Travel & Tourism

After coming terrifyingly close to suicide, Jake Tyler was determined to take back control of his life from the clutches of depression. With only a pair of walking boots and a backpack, he left his home town of Maldon and began a 3,000-mile walk around the British mainland....

Reluctant adventurer Bryson recounts his gruelling hike along the longest continuous footpath in the world....

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did....

In his major new work, Michael Palin - former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globe-trotter - brings to life the world and voyages of HMS Erebus....

A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history and warfare....

With wit and irreverence, Bill Bryson presents the ludicrous and the endearing in equal measure....

An SBS Gurkha soldier's account of how his tough Nepali upbringing and the lessons learned in his army life enabled his record-breaking conquest of all 14 of the world's 8,000m peaks in under seven months....

India is a fascinating country that packs many things into a massive space. With the diversity of landscape and culture, the country does not cease to amaze....

Based on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent....

Australia has more things that can kill you than anywhere else. Nevertheless, Bill Bryson journeyed to the country and promptly fell in love with it....

Twenty years ago Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country....

In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land....

Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab....

The inspiring memoir from TV traveller Simon Reeve's life of amazing adventures in over 120 countries and the most remote and extreme corners of the planet.... 

At the age of 24, Alastair Humphreys set off to try to cycle round the world. By the time he arrived back home, four years later, he had ridden 46,000 miles across five continents on a budget of just £7,000....

A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet.... 

Before climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were able to reach the unclimbed West Face of the remote Siula Grande, disaster struck....

The ultimate guide to what the land, sun, moon, stars, trees, plants, animals, sky and clouds can reveal - when you know what to look for....

The Old Ways, a major new book from one of Britain’s finest nature writers about landscape and the human heart....

Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell’s account of his experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil War....

Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result a uniquely personal view of an island race and a people with a deep affinity for water....

In Pole to Pole we join Michael Palin on the second of his epic challenges....

On October 6, 1973, Ted Simon knew there was no going back. He loaded up his 500cc Triumph Tiger in the pouring rain and said good-bye to London....

Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a 100-year mystery lured him into an expedition - and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy and human aspiration unfolded....

The third and most ambitious of Michael Palin's adventures is a voyage of epic proportions - the circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim....

For 10 years, Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society....

The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans....