S3 06 | The art of re-imagining Seattle
In 1962 all eyes were on Seattle for the World Fair. It was the height of the space race between the U.S and the USSR — the city’s landmark...
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Pack your bags! Come with us on a journey of the mind…to destinations both near and far-flung, the familiar and the unexpected… in search of what the tourist never sees. An armchair travel s...
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20 of 25 episodesS3 05 | Dublin’s literary frictions
When you read the world Dublin, it’s hard to escape the romantic literary associations that James Joyce’s Ulysses kicked off a century ago....
S3 04 | Finding reality in Fiji
Fiji has certainly come a long way since television was first introduced in 1991. Back then, a rugby-mad nation had its first taste of scree...
S3 03 | The highs and lows of marvellous Rio
When you think about Rio de Janeiro, what comes to mind? Beautiful beaches, parties, Carnival and music? It's all of those things, but it's...
S3 02 | Keeping faith in Jakarta
Indonesia's award-winning poet Goenawan Mohamad once said that Jakarta has a congenital disease. It's a capital that was never seriously pla...
S3 01 | No limits in Monaco
It's one of the world's most notorious tax havens that houses the permanent addresses of oligarchs, tennis pros, and entire Formula 1 teams....
INTRODUCING — Return Ticket season three
We're back! Where do you want to go? Here at Return Ticket — RN's seasonal travel show — no money or passports are required. We just need a...
S2 08 | Reykjavik's lightness of being
Iceland's capital Reykjavik is a place where people navigate geographic isolation, long periods of light and dark, unforgiving weather… and...
S2 07 | Timbuktu — a true story
Its name is a byword for remote obscurity and intrepid adventure, a medieval trade centre and cradle of African scholarship perched on the e...
S2 06 | Hollywood — boulevard of broken onions
It was Columbia Pictures President Harry Cohn who once said, "If you must get in trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont" — and trouble they h...
S2 05 | Tasmania — it's a terrible place
Tasmanian residents and cartoonists First Dog on the Moon and Jon Kudelka tell everyone they know that Tasmania is awful. The snakes. The we...
S2 04 | Slow death in Venice
Venice is the anti-tabula rasa. Here, residents and visitors alike must rise up to meet its demands. But you can't help but feel this old an...
S2 03 | Kuala Lumpur — would you like rubber with that?
The story of the Malaysian capital is a story of resources, from tin, petrol, and palm oil. But if there's one resource to understand the me...
S2 02 | Las Vegas by numbers
In a city where every flip of the card and roll of the dice could cost you, are the odds ever really in your favour? Exploring the maths of...
S2 01 | Paris by baguette
Can it be true that 94 per cent of Parisians live less than five minutes from a bakery? In a country where eating lunch at your desk is ille...
INTRODUCING — Return Ticket season two
Return Ticket is back with a new season… and we've got questions about travel. Like what the odds of getting married by an Elvis impersonato...
S1 E8 | Tokyo's small spaces
Tokyo is one of the world’s most densely populated urban areas. So how do they manage the human crush? To answer that you need to look at Ja...
S1 E7 | Order and chaos in Mumbai
The human crush of Mumbai is a sight to behold. Places where tens of millions make the jump from informal to formal space — or vice versa —...
S1 E6 | Bangkok's love affair with malls
They’re universes unto themselves. Thailand’s newfound wealth has spurred on the development of Bangkok’s mega-mall. It’s a totalising form...
S1 E5 | Beijing by bike
Welcome to a never-ending story. Beijing's the world's most populous capital city, and it's a place where the trials and tribulations of Chi...