Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off

About Giles Wemmbley Hogg

From his earliest days at University - both Bristol and Durham (“bit of a slip-up on the old UCAS form”) to his graduation with a first - he’s actually the first person ever to have finished a course in Canadian Studies - GWH has straddled the globe like a corduroy colossus (and lifetime member of the Uni LagerSoc), with the enthusiasm of a deranged puppy and the cultural altruism of the Sidmouth & Topsham Tramps Hostel Pastie Evening. In the first two series, his adventures included an unexpectedly fruitless fishing trip in the Sudan, a stopover at the Great Wall Of China (“It’s a good wall. I wouldn’t say it’s a great wall…”) and a visit to Tanzania to Save The Giraffe, although the giraffe wasn’t actually in danger until Giles arrived. In the third series Giles tried his hand at the sort of jobs that only rich fathers’ rich friends get for their idiot sons - like being a Chalet Girl (“despite speaking no French and not being a chalet”) and a shipbroker on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, breaking a number of ships until he was stopped. He also went off to the 2006 World Cup in the Sony Award-winning, if unpronounceable “Giles Wemmbley Hogg Geht Zum FussballWeltmeisterschaft Weg!” and to Glastonbury to revel in the squelch of hummus and the taste of mud. In the most current series, he’s been grounded by both the Home Office and his father, so he’s set up GWH Travvel ("2m's 2g's 2v's, bit of a mix up at the printers"). Run from his bedroom in Budleigh Salterton, with the help of his long-suffering former Primary Schoolteacher Mr Timmis and the hindrance of his sister Charlotte, it's a one-stop Travel/Advice/Events Management/Website service, where each week, his schemes range far and wide - whether it's roaming the country lecturing would-be overlanders on how to pack a rucksack ("If in doubt, put it in. And double it"), or finding someone a zebra for a corporate promotion ("I'll look in the Phone Book - how hard can it be? Now, "A to D".....), GWH Travvel stays true to its motto - "We do it all, so you won't want to".

In short - Giles Wemmbley Hogg - each week he travels to far-off foreign lands, and joins the exotic world of work, and each week, he makes a thumping great prat of himself ...



“Not since I first heard Alan {Partridge have I felt so sure that I was in the presence of an immortal” – Dave Sexton, The Sunday Telegraph

“Consistently funny & elegantly produced” – Simon Garfield, Mail On Sunday

“Hilarious spoof” – Time Out