On this World Cup episode of The Ultimate Road Trip, James is joined by one of the biggest and respected names in sports media, football journalist Henry Winter.

Henry's career spans 40 years, covering 9 World Cups, over a thousand  interviews, hundreds of match reports from the UK and across the globe, numerous books, TV and radio programmes and podcasts.

Before recently heading over to the US to cover the 2026 World Cup, his tenth, he generously spared an hour to chat about an aspect of the job which he finds as rewarding as interviewing the great and the good of the beautiful game...the travel!

The five elements that make up The Ultimate Road Trip.

1. What's the car - make, model, colour?

2. Why that car?

3. What's the destination?

4. Who's the passenger?

5. A seminal tune or soundtrack?