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Joe Lycett shows us how to get the most out of some of the world's most popular mini-breaks

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

Joe and Asim Chaudhry visit an underwater museum and a world-famous skatepark

Joe and Roisin Conaty enjoy a culinary horse-carriage tour and a spot of musical cycling

Joe and comedian Mawaan Rizwan spend two days sightseeing, swimming and swigging stout

Sarah Millican joins Joe for hot air ballooning, cepelini dumplings and gira in Vilnius

96 Hours in Rio

Joe and Stephen Mangan visit Christ the Redeemer and cook Christmas dinner Brazilian-style

Joe and Katherine Parkinson sample local beers and explore Antwerp's subterranean tunnels

Joe and Mo Gilligan get hands-on with halloumi and sample a 24-carat gold ice lolly

Aisling Bea joins Joe for some Croatian cooking, paddleboarding and a visit to Froggyland

The Basque Country

Joe and James Acaster bask in Bilbao's art, kalimotxos and foodie capital San Sebastián

96 Hours in Iceland

New host Joe Lycett is off on his debut voyage to Iceland with comedian Bill Bailey

Richard and Ellie Taylor team up for a two-day meander rich in art, history and ham

Richard and Joe Wilkinson whizz round the historic Polish city, with art nouveau and vodka

Richard and Lou Sanders have a blast in Bergen, Norway

A Game of Thrones tour and a trip to a cursed island with Stephen Merchant

Richard Ayoade and Bob Mortimer go for a spin round cosmopolitan Hamburg

Richard and Alice Levine - DJ, broadcaster & podcaster - do Estonia's capital in 48 hours

Nish Kumar joins Richard for a potter round Porto, Portugal's second city.

Comedy goddess Dawn French joins Richard for some ancient history, doughnuts & ouzo

96 Hours In Jordan

Comedian David Baddiel joins Richard for a seasonal minibreak visiting world-class wonders

Richard and comedian Morgana Robinson tour a sweltering Milan

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There are many kinds of travel shows—just as there are many kinds of travellers—and many ways in which they can intrigue or repel us. This summer, I watched quite a few, as I was taking an uncharacteristically ambitious trip and wanted a sense of what I was in for. I set my DVR to auto-record shows about Copenhagen, the Faroe Islands, Tuscany, and France, and then marvelled at the breadth of its harvest. There was “ The Wine Show ,” in which the actors Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys bopped around Tuscany, sampling vintages and rolling a wine barrel up a hill; the peppily question-and-answer-filled “ Curious Traveler ,” with Christine van Blokland, punctuated with “Huh?” and “Ah!” sound effects; “ Parts Unknown ,” Anthony Bourdain ’s singular cultural reconnaissance via food; and the ubiquitous Rick Steves , bringing his bountiful tips and deflatingly Stevesian sensibility to every corner of Europe. All of this was informative but alienating: these travellers were nothing like me, and I wouldn’t travel like them. It was hard to imagine myself in their shoes. Then I discovered “Travel Man.”

“ Travel Man: 48 Hours in . . . ” is a British series in which the comedian, writer, actor, and director Richard Ayoade spends forty-eight hours in a city, accompanied by various friends—“some of the most available and affordable names in light ent,” as he puts it—and tells us about what to do there. “Mini-breaks are a swirling nebula of nonsense!” he says at the top of “ Copenhagen ,” during a brisk montage of him in Venice, Copenhagen, Vienna, and Moscow. “How can anyone go somewhere new and be expected to enjoy themselves without a decade to decompress?” Exactly , I thought. This is the show for me. Ayoade is perhaps best known from the beloved British sitcom “ The IT Crowd ,” in which he and Chris O’Dowd co-starred as I.T. guys, and for his films “ Submarine ” (2010) and “ The Double ” (2013), which he wrote and directed. “Travel Man” began in 2015, as a spinoff of a show called “ Gadget Man ,” which Ayoade had taken over, as host, from Stephen Fry . He’s far more ubiquitous in the U.K. than he is in the States, but he seems due for an American embiggening .

