E1 - Introduction

Aired: October 23, 1980

Travel From New York to Los Angeles With Ludovic Kennedy.

E2 - Coast to Coast

Aired: October 30, 1980

Travel From Sydney to Perth With Michael Frayn.

E3 - The Long Straight

Aired: November 13, 1980

Michael Frayn traces the route of Australia's trans-continental railway, the Indian Pacific, with a detour along the way.

E4 - Deccan

Aired: November 13, 1980

Brian Thompson travels through the south of India from Bombay to Cochin.

E5 - Confessions of a Train Spotter

Aired: December 04, 1980

Michael Palin travels from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in the north of Scotland.

E6 - Zambezi Express

Aired: December 04, 1980

Michael Wood travels from Cape Town to the Victoria Falls.

E7 - Three Miles High

Aired: December 11, 1980

Miles Kington travels from Lima in Peru through the Andes and Lake Titicaca to Bolivia.

E8 - Changing Trains

Aired: December 18, 1980

Eric Robson travels from Paris to Budapest via Zurich and Vienna.