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Episodes from Excess Baggage broadcast in 2010

December
  1. Peter Curran presents a Excess Baggage special quiz with John McCarthy and Sandi Toksvig.
  2. Anita Anand looks at the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  3. Anita Anand explores pilgrim routes around the world from Canterbury to Kerala.
  4. John McCarthy looks at tribes and the Hebrides and meets a first time visitor to Britain.
November
  1. John McCarthy talks to Bianca Jagger about her travels and to Matthew Rhys about Patagonia
  2. John McCarthy looks at travelling in Yemen and attitudes to the sun round the world.
  3. John McCarthy talks to medics who work abroad and looks at bridges with Dan Cruickshank.
  4. Sandi Toksvig takes the 49 bus from Swindon to Devizes.
October
  1. John McCarthy focuses on the rich history of Syria and the serenity of Sark.
  2. John McCarthy looks at British villages, Ordnance Survey maps and Finland.
  3. John McCarthy hears about the India of Kipling's Kim and discusses travel tweets and apps.
  4. John McCarthy looks at Tasmania and the attractions of the British countryside.
  5. John McCarthy investigates Alaska, Zambia and London to Paris by bike.
September
  1. John McCarthy looks at the appeal of wildlife travel especially in a balloon.
  2. Sandi Toksvig finds out about travelling to trace family history, and life in Paraguay.
  3. Sandi Toksvig goes on retreat and explores the places painted by Sir Winston Churchill.
  4. Sandi Toksvig explores Florida and some off beat destinations with comedian Dom Joly.
August
  1. Sandi Toksvig goes to Iringa in the heart of Tanzania and the spice island of Zanzibar.
  2. Sandi Toksvig takes the 49 bus from Swindon to Devizes.
  3. Sandi Toksvig takes a slow paddle around Britain and hears a new account of Nagasaki.
  4. Sandi Toksvig hears three different views of travels in Afghanistan.
July
  1. Sandi Toksvig uncovers the secrets of Florence and Naples with author Lucretia Grindle.
  2. Sandi Toksvig delves into Swiss culture and talks to Kate Humble about charity couriers.
  3. Sandi Toksvig looks at tourism in Jamaica and an interesting art project in Sarawak.
  4. Sandi Toksvig goes surfing for the perfect wave and looks at ways women travel together.
  5. Sandi Toksvig looks at two facets of Egypt and a blind traveller's experience of Australia
June
  1. Sandi Toksvig explores tourism development in Cambodia and Kurdistan.
  2. John McCarthy goes to Munich in search of visitor attractions old and new.
  3. John McCarthy visits Oberammergau in Bavaria to witness the once-a-decade Passion Play.
  4. John McCarthy looks at the Parthenon and how geology forms the landscape we love.
May
  1. John McCarthy explores the Persian world and the development of tourism in Libya.
  2. John McCarthy finds out about the boom in museums in China and volcano tourism in Iceland.
  3. John McCarthy introduces travellers to remote observatories and the temples of Malta.
  4. John McCarthy looks at the Andes, Patagonia and Rwanda.
  5. John McCarthy explores the Caucasus and mountain monasteries in Greece and Bhutan.
April
  1. John McCarthy looks at historical Tuscany and buying a farm in Brazil.
  2. John McCarthy looks at tourism in Zimbabwe and at Eastern Europe 20 years ago and now.
  3. Sandi Toksvig travels the world in search of seeds and explores Iran and Musandam.
  4. Sandi Toksvig traces a deported Polish family and explores the Falklands with an artist.
March
  1. Sandi Toksvig talks about travel in Tanzania in a programme direct from Dar es Salaam.
  2. Sandi Toksvig investigates northern Australia and the countries on the Tropic of Cancer.
  3. Sandi Toksvig explores Somerset, the Scottish Highlands and the Suez Canal.
  4. Sandi Toksvig looks at Chad, Jewish communities in India and alien environments on earth.
February
  1. John McCarthy discusses wildlife travel with Mark Cawardine and sees a different Mexico.
  2. John McCarthy hears about Casablanca and the future of the Arctic.
  3. John McCarthy talks to photographer Don McCullin and looks at how Hungary has changed.
  4. Peter Curran discusses the delights of rural Turkey and the life of a safari guide.
January
  1. John McCarthy explores Germany with two writers.
  2. John McCarthy focuses on Pakistan, Cuba and safety while travelling off the beaten track.
  3. John McCarthy investigates women's roles in Ghana and Uzbekistan and education in Africa.
  4. The pleasure of travelling in winter with John McCarthy.
  5. Sandi Toksvig talks to writer and broadcaster Garrison Keillor.

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