Travel Man: 48 Hours In


03:35 am - 04:00 am, Saturday, February 7 on Channel 4 +1 (15)

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Season 13, Episode 2

Joe Lycett is joined by The Last Leg presenter Alex Brooker for a two-day tour of the Dutch city of Rotterdam. After taking the train direct from London, they launch into a break full of unusual activities, attractions and flavours. For accommodation, they swerve hotels in favour of Wikkelboats; eco-friendly floating houses insulated with corrugated cardboard, that come complete with hot tubs on deck. Once they're settled in, they book onto the Rooftop tour, taking in some of the most interesting roofs and views in Rotterdam, including a farm and the oldest skyscraper in Europe. For dinner, they head to Fermin - a restaurant that loves to use fermented flavours in its unique and inventive menu. Day two begins with a culture hit as they head to Rotterdam's largest gallery's storeroom, the futuristic Depot, before rounding off their caper with chips in peanut sauce, a stroll across a famous bridge and a game at the Dutch pinball museum, which gives Alex an idea for a whole new show


HD subtitles repeat sign-language audio-description
Leisure Hobbies Tourism/Travel

Cast & Crew

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Joe Lycett (Presenter)
Alex Brooker (Contributor)
Chris Richards (Series producer)
Nicola Silk (Series director)

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Joe Lycett (Presenter)
Alex Brooker (Contributor)
Best Known For: Co-hosting The Last Leg.
Early-life: Alex was born in Kent in 1986 with hand and arm deformities and a twisted right leg which had to be amputated when he was a baby. He now wears a prosthetic leg. He studied journalism at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and during his time there he spent a day working at the Liverpool Echo, wrote a column for a student magazine and was presenter on a student radio station.
Career: Brooker was the Disabled Rights Officer for LJMU before he went to work for the Press Association on a trainee editorial scheme. His big break came in 2012 when he beat thousands of people to become the face of Channel 4's 2012 Paralympics coverage. He was a co-host on The Last Leg with Adam Hills, a nightly alternative look at the Games. In 2013, he returned as a regular on The Last Leg. In January 2014, he began co-hosting Channel 4's celebrity reality series The Big Jump alongside Davina McCall but did not return for the second series in 2015. He started presented The Superhumans Show for Channel 4 in 2016.
Quote: "While we are advanced in this country in terms of our attitudes towards disability, there is still a level of unease about what you can and can't say."
Trivia: He supports Arsenal FC.
Chris Richards (Series producer)
Nicola Silk (Series director)

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