Paphos 8042, Cyprus    Mushroom Boats http://www.westwatersports.com/   Salt and Pepper Museum  Address:                                                                 Phaneromeni Street, Larnaca, Cyprus

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Joe and Katherine Parkinson explore Antwerp by hitting a golf ball around it, before they sample the local beer, have breakfast in a launderette and journey down into the subterranean tunnels. ARRIVAL: Eurostar London to Brussels + Any Belgian Station https://www.eurostar.com/uk-en    HOTEL: De Witte Lelie https://www.dewittelelie.be/ FOOD/DRINK: Frites Atelier  https://www.fritesatelier.com/en/antwerp/   Broodje Martino Sandwich http://entrepotducongo.com/en/   De Koninck Brewery https://www.dekoninck.be/en   Wasbar https://www.wasbar.be/ ACTIVITIES: City Golf Tour https://www.city-golf.be/Eng/index_eng.html   De Ruien https://ruien.be/en/   Diamond workshop  https://www.thesparklr.com/ Link to the Diamond course -  https://www.awdc.be/sites/awdc2016/files/documents/The%20Sparklr_Atelier_2019.pdf

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In this Christmas Special, Richard takes American Actor Jon Hamm on a whirlwind tour around Hong Kong. In this Christmas Special, Richard takes American Actor Jon Hamm on a whirlwind tour around Hong Kong. In this Christmas Special, Richard takes American Actor Jon Hamm on a whirlwind tour around Hong Kong.

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Travel Man: 96 Hours in Iceland review – farewell Richard Ayoade, hello Joe Lycett

The Birmingham comic is joined by Bill Bailey to eat tomatoes and form a punk band in his debut as the new host of Channel 4’s holiday show. But Ayoade fans may miss his trademark quirks

R ichard Ayoade brings a strange sense of dislocation with him everywhere he goes – as a presenter on The Crystal Maze , a panellist on quizshows and in characters such as Moss in The IT Crowd and Dean Learner and Thornton Reed in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace. It jibed particularly well with his stint as Channel 4’s eponymous Travel Man, a role from which he has stepped down. His detached oddity added a much-needed freshness to the travelogue format and gave his weekly companion a challenge to which to rise, lending each episode of the nine series he hosted a bit of bite.

This episode welcomes the new presenter, Joe Lycett , with what is effectively a Christmas special. Travel Man: 96 Hours in Iceland follows the usual format, but the participants – Lycett’s companion here is the suitably trollish Bill Bailey – get double the usual 48 hours to sample the delights of their destination.

It is a perfectly enjoyable hour in their company. They journey – partly by husky-drawn sledge – around a country that spreads 200 active volcanoes and a population the size of Coventry’s across nearly 100,000 gorgeously frozen square kilometres. They visit geothermally heated waters, eat in an all-tomato restaurant (within an enormous greenhouse that produces one-fifth of Iceland’s annual fruit production), watch the aurora borealis from a transparent hotel pod and jam as “Rancid Minibreak” in the sound booth of the Icelandic Punk Museum, which is housed in a repurposed public toilet.

They travel to Dimmuborgir, where the earth is said to meet the underworld, and to the Cave of the Yule Lads. These are 13 mischievous figures (with names such as Sausage Swiper, Door Slammer and Spoon Licker) of seasonal folklore. They put toys in the shoes of good children on Christmas Eve and leave potatoes in those of the others. They are – at least for the purposes of cameras and/or December – embodied by 13 men who seem very happy making believe in their rustic-elf costumes. Lycett looks discomfited by it all. Bailey looks as if he has come home.

It is a busy but essentially soothing 96 hours. As ever, the sights are captioned with salient facts and labelled with prices, giving us the total cost of the trip at the end of the show, in case we wish to get off our bums and – pandemic permitting – emulate it.

Lycett is a perfectly good presenter and Bailey a perfectly good guest. They alternate as foil and comedian while felting miniature troll-Baileys, boiling eggs on the ends of fishing lines dropped into thermal vents (“That’s what I got into showbiz for”) and gazing up at Guðjón Samúelsson ’s extraordinary concrete church, Hallgrímskirkja, which towers over Reykjavik.

