Columns: Episode No. | Episode Title | UK Broadcast Date | Presenter | Details of Journey | Countries Visited
#1.1 | "Coast to Coast" | 1980-10-30 | Ludovic Kennedy | New York to Los Angeles | USA | #1.2 | "The Long Straight" | 1980-11-06 | Michael Frayn | Sydney to Perth | Australia | #1.3 | "Deccan" | 1980-11-13 | Brian B. Thompson | Bombay to Cochin | India | #1.4 | "Confessions of a Trainspotter" | 1980-11-27 | Michael Palin | London to the Kyle of Lochalsh | England, Scotland | #1.5 | "Zambezi Express" | 1980-12-04 | Michael Wood | Cape Town to Victoria Falls | South Africa, Botswana , Zimbabwe-Rhodesia | #1.6 | "Three Miles High" | 1980-12-11 | Miles Kington | Lima to La Paz | Peru , Bolivia