On “Travel Man,” Ayoade is fun to look at (snappy suits, thick-framed glasses, expression of amused diffidence) and fun to listen to. (Of a monastery turned hotel in Naples, he says, “As well as modish guff, like a rooftop pool and a spa, it retains attractive old shiz, like staircases dug into the hillside.”) His persona is warmly amused, broadly skeptical, and gently astringent—i.e., British. He’s not a joiner. His intros conclude with him saying, in that episode’s particular city and with that episode’s particular guest, “We’re here, but should we have come?” It’s a refreshing tone for a travel series—somewhere between jumping in with both feet and looking askance at everything on earth, including the notion of fun on a weekend getaway. Where Rick Steves adopts an attitude of agreeable derring-do—in Siena, while wearing a Drago contrada neckerchief at a Drago contrada feast before the inter- contrada horse race, Steves says, “Even if I don’t fully understand what’s happening, the excitement is contagious and the wine is delightful!”—Ayoade does things like approach a toboggan on a snowy Norwegian hillside while muttering, “Generally, anything that requires a helmet, I avoid.” He makes it known that he’s happiest in bookstores, not in pre-vomit scenarios or places where lots of people are screaming, and then dutifully boards a hundred-year-old wooden roller coaster in Tivoli Gardens, looking apprehensive.

“Travel Man” is helpful, too. Ayoade gives practical information up top, such as the city’s population, the annual number of tourists, and historic cultural distinctions—which include, for Copenhagen, “Hans Christian Andersen, Sandi Toksvig , Lego, the pedal bin, and my old adversary, the pH scale.” Little price tags pop up onscreen to indicate how many pounds things cost—flights, hotels, food, handy gear. Whether it’s relevant to you or not, the practical information helps create a vivid impression. Ayoade and his guest tend to stay in hotels that are unusual and fancier than I can afford, but pleasing to vicariously enjoy. “The luxury Belvedere suite offers a well-wide view of Vienna, as well as a display hammock,” Ayoade says, entering his hotel room. “But I have no time for display hammocks!” He bats aside the hammock as he breezes past it. “Unpacking squanders time and is a bourgeois indulgence,” he says, briskly hanging up his clothes rack-cum-duffel bag (“£90 approx”). He sometimes claims the fancier lodgings for himself, part of an amusing recurring tactic of being discourteous to his companion. (His comic rudeness can remind me of Jemaine on “ Flight of the Conchords ,” if Jemaine were not such a dim bulb.) In Vienna, Ayoade has “arranged something bespoke,” outside, for Chris O’Dowd: an Airstream trailer from 1952. (“I know how much you like to be near a major highway,” he says.) In Marrakech, when Stephen Mangan, trying to navigate them out of an alley, says, “My map says that way, but my heart says that way,” Ayoade, beaming, replies, “Let’s go with the map, rather than your rotten heart.”

Having a companion join in, besides providing “the illusion of bonhomie,” as Ayoade says, is a smart way to offset the slightly embarrassing explanatory nature of a travel show—there’s less of a false intimacy between viewer and host. Instead, we see Ayoade and friend in action together, bombing around town via bicycle, funicular, hot rod, tank taxi, horse-drawn carriage, camel, Vespa, or tuk-tuk (“Lisbon’s steep slopin’ need not ruin your scopin’,” he says). The show’s editing of their adventures is energetic, occasionally near-Eisensteinian; it feels efficient and encourages the notion, however accurate, that travel is bracing and jolly. Ayoade and friend combine visiting attractions that we would expect, like the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (“It calls for a brief pause in glibness”), with the less expected: golfing in Tenerife, a doll hospital in Lisbon , a cave tour in Slovenia. The show’s most famous scene is undoubtedly its hair-raising trip to a Vienna snow-globe museum —I’ll let you discover it for yourself—but that episode features an equally funny scene at the Sigmund Freud Museum, during a conversation involving Darth Vader’s helmet.

“Travel Man” is not necessarily best enjoyed in a binge. (There are nine short seasons and three Christmas specials.) Too much at once can highlight the effort involved in its stars’ banter, and you occasionally worry that Ayoade’s companion won’t be quite as fun as he is, a worry that is sometimes justified. But enjoyed responsibly, the potent, savory series provides what you most seek from a travel show: a sense of a place and an idea of how you might find yourself in it. It combines TV’s particular efficiency in revealing the sights and sounds of a destination with the sense of what an amiable neurotic might experience there. At this point in my year, having long since returned from my adventures in Europe, I am mere months into the decade I’ll need to decompress from even one fjord. Part of that process involves recreational “Travel Man,” where Ayoade adventures so I don’t have to. “This is the sexiest place on the planet,” a Miami skipper tells him proudly, on a boat tour. “People come here to have a good time and let loose and have fun.”