There are moments when the pair stray into strained banter territory, but there is also plenty of good, easy stuff. Emerging from a tiny earthquake simulator in a shopping centre after an underwhelming seismic simulation, Lycett says thoughtfully: “I would say, in a shopping centre, this would be a space a Timpson could take.” As they fly in a tiny plane along Iceland’s longest fjord, Lycett notes that he is hoping to see a whale, but there appear to be none. “They’re famously very hard to book,” Bailey says, with the air of a father eager not to assuage a child’s disappointment. There is profound, visceral truth in Lycett’s comment that the stark, brutal Sun Voyager sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, overlooking the glittering sea, looks like one of the Loose Women.

This is all fine – and may improve further with different guests bringing different energies to proceedings. Lycett is a sufficiently flexible and generous performer to embrace them. But if you were an Ayoade fan, you will miss his quirks, eccentricity and scalpel-sharp wit. The new version does not have the snap and crackle of the original. The change occasioned in me the kind of mild sorrow that discovering your favourite cafe has been take over by Starbucks might. We will all survive, obviously. Life will go on. But just a bit – a very little bit – flatter than before.

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Joe is back delivering the definitive guide to making the most of 48 hours (and sometimes a little longer) in some of the most exciting destinations in the world.  I

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Richard Ayoade/Joe Lycett and guests have delivered the definitive guide to a

weekend away in some of the worlds most amazing destinations.

Accompanied by some of the funniest performers from screen

and stage, Travel Man gives the low down on famous attractions

and obscure delights.

Ep1 - Barcelona & Kathy Burke/ Ep2 - Istanbul & Adam Hills

Ep3 - Iceland & Jessica Hynes/ Ep4 - Marrakech & Stephen

Ep1 - Vienna & Chris O’ Dowd/ Ep2 - Paris & Mel Giedroyc

Ep3 - Copenhagen & Noel Fielding/ Ep4 - Moscow & Greg Davies

Ep5 - Seville & Rob Delaney/ Ep6 - Venice & Jo Brand

Ep7 - Dubai & Johnny Vegas/ Ep8 - Berlin & Roisin Conaty

Ep1 - New York & Katherine Ryan/ Ep2 - Helsinki & Paul Rudd

Ep3 - Lisbon & Adam Buxton/ Ep4 - Naples & Jack Dee

Xmas Special - Florence & Rebel Wilson/ Ep1 - St Petersburg &

Rob Beckett/ Ep2 - Budapest & Aisling Bea/ Ep3 - Tenerife &

Lena Dunham/ Ep4 - Miami & Rhod Gilbert

Ep1 - Rome & Matt Lucas/ Ep2 - Valencia & Sara Pascoe

Ep3 - Amsterdam & Joe Lycett/ Ep4 - Stockholm & Sally Philips

Xmas Special - Hong Kong & Jon Hamm/ Ep1 - Brussels & Lee

Mac/ Ep2 - Oslo & Faye Ripley/ Ep3 - Madeira & Robert Webb

Ep4 - Cote D’Azur & Shazia Mirza

Ep1 - Zurich & Frank Sninner/ Ep2 - Ibiza & Jessica Knappett

Ep3 - Ljubljana & Eddie Izzard/ Ep4 - Milan & Morgana Robinson

Xmas Special - Jordan & David Baddiel/ Ep1 - Athens & Dawn

French/Ep2 Porto & Nish Kumar/Ep3 Tallin & Alice Levine/ Ep4

Hamburg & Bob Mortimer

Ep1 - Dubrovnik & Stephen Merchant / Ep2 - Bergen & Lou

Sanders / Ep3 - Krakow & Joe Wilkinson / Ep4 -Madrid & Ellie

Xmas Special - ICELAND & BILL BAILEY

Ep1 - BASQUE COUNTRY & James Acaster 

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Back for his final outing as the Travel Man, Richard Ayoade dashes to Dubrovnik with comedy colossus Stephen Merchant.

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Richard Ayoade is joined by comedian Lou Sanders for a two-day blast around Bergen. They explore the mountains and fjords that surround it, as well as sampling the best that this Norwegian city has to offer.

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Richard Ayoade is joined by comedian Joe Wilkinson for a 48-hour fling around the historic city of Krakow.

