Travel documentaries

Travel shows on BBC Select inspire exploration, adventure, and cultural immersion and transport you to captivating destinations around the world. Our selection of travel documentaries feature tour guides such as Joanna Lumley, Alexander Armstrong and Bettany Hughes and offer glimpses into incredible landscapes and lesser known gems across the globe. Embark on journeys across Europe, Asia and more with our collection of travel series and films.

Secrets of South America

A fascinating and occasionally disturbing look at the pressures felt by young people in South America today.

Traveling across Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela, reporter Billie JD Porter delves into the darker side of life on the continent in this documentary about South America, where beauty and sex are obsessions and teens will go to extreme lengths to get the perfect body or try to exude the perfect life.

This show is not currently available on BBC Select but see below to browse through more global affairs documentaries available to stream on BBC Select.

Secrets of China

How can a country considered one of the most powerful on the planet, with the world’s largest population, still be so unknown? We all have ideas about life in China, but what really goes on there?

Documentary filmmaker Billie JD Porter finds out what’s it like to grow up in the state and what happens if you challenge the status quo. Love and liberty in modern China are investigated in this eye-opening documentary.

This show is not currently available on BBC Select but see below to browse through more global affairs documentaries available to stream on BBC Select.

Cuba With Simon Reeve

Cuba was once considered America’s glamorous playground, brimming with nightclubs and fun. The communist revolution changed its personality. But in recent years, more economic freedoms have been allowed.

In this BBC travel documentary, adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve meets Cuban entrepreneurs opening new businesses and attempting to thrive while the remnants of the totalitarian communist state remains.

Joanna Lumley’s Britain

Joanna Lumley heads home to take you on an epic tour of Great Britain, inspired by her own personal history. Explore Joanna Lumley’s home sweet home and discover the beauty of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in this entertaining travel show.

Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

Get ready for sun, sea and samba as the actress and Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley jets off to uncover the Caribbean’s mysterious, exotic secrets.

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