“Sounds like hell,” Ayoade says.

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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 

Ep2 SPLIT & Aisling Bea

Ep3 CYPRUS & Mo Gilligan

Ep4 ANTWERP & Katherine Parkinson

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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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Travel Man: Richard Ayoade and friends are hilarious tour guides for a travel-less world

A travel TV show might sound like salt in the wound in the time of coronavirus – but featuring Jon Hamm, Lena Dunham, Paul Rudd and Stephen Merchant, this one is infectious and fun

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In our new series Stream Team, Guardian Australia’s arts writers dig out their favourite hidden gems of streaming to help you while away some isolated hours.

In this new age of closed borders and grounded flights, a lot of us are going to be turning to travel shows – and realising that most are in the business of lying to you. “The flight is just a quick hop across the Pacific!” says a persimon-coloured woman in white linen. “It’s a luxury hotel – but it’s surprisingly affordable!!” says a man wearing tan chinos and dress shoes on the beach.

Travel Man – which has seasons streaming on SBS On Demand – is one of the very few that shows travel for what it is: simultaneously the very best and absolute worst thing you can do.

“The mini-break is a noodley soup of nincompoopery,” says long-time host Richard Ayoade in one episode.

“To mini-break is to prise open the crack of crazy, behind which lurks the absurd notion of leaving your house, certain motion sickness, and the terrifying prospect of interacting with other cultures,” he says in another.

At the start of each show he stands, stiff and sceptical, in the middle of a dazzling European city and says: “We’re here – but should we have come?”

Travel Man has been a hit in the UK since 2015, but I only discovered it in the past year or so while shuffling through On Demand. In each 30-minute episode, Ayoade (comedian, writer, director, and most famously Moss from The IT Crowd ) pairs up with a different celebrity for a 48-hour mini-break. They explore a city, try the local food, hit the tourist spots and very begrudgingly have a good time.

In anyone else’s hands that would get tedious (see: An Idiot Abroad ), but Ayoade is so infectiously kind that even his outright cynicism comes across as fun. He’s loquacious, neurotic and witty about the silly joys and annoyances of travel.

The show’s at its best when he’s paired with someone who knows how to bounce off that extremely British tendency to complain. Not surprisingly, some of the best episodes are the ones with his mates.

In Copenhagen, Ayoade and Mighty Boosh co-star Noel Fielding drink schnapps and have cute antics at Tivoli amusement park. When Ayoade complains, Fielding smiles and says, “I thought this was going to be a holiday – not one of your weird, anally retentive fright-fests”.

The episode in Vienna with The IT Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd is also worth a watch – if only for this scene in a snowglobe store.

Other celebrities featured on the show include Dawn French, Stephen Merchant, Rob Delaney and Australia’s Adam Hills – all big names in UK comedy. But another, somewhat more unlikely, match is US actor Jon Hamm.

In a longer Christmas episode, Hamm and Ayoade travel to Hong Kong and get foot massages, buy tailored pink and red velvet suits, and practice tai chi. Other Americans (see: Lena Dunham ) are a bit too flat and earnest, but Hamm (and Paul Rudd, who also appears on the show ) has a big goofy energy that offsets Ayoade’s deadpan charm.

A travel show might sound like a frustrating watch right now. I get that. Some of the most renowned tourist sites in the world are ghost towns, and you’re more likely to be grieving a cancelled trip right now than planning a new one. But as your whole world shrinks to the size of your lounge room, it’s important to remember that this isn’t permanent. This will pass. There will be more trips to plan.

For now, all we can do is look out to the other side: to a time when you can jet off to explore the world with your closest friends, and inevitably complain about motion sickness and lines and prices and sore feet the whole time.

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Curious about where to watch Travel Man: 48 Hours in… Season 2 online ? You’ve come to the right place. Travel Man: 48 Hours in… Season 2 features host Richard Ayoade and various celebrity guests exploring Vienna, Paris, Copenhagen, Moscow, Seville, Venice, Dubai, and Berlin in fast-paced and humor-filled 48-hour trips.