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Richard Ayoade is joined by comedian Ellie Taylor for a 2-day meander around Madrid, following an itinerary rich in art, ham, history and histrionics.

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Richard Ayoade returns to provide much needed guidance and inspiration to would-be mini-breakers. This time, Richard is joined by comedian Lee Mack for a funny, yet surprisingly informative, 48 hours in Brussels - featuring culture, comics, pralines, puppets and attractions both large and small, including the Grand Place and the famous atom-shaped Atomium. There's also waffles, mussels - including Moules Genghis Khan - and the secrets of chocolate making.

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Richard is joined by actor Fay Ripley for a wintry mini-break in Oslo. Together they pack two days with sledging, screaming, skiing, sculpture and scoff.

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Richard Ayoade is joined by comic actor and writer Robert Webb - the destination Madeira. Together they seek to discover more than the Portuguese island's eponymous wine and cake, although both are sampled along the way. Madeira is famed for its bananas and for the culinary bravado of combining them with fish.

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Richard Ayoade is joined by comedian Shazia Mirza for a fancy two day detour on the Côte d'Azur, in the south of France. In Nice they hire a three-wheeled 'Nice Car' for a scenic tour of the city. They also scope out Cap Ferrat, blue art, fancy yachts, and a grotto in Monaco. Later, there's a pricey helicopter ride and a trip to the casino - in a bid to win back the budget overspend on the helicopter.

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In an hour-long Christmas extravaganza, Richard and Mad Men actor Jon Hamm tour Hong Kong, taking in a tai chi drop-in session, a ride in a chopper and some fusion dim sum.

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Richard is joined by Matt Lucas, actor, comedian and many other things besides, for a frenetic 48 hours in the eternal city, Rome. Over a packed duo of days they cram in culture, cuisine, history, hats and as many sights as they can see.

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Richard Ayoade is joined by comedian Sara Pascoe for a two day test of the mini break merits of Valencia. Together they ruthlessly examine Spain's third largest city, taking in its history, parks, architecture, culture and cuisine, as well as falling under the powerful spell of local cocktail agua de Valencia.

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Richard Ayoade and comedian Joe Lycett head to the mini break mecca of Amsterdam for a 48 hour hurtle through the city's attractions. In just two days the pair power through culture, cardio, canals, cuisine and much more, not all of it beginning with a 'c'.

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Richard Ayoade and actress Sally Phillips head to Stockholm for a fulsome 48 hours in the Swedish capital. Together they scale rooftops, sing Abba, eat Swedish-Danish, and stay up late playing on their phones.

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Comedian Rob Beckett joins Richard Ayoade in Russia's cultural capital, for a post-Soviet itinerary including an armoured tank, caviar, vodka, and a herring in a fur coat.

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Richard and comedian Aisling Bea make a whirlwind tour of Hungary's fairy-tale capital, with selfies, goulash, cake, pubs, liquor, and a game of chess at the thermal baths.

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Richard Ayoade packs his case and heads to the Canaries to discover what lies beyond the all-inclusive resorts of the volcanic island of Tenerife. Making the trip from LA to join him is writer, director and actor, Lena Dunham.

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Richard and Rhod Gilbert's high-speed visit to Florida's famous hot spot takes in art, art deco, alligators, speedboats, an airboat tour of the everglades - and dominoes.

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Hollywood actor Rebel Wilson joins Richard for a fun-packed whizz round Florence in a mini-break mixing art, action, gelato, a drive in a classic Alfa Romeo, and some tripe.

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Richard and comedian Katherine Ryan take a fast and funny trip to New York. Their overflowing schedule includes skyscrapers, roller blades, museums, ferries, show-tunes and cronuts.

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Hollywood actor Paul Rudd joins Richard to discover Finland's seaside capital, with a time-efficient exploration by kayak, a good steaming in the city's saunas and salty sweets.

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Actor and comedian Adam Buxton joins Richard for a high-speed tour of Portugal's capital, with trams, rickshaw, funicular and fado, and a visit to a doll hospital.

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Watch Richard and Jack Dee take a trip to Naples featuring humor, history, culture, pizza, Vespas and chaotic traffic, a trip to Capri, and a guide to the meaning of dreams.

