Motorcycle Adventurer Henry Cole is off on his travels again. This time however it could be his biggest challenge yet? The mission: To ride 2500 miles across North West Russia from St Petersburg to Journey's end in Moscow. Henry will uncover a world brought to life by spy movies - by clandestine images of military power and oppressive dictators all wrapped up against the elements in furry coats! But - after the demise of the Soviet Union, what of the Russia of today? One imagines a world of complete opposites, on the one hand opulent beauty on the other - abject poverty - a world of the haves and the have nots. A country trying its hardest to adapt to Western influences. Henry's voyage of discovery starts with a few days soaking up the luxury and cultural splendour of St Petersburg before he clambers aboard his BMW GS1200 to ride North east to towns that go by the names of Sortavala, Perdrozavodsk and Cherepovetez. Little does Henry know what he is letting himself in for as he leaves the security of St Petersburg behind. This ride will test every facet of his motorcycling skills and mental endurance! He's soon to find out that riding in Russia is something not to be taken lightly!
Henry Cole is off on his bike again this time riding some 4000Km on a Scandinavian adventure through Norway, Sweden, Southern Lapland and Finland. Henry sets out from Oslo in search of the best mountain riding on the planet through the Fjords of Norway. He also checks out some of the finest hotels and attractions including base jumping in Lisaboten, the annual extreme sports festival in Voss and the world famous Landscape Hotel. Henry also explores Bergen and Balastrade and attempts to try some of the traditional cuisine, boiled sheep’s head. But by the end of this first show Henry is way behind schedule and hasn’t quite left Norway! At last Henry is leaving Norway but before he does he pops into Hell, a small village just outside Trondheim to meet Hell's most famous resident Miss Universe 1990. Then at last into Sweden and he immediately delights in the quite incredible Swedish roads.
Also known as The India Ride. When Canadian brothers Colin and Ryan Pyle completed their record-breaking circumnavigation of China by motorcycle in 2010, they thought it would be their last great adventure together. In August 2012, they were back on the road again, this time on a journey around India. Fifty-four tough days later, they'd traveled 14,000 km, driven on some of the most dangerous roads in the world across deserts and over mountains, in torrential rainstorms and almost unbearable heat. They'd visited some remarkable places, including the magnificent Golden Temple at Amritsar, the perplexing Karni Mata Temple at Deshnoke, the holy River Ganges, and the site of Buddha's enlightenment at Bodh Gaya. They'd compounded the dangers of the road by paragliding at Manali, made a perfect cup of tea in Darjeeling, met some amazing people, and learned that almost nothing in India is what you expect it to be. In The India Ride, Colin and Ryan take us with them as they push themselves to new limits on a voyage of discovery that most people will only ever dream of making.
Cuba is one of the world's most intriguing islands. Host Don Wildman travels to the island on a mission to investigate a historic hotel used as Fidel Castro's headquarters during the Cuban Revolution. Located in Havana, this hotel reveals a captivating tale of an attempted assassination of the communist leader. Next, Don travels to a small fishing village where famed writer Ernest Hemmingway once resided. In this quiet town, Hemingway's home preserves the memory of the American icon who may have been involved in clandestine activities during his time there. And Don explores the Plaza de Armas, the oldest public square in the city. The Plaza de Armas is a reminder of Spanish might in Cuba, but it is also linked to a daring American escape that inspired a war.