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Yes, Travel Man: 48 Hours in… Season 2 is available to watch via streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Peacock .

Season 2 features Richard Ayoade and various celebrity guests exploring Vienna’s cuisine and Freud museum, experiencing Paris’s efficient mini-break, and embarking on fast and funny escapades in Copenhagen and Moscow. The season continues with cultural adventures in Seville, Venice, Dubai, and Berlin, offering a dynamic mix of sightseeing, unique experiences, and culinary delights in each 48-hour journey.

Richard Ayoade serves as the consistent host, accompanied by a changing roster of celebrity guests in each episode, adding variety and fresh perspectives to the show’s exploration of different destinations.

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“British comedian Richard Ayoade and a celebrity guest, usually from the comedy world, spend 48 hours in a popular city to discover the must-see tourist attractions. “

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Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

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Having conquered the world of technology in Gadget Man, acclaimed Director, Author and BAFTA-winning actor Richard Ayoade deserves a break. But there’s a problem; he hates going on holiday. For Richard, travel is boring and stressful and takes far too long. Surely there must be a way to make it more fun, more efficient, and less tedious? ‘Travel Man’ is Richard’s chance to show us where we’re going wrong by having the most culturally efficient holiday possible, with all the boring bits taken out.

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Richard Ayoade and a celebrity guest spend 48 hours in a popular city to discover the must-see tourist attractions.

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1. Barcelona

July 5, 2019 | 23 min

Richard wants to relax in Barcelona but his companion Kathy Burke has not had a holiday abroad for over a decade and has a lot of pent up vacationing energy to expend. She may not have the same relaxing cultural break in mind as him.

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2. Istanbul

Richard and Adam Hills charter a yacht to cross the Bosphurus into Asia but decide they prefer the ferry back. They dine out on raki and tripe soup, which they decide is perhaps a little ‘too Turkish’. Adam tries his hand at bartering when he buys a carpet in the grand bazaar and Richard subjects himself to a traditional Turkish shave with a cut throat razor.

richard ayoade travel man copenhagen

Despite the cold and the lack of daylight, Iceland is a popular destination in the winter but can Richard see the appeal? Jessica and Richard use a helicopter to cram 10 hours of sightseeing into 3 before dining out on rotten shark. Suitably refreshed they set out to go whale watching, see the Northern Lights and cast a clinical eye over the famous Blue Lagoon spa.

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4. Marrakech

Richard and Stephen Mangan immerse themselves in the culture of the city as they visit its famous 'horrific smelling' tanneries and try eating sheep’s head. They also attempt to negotiate the desert terrain outside the city by balloon and camel, before explore the Saadian tombs and try their hands at traditional storytelling.

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  1. Noel Fielding rides a Solar Powered Electric Scooter in Copenhagen

  2. Richard Ayoade Explores The Weird And Wonderful Marrakech

  3. The Most LUXURY Hotels from Travel Man feat Richard Ayoade & Joe Lycett

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  1. Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

    Tallinn. Richard and Alice Levine - DJ, broadcaster & podcaster - do Estonia's capital in 48 hours. First shown: Mon 29 Apr 2019 | 24 mins.

  2. "Travel Man: 48 Hours in..." Copenhagen (TV Episode 2016)

    Copenhagen: Directed by Leo McCrea. With Richard Ayoade, Noel Fielding. Richard Ayoade and his The IT Crowd (2006) co-star, comedian Noel Fielding, take a weekend break in the 'happiest place on earth' - Copenhagen.

  3. Can Richard Ayoade Find Out Why Denmark Is The Happiest Place ...

    This week on Travel Man Series, Richard Ayoade applies his time-efficient mantra on a minibreak in Copenhagen. He's joined by Noel Fielding for 48 hours in t...

  4. Noel Fielding & Richard Ayoade on holiday in Copenhagen

    Comedian Noel Fielding joins Richard for 48 fast and funny hours in the Danish capital. To watch the full episode click here http://www.channel4.com/programm...

  5. Travel Man

    Travel Man is a British television travel documentary series, presented by Richard Ayoade and, since Series 10, Joe Lycett. Description [ edit ] 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.

  6. Best Of Noel Fielding on Travel Man

    Noel Fielding is a Travel Man Fan Favourite, so we've compiled the best of his moments from the show!#TravelMan #RichardAyoade #NoelFieldingThe official dest...

  7. Watch Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

    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. Woot! Travel Man is Richard Ayoade's chance to show us where we're going wrong by having the most culturally efficient holiday possible, with all the boring bits taken out.

  8. Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (TV Series 2015- )

    Travel Man: 48 Hours in...: With Richard Ayoade, Joe Lycett, Aisling Bea, Stephen Mangan. British comedian Richard Ayoade and a celebrity guest, usually from the comedy world, spend 48 hours in a popular city to discover the must see tourist attractions.

  9. Copenhagen

    Richard Ayoade applies his time efficient mantra on a minibreak in Copenhagen. He's joined by Noel Fielding for 48 hours in the style conscious Danish…

  10. Copenhagen

    Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding take a weekend break in the 'happiest place on earth' - Copenhagen. In the Danish Capital they eat sandwiches, drink …

  11. Prime Video: Travel Man: 48 Hours in

    Travel Man is Richard Ayoade's chance to show us where we're going wrong by having the most culturally efficient holiday possible, with all the boring bits taken out. ... S2 E3 - Copenhagen. January 19, 2016. ... Richard Ayoade heads to southern Spain with comedian Rob Delaney from Catastrophe, where they eat tapas, learn to dance flamenco and ...

  12. Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

    Travel Man is Richard Ayoade's chance to show us where we're going wrong by having the most culturally efficient holiday possible, with all the boring bits taken out. 2016 8 episodes. 13+ Comedy · ... S2 E3 - Copenhagen. January 19, 2016. 23min. 13+

  13. About Travel Man

    About Travel Man. Since 2015 Travel Man has been 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. ... Presenter Writer, Director) Richard Ayoade. Since 2020 the show's host has been the comedic polymath (Comedian, Presenter, Writer, Director ...

  14. "Travel Man," Richard Ayoade's Travel Show for People Who Hate Travel

    Ayoade is perhaps best known from the beloved British sitcom " The IT Crowd ," in which he and Chris O'Dowd co-starred as I.T. guys, and for his films " Submarine " (2010) and " The ...

  15. Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (TV Series 2015- )

    S2.E3 ∙ Copenhagen Tue, Jan 19, 2016. Richard Ayoade and his The IT Crowd (2006) co-star, comedian Noel Fielding, take a weekend break in the 'happiest place on earth' - Copenhagen. ... Travel Man Richard Ayoade lands in the Big Apple with comedian Katherine Ryan. 7.5 /10 (112) Rate. Top-rated. S3.E2 ∙ Helsinki

  16. Travel Man

    Travel Man on YouTube. Watch on All4. 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.

  17. Travel Man S02 E03

    Richard Ayoade and Mel Giedroyc do a Paris le weekend, with snails, absinthe, a cordon bleu cookery course, bespoke perfume and an art tour. Travel Man S02 E03 - Copenhagen. 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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    Travel Man has been a hit in the UK since 2015, but I only discovered it in the past year or so while shuffling through On Demand. In each 30-minute episode, Ayoade (comedian, writer, director ...

  19. Travel Man: 48 Hours in… Season 2 Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via

    Season 2 features host Richard Ayoade and various celebrity guests exploring Vienna, Paris, Copenhagen, Moscow, Seville, Venice, Dubai, and Berlin in fast-paced and humor-filled 48-hour trips.

  20. Home

    The official destination for all things Travel Man, where Richard Ayoade & Joe Lycett take a ruthless approach to getting the maximum from city breaks.

  21. Travel Man

    The official destination (see what I did there) for all things Travel Man, where Richard Ayoade & Joe Lycett take a ruthless approach to getting the maximum ...

  22. Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

    Having conquered the world of technology in Gadget Man, acclaimed Director, Author and BAFTA-winning actor Richard Ayoade deserves a break. But there's a problem; he hates going on holiday. For Richard, travel is boring and stressful and takes far too long. Surely there must be a way to make it more fun, more efficient, and less tedious? 'Travel Man' is Richard's chance to show us ...