The wonderful British actor Freddie Highmore, star of Finding Neverland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Freddie divulges his love for Vancouver and British Columbia, after spending 12 years in the province filming both Bates Motel and The Good Doctor.

Plus, Freddie discusses his experience filming with tigers in Cambodia and reveals why thought he was “born to be Spanish” after a childhood trip to Barcelona…

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Places mentioned:

Provence, France

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Athens, Greece

Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada

Pluvio, Vancouver

Sunshine Coast, Vancouver, Canada

Cambodia

Whistler, Vancouver, Canada

Scandinave Spa, Whistler, Canada

Cantina, Sifnos, Greece

Kavos Sunrise, Kavos, Greece

Vinales, Cuba

Barcelona, Spain

Madrid, Spain

Hotel Sardinero Madrid, Spain

Córdoba, Madrid, Spain

Abadía Retuerta Hotel, Duelo Valley, Spain

Chapters

00:00 Intro

06:06 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

11:28 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience

14:24 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

18:07 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling

20:17 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip

24:16 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip

30:10 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

31:17 Outro

Niamh Algar, star of the new hit TV thriller series The Iris Affair on Sky Atlantic, joins Tanya Rose to divulge her travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Niamh shares how learning how to sail inspired her love of travel, discusses her experience on safari in Cape Town and reveals why she never travels anywhere without a swimsuit…

Plus, Niamh unpacks why she thinks the Trevi fountain is underrated and tells all about the wonderful places she visited in Italy whilst filming her new show, The Iris Affair.

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Places mentioned:

Cork, Ireland

Sardinia, Italy

Rome, Italy

Bocca della Veritá, Rome, Italy

Cape Town, South Africa

Mossel Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

Florence, Italy

Pino’s Sandwiches, Florence, Italy

Cagliari, Sardinia

Alghero, Sardinia

Barcelona, Spain

Mullingar, Ireland

Lisbon, Portugal

Maynooth, Ireland

Chapters

00:00 Intro

06:04 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

08:49 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience

13:37 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

15:19 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling

24:36 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip

30:30 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip

32:46 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges, the phenomenal filmmakers behind Bend It Like Beckham and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, join Tanya Rose to share their travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Gurinder shares how a trip to Pakistan inspired her film Bride and Prejudice and Paul discusses the unexpected kindness he received when backpacking across Europe. Together, they dive into why a visit to The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India is an experience everyone should have.

Plus, the couple discuss the best meal they had whilst visiting the Malaysian Royal family and Gurinder reveals where she had the best Chinese food of her life…

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Places mentioned:

The Golden Temple, India

Amritsar, India

Spice Village (CGH Earth), India

Lahore, Pakistan

Hanoi, Vietnam

Greece

Goa, India

Padua, Italy

Iceland

Oslo, Norway

The Peninsula, Hong Kong

Bukhara, New Delhi, India

Elco Market, Mumbai, India

Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi

The Datai Resort, Malaysia

Maldives

The Hamptons, USA

Montauk, New York, USA

San Clemente, California, USA

The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Chapters

00:00 Intro

04:57 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

10:30 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience

19:06 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

23:04 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling

32:46 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip

36:54 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip

48:53 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

50:49 Outro

The wonderful British actress Rosamund Pike joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets today.

In this episode, Rosamund unpacks her transformative experience watching the sunrise in Cambodia, her exclusive tour of the Boeing Factory and tells the story of how she once got trapped in Vietnam!

Plus, Rosamund discusses her awe-inspiring experience in Jordan and shares tales from the many road trips she’s been on in her beloved Citroën DS.

Rosamund’s new film NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T is out now in cinemas. Rosamund’s incredible performance in the National Theatre’s Inter Alia is available to watch in cinemas via NT Live, you can find a screening near you at NTLive.com. Inter Alia is transferring to Wyndam’s Theatre in the West End in March 2026!

