Globe Trekker(1994)

Name: Globe Trekker
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1994-12-31
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Nikki Grosse, Shilpa Mehta, Neil Gibson, Jonathan Atherton, Estelle Bingham

★ 8.3(8)52m212 episodesReturning Series

Documentary

Globe Trekker is an adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions. The British series was inspired by the Lonely Planet travelbooks and began airing in 1994. Globe Trekker is broadcast in over 40 countries across six continents. Each episode features a host, called a traveller, who travels with a camera crew to a country—often, a relatively exotic locale—and experiences the sights, sounds, and culture that the location has to offer. Special episodes feature in-depth city, beach, dive, shopping, history, festival, and food guides. The show often goes far beyond popular tourist destinations in order to give viewers a more authentic look at local culture. Presenters usually participate in different aspects of regional life, such as attending a traditional wedding or visiting a mining community. They address the viewer directly, acting as tourists-turned-tour guides, but are also filmed interacting with locals and discovering interesting locations in unrehearsed sequences. Globe Trekker also sometimes includes brief interviews with backpackers who share tips on independent travel in that particular country.

First aired:: 1994-12-31
Country:: AU, CA, GB
Network:: Channel 4

Episodes

Season 1(13)Season 2(13)Season 3(13)Season 4(13)Season 5(13)Season 6(13)Season 7(13)Season 8(15)Season 9(13)Season 10(13)Season 11(14)Season 12(13)Season 13(14)Season 14(14)Season 15(12)Season 17(13)

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1. Los Angeles City Guide
52m
Foxy Megan McCormick spends a week in Southern California, USA, exploring one of the world’s most exciting and glamorous cities: Los Angeles. Like thousands of wannabe stars who over the years have flocked to L.A.'s most famous suburb Hollywood in the hope of finding fame and fortune in the movies, Megan starts her trip by displaying her new bob and signing on at the Central Casting agency with other hopefuls trying to land a part in a movie as an extra. After taking a tour around Paramount Studios, she heads to Beverly Hills to learn the tricks of the trade used by the paparazzi who follow the every move of the stars who frequent the area.
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2. Germany 2
52m
Megan McCormick and Justine Shapiro travel to take a deeper look at the real Germany.
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3. World War 2
52m
Megan McCormick is joined by Ian Wright, Adela Ucar Innerarity, Justine Shapiro and Estelle Bingham visit places across europe's key world war II locations.
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4. Planet of the Apes Special
52m
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5. Volcanoes: Ring of Fire
52m
Megan McCormick, Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro, Alex Riley, and Sami Sabiti explore the world's most spectacular volcanoes.
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6. Slavery Special
52m
Justine Shapiro is at Ouidah in Benin, Megan McCormick travels to Elmina in Ghana, whilst Zoe Palmer visits Goree Island in Senegal, as well as the Cape Verde islands just off the African coast.
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7. Cape Verde & Senegal
52m
Zoe Palmer journies from Dakkar to Fogo.
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8. Cape Verde & Senegal
52m
Zoe Palmer visits the wonderful islands of St Lucia, Martinique and Montserrat.
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9. The Caribbean Islands
52m
Zay Harding travels through the countries that fomed former Yugoslavia: Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro.
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10. The Balkans
52m
Holly Morris on the trails of cowboys and miners.
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11. Colorado & Utah
52m
.Join Brianna Barnes, as she visits two of the least known counties of latin america.
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12. Honduras & El Salvador
52m
Holly Morris follows Livingstone on his most famous journies.
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13. Zambia & Malawi
52m
Zoe Palmer and Matt Young explore the pacific.
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14. Trekking the Pacific: Cook Islands & Papua New Guinea
52m
Zoe Palmer and Matt Young explore the pacific.