All the 'stars' doing travel programmes. Just seen two reminders about Fern Britain going to Cornwall and Paul Merton in a camper van with a lady I've never heard of. We have had programmes about Scotland and Wales too quite recently. Is it due to covid and the TV companies have run out of dramas etc so they resort to travel programmes as they can be socially distanced. They are nice to watch but there seems to be so many.
I quite like most of them, can’t stand Jane Macdonald, but enjoyed Susan Calman, and Michael Palin, definitely not Hairy. Bikers, Michael Ball was nice, Rick Stein very good, I like Paul Merton but haven’t seen it yet, depends on the personalities,
so agree with you Lully Dully " Always seem like " jollies" to me. Being paid to travel somewhere enjoyable and natter about it to the grateful British public."
let` s have some decent drama, no swearing, gratuitous sex. good old fashioned stuff!
and apologies for those who love it, but so fed up with Olympics, Olympics and more Olympics.. enough!
Not only are there a lot of these celebs in these programmes but they keep repeating them. I like Simon Reeve and Michael Palin? Too many cookery programmes. People watch them and then go out and buy a takeaway.
Never watched them. Not even before COVID. I am quite happy finding new Drama (or even old favourites) to watch on Amazon Prime or Netflix. Or even Disney+. If I could find a way of being able to watch TV (including Sky) without having to fund the ridiculous BBC rubbish I would. However the legal way to do it is too complicated so I carry on subsidising a dinosaur for now.
I did watch Paul Merton Last night as my brother has just bought a motorhome (which incidentally I saw and thought I wouldn't mind moving into!) and I was interested in how they got on. It was ok but they did show another motorhome which cost £650,000!!! Even room for a car in the boot. The mind boggles...
Its not the travel programmes I mind it is the celebrities doing them. I agree, who wouldn't like an expenses paid trip with access to places we wouldn't get by ourselves. I would like to volunteer !
Loads of them, Richard E Grant is doing one as well as all the others mentioned. It is cheap to make a programme like this and as people can't really travel too far it means a holiday from the sofa. It just lets you see the people that the TV channels really like as they have given them work and not others even if it is just fronting a nice travel show. I'm not so keen on the fishing in Scotland one, Les Dennis seems a bit too grumpy all the time and we are not seeing enough of the places of interest. Some others are great, love Susan Calman in her campervan and when she did the seaside resorts.
the motorhoming prog with gordon, gino and fred is good because they visit places in europe where produce is grown then they cook the meals also they visit artists and classical singers and they do silly boy daring sports
I suppose they think because we don’t travel much we might like armchair travel. I’d much prefer things like Vera where they have lots of wonderful scenery round Northumbria as well as a story.
I really enjoyed watching Motorhoming with Merton and Webstar managing to drive a very big motorhome for the first time. A married couple who have a good sense of humor.
Despite misgivings, I enjoyed it Daisend1. Fern presented some interesting facts, spoke to some knowledgeable people and visited places off the normal track.
I enjoyed the one where Sandy Toksvig went to quirky UK places and the accomodation in the Mortimer and Whitehouse fishing programme. Both give me inspiration for future holidays.
I agree that yes there are too many of this type of programme.