You should have been there
Simon Calder, travel correspondent of The Independent and former BBC producer, Mick Webb, discuss the world of travel and delight in travellers' tales.
Latest episodes
Feb 10, 2024 • 30min
PODCAST 182 TRAVEL TABOOS
We showcase the strange restrictions encountered by listeners on their travels and compare our own recent visits to intriguing islands.
Jan 18, 2024 • 29min
PODCAST 181 DOCUMENTARY DISASTERS
We hear listeners' tales of passport nightmares while Simon exposes a documentary faux-pas in a current Channel 4 drama series.
Jan 11, 2024 • 30min
PODCAST 180 ANSWERS TO THE CHRISTMAS QUIZ
The wait is over. Here are the solutions to our "12 Days of Travel" Christmas Quiz.
Jan 5, 2024 • 5min
PODCAST 12 -12 DAYS OF TRAVEL CHRISTMAS QUIZ
The final destination makes a fitting conclusion to the 12 part quiz. Find the place then work out what connects all the answers.
Jan 4, 2024 • 3min
PODCAST 11 - 12 DAYS OF TRAVEL CHRISTMAS QUIZ
We're in the heart of Europe for today's destination, the 11th of the 12 days.
Jan 3, 2024 • 5min
PODCAST 10 - TWELVE DAYS OF TRAVEL CHRISTMAS QUIZ
A lesser-known, UNESCO-recognised delight is the tenth destination of the quiz. Can you work it out?
Jan 2, 2024 • 3min
PODCAST 9 : 12 DAYS OF TRAVEL CHRISTMAS QUIZ
We go offshore for today's destination, the ninth in the series of 12 mini podcasts
Jan 1, 2024 • 4min
PODCAST 8 - 12 days of travel Christmas quiz
Guess the destination one, a very popular European city, in the eighth of our mini podcasts.
Dec 31, 2023 • 3min
PODCAST 7 -12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS TRAVEL QUIZ
The clues should lead you to a European port, the seventh destination.
Dec 30, 2023 • 3min
PODCAST 6 - "12 DAYS OF TRAVEL" CHRISTMAS QUIZ
Head for the Balkans to find this city, the sixth of our twelve destinations. Can you see a link emerging between these places?
