Simon Reeve retraces the adventures of our ancestors, and learns about the forgotten aspects of pilgrimage - including the vice, thrills and dangers that awaited travellers.

Simon Reeve travels to beautiful and troubled Burma, also called Myanmar, for a new two-part series (2x60'). In August last year the world was left stunned when a brutal military operation drove hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from their homes. On his journey Simon discovers a divided country - where life is steadily improving for many, while others still live in terror of the military who still have enormous power in the country. In this two part series, Simon travels to the biggest city in the country, Yangon to find out how the country is transforming. From there he drives north, into Burma's Buddhist heartlands and the stunning ancient capital of Bagan - a sight that rivals the great wonders of the world. Simon visits Bangladesh to meet the refugees traumatised by the violence. In what is now the biggest refugee settlement in the world, he learns about a crisis that has been brewing for decades, with no sign of ending, and potentially grave consequences for the wider region. And he discovers it's not just the Rohingya's suffering at the hands of the military as he travels secretly into one of Burma's many conflict zones to meet a rebel army who've been fighting the military for decades - in what has become the longest-running civil war in the world.

雷达（尼古拉斯·卡萨雷 Nicolas Cazalé 饰）的父亲（Mohamed Majd 饰）是一位非常虔诚的穆斯林，当他觉得自己大限将到命不久矣之时，决定完成身为一名穆斯林的毕生梦想——前往圣地麦加朝圣。本来父亲的打算是让雷达的哥哥开车载他去麦加，可不巧的是，他的大儿子因为一场交通意外而被吊销了驾驶执照无法上路行驶。无奈之下，父亲只得找到小儿子雷达，命令他成为司机。 只有20岁的雷达即将面临学校的会考，与此同时，他还有一个正在热恋的如花似玉的女朋友。面对父亲强势的命令，雷达虽然心里百般的不情愿，却也只能顺从。一路上，父子两人之间爆发了无数次战争。

到关东旅行时，很多人都会冲着富士山前来朝圣。日本各县甚至还会相互竞争，纷纷宣称自己那里拥有观赏富士山全景的最佳视角。主持人将带领大家围绕富士山进行一整天的游玩，揭秘鲜为人知的富士山秘密。

这一次，西蒙要在世界第一大国——俄罗斯，完成一段自东向西的漫长旅程。从最东边的勘察加半岛开始，西蒙将带我们游历这个曾经的超级大国。即便历经了风雨飘摇、战火纷飞和政权更替，这支战斗民族依旧坚韧。我们将见识到俄罗斯人民对领导人的崇拜和热爱；二战后废弃荒凉的军事基地；俄罗斯标志性的西伯利亚虎；世界上最古老的钢走钢丝学校……

里夫游历美丽热情、毒品泛滥、50年战火不止的哥伦比亚。游览热带海滨别墅，与民兵首领会谈，见证当地种植业者的抗议。

在本片中，《豪斯医生》主演休•劳瑞将脱下白大褂，换上村夫装。带领您一同前往美国新奥尔良，领略这座城市的魅力，聆听最原汁原味的蓝调音乐。他边弹边唱（你没听错，房子叔私下是位灰常有前途的蓝调歌手），将蓝调历史上的趣事信手捏来，抒发对这座城市和蓝调音乐由来已久的仰慕之情。可以说《休•劳瑞的蓝调之旅》不但是一部很好的蓝调知识启蒙素材，也是一场蓝调音乐盛宴。 片中休•劳瑞的新奥尔良试听会现场为2012年首次公开，之前只有少部分音乐评论人/记者有幸一睹。试听会曲目收于专辑《Let Them Talk(风言风语)》中，此专辑于2011年发行，旋即占据蓝调排行榜第一名，在流行榜上也有不俗表现，可以算是一张成功的专辑。专业评论界总的说赞扬声居多，但也有人质疑其唱功(vocalability)和感染力(delivery)。但不管怎么说，休•劳瑞是一位真正的音乐家、爱乐者，而绝不是哗众取宠之流。

西蒙·里夫再次出发，从远东冰封的勘察加半岛，行程四千余英里，抵达俄罗斯西部边境。在俄罗斯大变动百年之后，西蒙·里夫体验迷之国度的方方面面。

Simon Reeve travels through the glorious Lake District National Park and the county of Cumbria. With its magnificent mountains, glacial valleys and 16 iconic lakes and meres, the Lake District is one of the great natural wonders of our country. But huge changes are sweeping through this ancient landscape. In this episode, Simon meets some of the Cumbrian characters with different visions for the future of England’s biggest national park, including a campaign group trying to protect the remaining red squirrel populations, a traditional farmer who feels that his ancient way of life is on the point of extinction and an 18-year-old student who, following the recent deaths of both parents, now runs a 1500-acre farm.