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.

​Today we look at a show that may not specifically be hosted by someone you would class as a “comedian” however he has been a lead in a comedy show called Lifes Too Short (written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant) so it technically still counts. Today we look at the ITV show Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis.

The first episode aired in the middle of 2014 and was hosted by Warwick Davis and followed him and his family as they went on holiday around the United Kingdom. Each episode, the Family would travel to a different location that was a top spot for people to go on holiday to in Great Britain. Each episode, Warwick, his wife Sam and his chidlren Annabelle and Harrison would camp at different locations in their campervan and explore the sites and what the areas had to offer culturally.

They family embark on a lot of different activities including taking part in a boat race in Cornwall, meeting the “graffitti grannies” and even meeting pirates. The first season aired at 8pm on Fridays and saw them visit Cornwall, Sussex, Norfolk the Lake District and North Wales. The first season was successful that a second was commissioned and was aired in 2015.