​The most recent trend in the travel show is to attach a comedy to it and there are so many – some serious, some spoofs, some that are the dynamics of an actual scripted comedy and others because they were one big practical joke! Travel Thursdays have just got bigger as we are now adding a comedic spin on it where we are looking at the comedian versus the travel.

Back in 2014 comedian Mickey Flanagan was hired by Sky to go to France and to do his own version of the Tour De France with with his mate Noel Lynch. The idea apparently came to Mickey as part of a mid life crisis and went to Sky with his idea. The challenge was to cycle around France taking on different challenges on the way to experience the life and culture such a grand country.

Unlike other cycling shows, Mickey didn’t do loads of training as that was where part of the comedy was going to come from. Throughout the show it is evident that the focus is more about the activities they get up to rather then the actual cycling.

The show was a four part series and sees Mickey and Noel do lots of random activities such as metal detecting and learning about traditional rituals. Mickey himself isnt a fan of travel and the aim of the show was to show people some fun things that you could be doing in France. So lets look at some clips of the show.