Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

Radio 4,173 episodes

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Syria - The Pennines
John McCarthy explores Syrian monuments and public baths and travels through the Pennines.
26 Feb 2011,30 mins
Woods and trees - Iceland and the Scottish Islands
John McCarthy explores British woodland and meets a fan of travel in cold landscapes.
19 Feb 2011,30 mins
Colin Thubron Tibet
John McCarthy talks to travel writer Colin Thubron about hiking up a sacred mountain.
12 Feb 2011,30 mins
Romania, Transylvania - Rowing across the Indian Ocean
John McCarthy explores Romania and rowing across the Indian Ocean.
05 Feb 2011,30 mins
Russian Road - Hitler Tours
John McCarthy explores the Vladimirka Highway in Russia.
29 Jan 2011,30 mins
South America 'Wild coast' - Volunteering abroad
John McCarthy explores the coast of Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana in South America.
22 Jan 2011,30 mins
Pit villages - Overland with children across Africa
John McCarthy explores The Great Northern Coalfield in North East England.
15 Jan 2011,30 mins
Lebanon - Paris/Normandy
John McCarthy explores the Lebanon and Paris.
08 Jan 2011,30 mins
Walking in Madeira, Europe and Gambia
John McCarthy explores walking in Europe, Tasmania, Madeira and the Gambia.
01 Jan 2011,30 mins
Travel Quiz
Peter Curran presents a Excess Baggage special quiz with John McCarthy and Sandi Toksvig.
25 Dec 2010,30 mins
Science travelogue - Foreign Commonwealth Office
Anita Anand looks at the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
18 Dec 2010,30 mins
Pilgrimages - Seeing the World My Way
Anita Anand explores pilgrim routes around the world from Canterbury to Kerala.
11 Dec 2010,30 mins
Tribes, Hebrides, Visitor to Britain
John McCarthy looks at tribes and the Hebrides and meets a first time visitor to Britain.
04 Dec 2010,30 mins
Human Rights - Patagonia
John McCarthy talks to Bianca Jagger about her travels and to Matthew Rhys about Patagonia
27 Nov 2010,30 mins
Yemen - The Sun
John McCarthy looks at travelling in Yemen and attitudes to the sun round the world.
20 Nov 2010,30 mins
Medics abroad and Bridges
John McCarthy talks to medics who work abroad and looks at bridges with Dan Cruickshank.
13 Nov 2010,30 mins
Syria - Sark
John McCarthy focuses on the rich history of Syria and the serenity of Sark.
30 Oct 2010,30 mins
Villages, Ordnance Survey and Finland
John McCarthy looks at British villages, Ordnance Survey maps and Finland.
23 Oct 2010,30 mins
Kim's India, Apps and Tweets
John McCarthy hears about the India of Kipling's Kim and discusses travel tweets and apps.
16 Oct 2010,30 mins
British Countryside and Tasmania
John McCarthy looks at Tasmania and the attractions of the British countryside.
09 Oct 2010,30 mins
Alaska - Zambia - Cycle path to Paris
John McCarthy investigates Alaska, Zambia and London to Paris by bike.
02 Oct 2010,30 mins
Hot-air balloons - Wildlife conservation
John McCarthy looks at the appeal of wildlife travel especially in a balloon.
25 Sep 2010,30 mins
Family History - Paraguay
Sandi Toksvig finds out about travelling to trace family history, and life in Paraguay.
18 Sep 2010,30 mins
Places of worship/retreats - The paintings of Sir Winston Churchill
Sandi Toksvig goes on retreat and explores the places painted by Sir Winston Churchill.
11 Sep 2010,30 mins
The Dark Tourist - Florida
Sandi Toksvig explores Florida and some off beat destinations with comedian Dom Joly.
04 Sep 2010,30 mins
Bus trip
Sandi Toksvig takes the 49 bus from Swindon to Devizes.
30 mins
Tanzania - Iringa and Zanzibar
Sandi Toksvig goes to Iringa in the heart of Tanzania and the spice island of Zanzibar.
28 Aug 2010,30 mins
Nagasaki - Slow travel canoe
Sandi Toksvig takes a slow paddle around Britain and hears a new account of Nagasaki.
14 Aug 2010,30 mins
Afghanistan
Sandi Toksvig hears three different views of travels in Afghanistan.
07 Aug 2010,30 mins
31/07/2010
Sandi Toksvig uncovers the secrets of Florence and Naples with author Lucretia Grindle.
31 Jul 2010,30 mins