Clive Anderson takes a humorous look at the contradictions and confusions of present-day China as he makes his way from Hong Kong, via Shanghai, Beijing and the Great Wall, to end up in Ulaan Baatar in Mongolia.

Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.

Stephen Tompkinson relives the days of colonial train travel as a pampered passenger on the Eastern and Oriental Express.

Hollywood star Danny Glover rides the oldest line in Africa, the Bamako Express.

Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.

Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.

Palin's second Great Rail Journey (1994) takes him from the ancient walled city of Londonderry to the most western tip of Ireland. He travels his 'family line' as he attempts to trace his great grandmother who left Ireland for the USA over 150 years ago. His trip through still a war-torn Northern Ireland takes him on to Belfast before headng south to Dublin, the capital of the Irish Republic, and on to Wexford, Waterford, the little village of Buttevant and finally Kerry's Dingle Bay, the most western point of Ireland.

Nick Hancock crosses Cuba, battling hurricanes as well as the crumbling infrastructure.

Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.

Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.