Ticket to Ride

By Scratch Post Productions

Ticket To Ride is a brand new podcast that celebrates travel, transport, remarkable voyages, sentimental journeys, important trips and the holidays that shape us. For thirty minutes every week, listen... more

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How many episodes does Ticket to Ride have?

The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.

Ticket to Ride episodes:

April 02, 2023 Tracy Brabin
Nick Evans offers 5 ‘virtual tickets’ to Labour MP, actress and writer Tracy Brabin, allowing her to relive memorable trips from her life. Heading out to sea as a child, being dropped into a war zone as an MP, and a visit to Asia with Jane Seymour may all seem a long way from her native Batley & Spen, but Tracy explains why they’ve helped shape her view as a citizen of the world.
Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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36min
September 24, 2021 Amy Wadge
Singer/Songwriter Amy Wadge is one of the most distinctive and brilliant voices on the music scene. Her writing work with Ed Sheeran brought her a Grammy Award for the song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ . In between touring and writing and performing the music for the brilliant BBC Series ‘Keeping Faith’ she takes time out to tell us about teenage adventures, a trip to an American music mecca and a sing-song with a music legend on a paradise island!

Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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37min
September 17, 2021 Anthony Van Laast CBE
The success of the musical ‘Mamma Mia!’ and the two films that were global box office gold, was due in no small part to its brilliant choreographer Anthony Van Laast. As this week’s guest on ‘Ticket To Ride’, Anthony takes us from the thrill and pressure of working on Broadway to his escapes to some of the most isolated corners of the globe, as well as his unusual route into becoming such an important creative in British theatre.

Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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47min
September 10, 2021 Craig Gallivan
Fans of Sky TV’s ‘Stella’ will need no introduction to one of Wales’ best screen actors. As he begins a new adventure as a lead role in the West End production of Disney’s ‘Frozen’, Craig takes time out of rehearsals to choose five places to visit with his ‘virtual tickets’. Craig tells us about a unique way to see one of the world’s greatest cities, and about a honeymoon to end all honeymoons!

Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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41min
September 03, 2021 Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu has lived a life devoted to nursing and community work that has led to her being named one of the 70 most important Nurses/Midwifes in NHS history. From her upbringing in the care system, to her pioneering work in the provision of care for Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia in Britain’s most diverse communities, she uses her ‘tickets’ to recount a remarkable life.

Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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49min
August 27, 2021 Sue Devaney
Direct from the cobbles of Coronation Street, actress Sue Devaney (also known as Debbie Webster) swaps the Rovers’ Return to tell us about 5 of the places that have shaped her life. From a very special childhood bus journey to a near-death experience on a mountain, Sue reveals why she loves travel so much, and how it has shaped her upbringing, friendships and career.

Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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43min
August 20, 2021 Sam Tutty
One of British theatre’s most exciting young talents, Sam Tutty, joins us this week in a break from his Olivier Award winning run as Evan Hansen in the West End show of the same name. As well as becoming a familiar face to theatre fans, his screen work has included a regular role in ‘Hollyoaks’ and a critically acclaimed performance as Romeo in lockdown. We find out how walking shapes his work, and how a trip to the States changed his life forever.
Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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35min
August 13, 2021 Max Boyce MBE
Max Boyce MBE is an icon of Welsh culture and a iconic figure in both music and comedy. He has sold more than 2 million albums in a career spanning more than four decades, and has performed at some of the greatest venues in the world from Cardiff Arms Park to the Sydney Opera House. In this week’s episode, we hear how he started out in a coal mine in Wales and ended up on an elephant with one of the Beatles.

Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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42min
August 06, 2021 Monisha Rajesh
In this week’s episode, we are joined by award-winning writer Monisha Rajesh. In her books, ‘Around India in 80 Trains’ and ‘Around the World in 80 Trains’ she captures the joy and challenge of train travel, the cultural diversity of Asia, Europe and the Americas and captures some of the planet’s most breathtaking views. Join us as we share some of her most memorable journeys along exotic tracks.

Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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48min
July 30, 2021 Michael Cashman
From Albert Square to Parliament Square, Michael Cashman has combined his work as an actor with activism and politics, taking the trip from British soap opera’s first gay kiss in 1987 to work as an MEP and now the House of Lords. Michael re-lives the most exciting journeys of a remarkable lifetime, and talks travel, activism, loss and learning as he chooses his five ‘Tickets to Ride’.

Created and Presented by Nick Evans
Music and Audio Production by Benjamin Holder
Produced by Scratch Post Productions
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49min

FAQs about Ticket to Ride:

How many episodes does Ticket to Ride have?

The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.