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Places mentioned:

Chapters

00:00 Intro

05:30 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

08:33 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience

19:32 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

28:30 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling

33:05 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip

38:09 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip

46:13 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

47:50 Outro

Former tennis champion, broadcaster and Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Annabel takes us on a journey of all the fabulous places she’s visited whilst on the tennis tour, shares why she believes everyone needs to visit the Igazú Falls in Argentina and describes her gruesome experience on ‘Snake Alley’ in Taipei…

Plus, Annabel reveals her favourite restaurant in Portugal and tells the hilarious tale of her hotel room getting robbed on a family holiday in Thailand!

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Places mentioned:

Igazú Falls, Argentina

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Taipei, Taiwan

New Zealand

Pisa, Italy

Split, Croatia

Cape Town, South Africa

Sr Franco, Almancil, Portugal

Thailand

Chapters

00:00 Intro

07:47 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

12:42 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience

19:41 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

29:19 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling

34:35 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip

37:20 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip

44:42 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

Star of Succession and Pride & Prejudice Matthew Macfadyen joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Matthew shares his extraordinary experience filming Succession in a deserted Florence, his poignant family skiing holiday and reveals why he believes a good tour guide is worth their weight in gold…

Plus, Matthew shares his top travel tip and unpacks his emotional experience visiting a small church in Bologna.

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Places mentioned:

Budapest, Hungary
Chapters

00:00 Intro

04:25 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

06:32 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience

10:01 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

13:13 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling

18:31 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip

20:16 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip

24:10 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

26:24 Outro

The brilliant British actor Alistair Petrie joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Alistair discusses his nomadic childhood travelling across the world as a military family, shares his wild story of partying in a palace in India and tells all about his fascinating experience swimming with dolphins in Hawaii.

Plus, Alistair shares his poignant experience visiting the Taj Mahal with his family and reveals his favourite travel destination that is so underrated, they operate by word-of-mouth advertising only…

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The brilliant Canadian-British fashion designer Patrick Cox joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Patrick takes us behind the scenes of his extraordinary private tour of the Palace of Versailles, shares how spotting gorillas in Gabon was a transformative experience and discusses his poignant experience swimming with whales in Indonesia.

Plus, Patrick shares how his travel journey has also been a spiritual one, and reveals how being introduced to psychedelics in Ibiza changed his life…

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Places mentioned:

Chapters

00:00 Intro

10:54 Secret 1: Most unexpected travel experience

18:40 Secret 2: Most Overrated or Underrated travel experience

23:36 Secret 3: Best Food & Drink while travelling

28:06 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip

36:35 Secret 5 Poignant memory from a trip

51:10 Secret 6: Special travel photograph

The exceptional actor, author and presenter Rose Ayling-Ellis joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Rose tells us all about her recent solo backpacking trip across Southeast Asia, why she thinks Bali is overrated and the travel destinations which have inspired her passion for nature conservation.

Plus, Rose shares her poignant memory seeing manta rays in the Maldives and reveals the restaurant where she had the best pasta dish of her life… 

The full transcript of this episode is available here.

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Places mentioned:

Chapters

00:00 Intro

05:10 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

08:48 Secret 2: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

13:12 Secret 3: Most unexpected travel experience

14:58 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling

18:22 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip

21:56 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip

28:33 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

29:22 Outro

The brilliant comedian, TV presenter and mental health campaigner Ruby Wax joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Ruby tells us all about how she escaped from finishing school in Switzerland, takes us behind the scenes of some of her most iconic celebrity interviews and reveals how she hitchhiked to Mexico whilst at university!

Plus, Ruby discusses her poignant experience volunteering at a refugee camp in Cape Town and shares how her friendship with the late Alan Rickman shaped the course of her life.

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Places mentioned:

Chapters

00:00 Intro

10:00 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

14:02 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience

21:51 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

30:39 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling

38:19 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip

40:38 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip 

43:45 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

45:17 Outro