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Richard goes to Vienna with comedian Chris O'Dowd to sample the sausages, cakes, wines and spirits. The pair also take a hot-rod tour, visit a fairground, the Freud museum and the city sewers.

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Richard Ayoade and Mel Giedroyc do a Paris le weekend, with snails, absinthe, a cordon bleu cookery course, bespoke perfume and an art tour.

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Comedian Noel Fielding joins Richard for 48 fast and funny hours in the Danish capital, with cycling, sightseeing, art, sandwiches, beer and rollercoasters.

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Richard and Greg Davies attempt to extract the essence of Moscow in two days, as they clash with army tanks, head into space and visit one of the strangest circuses in the world.

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Richard Ayoade heads to southern Spain with comedian Rob Delaney from Catastrophe, where they eat tapas, learn to dance flamenco and go a bit Wild West.

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Richard and Jo Brand do a fast, funny and ruthlessly efficient trip to Venice, learning to row a gondola, sampling Venetian tapas, and staying at the famous Hotel Danieli.

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Richard stretches the description mini break to the limit as he heads to the United Arab Emirates for a luxury bonanza with comedian Johnny Vegas.

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Richard heads for super-cool Berlin with comedian Roisin Conaty, taking in the city's famed nightlife, Checkpoint Charlie, fancy food, and a replica Cold War apartment.

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Richard and actor Kathy Burke do Barcelona in 48 hours, including some far-out cuisine, Cava tasting, a guided tricycle tour and surrealist artist Miro.

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Richard takes actor Jessica Hynes on a whirlwind weekend away to the stunning scenery of Iceland, for waterfalls, glaciers, geysers, whales, rotten shark and elf school.

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Richard and actor Stephen Mangan eat steamed sheep's head and go hot air ballooning and camel riding on a quickie weekend trip in Morocco.

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The Federal Aviation Administration is warning travelers and pilots the total solar eclipse in April could snarl air traffic, especially at airports located in what is known as the path of totality.

The FAA posted what it called “special air traffic procedures” on its website Thursday that listed the possible impacts on the industry and what airports could be subject to operational changes.

Hundreds of airports are either located in the path totality or are close enough in proximity to service aviators interested in the phenomenon.

The bulletin includes major airports such as Dallas-Fort Worth International, Indianapolis International and Cleveland International.

Starting before noon on April 8, the Moon will completely block the Sun for several minutes, leading to temporary darkness that will begin over Texas and travel over 15 states.

All of the Lower 48 will be subject to a partial event, but communities that are under what space experts call the umbra will have prime viewing of the narrow path of totality.

More than 30 million Americans are estimated to live in the path, with millions more expected to travel to states such as Texas, Ohio and New York to see the spectacle.

The Federal Aviation Administration is warning travelers and pilots the total solar eclipse in April could snarl air traffic, especially at airports located in what is known as the path of totality.

The event is similar to an eclipse that happened back in 2017, when the Sun was temporarily shielded by the Moon from coast to coast.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association reported air traffic during the previous event increased 20-40% at control centers that were in range of the path of totality.

The association said Indianapolis Center saw a 36% increase, its Seattle Center reported an uptick of 33% and Kansas City saw a 35% jump when compared to typical workday traffic.

The event is similar to an eclipse that happened back in 2017, when the Sun was temporarily shielded by the Moon from coast to coast.

While commercial traffic stays within a manageable range, air traffic controllers said the addition of civilian aircraft causes numbers to exceed holiday traffic volumes.

The combination of any type of weather systems on top of the increased traffic can lead to significant delays, like what happened to Chicago’s main airports during the event nearly seven years ago.

The FAA warns pilots that special restrictions may also be issued three to five days ahead of the event.

Neither the FAA nor the Transportation Security Administration have released specific guidance for passengers ahead of the eclipse, but as a general recommendation, airlines always suggest arriving at the airport at least two hours before departure.

Starting before noon on April 8, the Moon will completely block the Sun for several minutes, leading to temporary darkness that will begin over Texas and travel over 15 states.

Some airlines, such as Delta and Southwest, have offered special flights designated to view the path of totality from around 30,000 feet, but deals lasted only a few hours before selling out.

One of the last communities in the continental US to see the path of totality will be Houlton, Maine, where the entire event will be over by 5 p.m. EDT.

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