Show On The Road

We’re in the Midlands for this episode with journalist, disability activist and raconteur extraordinaire Lucy Edwards plus her guide dog Miss Molly for a tour around Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham.

Lucy takes us to her childhood home, sharing the story of losing her sight and how she and her family have adapted both their space and their lives to foster her independence. We also visit her old running track, where Lucy opens up abo...

Dr Alex George literally shows us his humble village routes around gorgeous Carmarthenshire in southern Wales and how his rural lifestyle and love of sport shaped him into the successful influencer he is today. Dr Alex explains how he harnessed the fame found on Love Island to become a mental health champion and the UK’s first Youth Mental Health Ambassador.

Travelling around in a Land Rover Defender 90, Dr Alex takes us from the t...

Show on the Road gets an exclusive look into the life of the man behind the magnesium, as Big Manny takes us for a tour of his manor around Barking and Dagenham.

Big Manny and his vast knowledge of science combined with that verbal swagger is inspiring the next generation of scientists like nothing else. But as we hear in this episode, things could have been very different, after his first videos had to be pulled off the web and we...

Olly Murs brings bundles of fun and energy to this episode as he reflects on his upbringing in Witham, Essex, sharing how the area significantly shaped his life. The X Factor star speaks fondly of the town he grew up in and nearby Braintree where he spent much of his teenage years.

Driving in style in a Bentley Continental GT, we start the journey with Olly at Witham Town Football Club, where he bumps into someone who played a huge...

TV personality Zara McDermott goes on a nostalgic tour of Romford and Upminster. Her journey begins at the Atik nightclub (formerly Fiction) in Romford, where she reminisces about her early clubbing days. She then visits her childhood home in Upminster, and takes a trip to her secondary school, where she opens up about her experiences with bullying and being a victim of revenge porn. She also discusses her passion for education. Al...

Racing driver Billy Monger enjoys the passenger seat for once, as he journeys with Alex Legouix through Sussex and Surrey in a Toyota C-HR GR Sport. Billy shows us the places which shaped him, reveals whether he will return to racing and shares how he is striving to change motorsport. 

The trip starts in Charlwood, the village where he grew up. We visit the hospital where he underwent rehabilitation after a horrific racing accident...

It’s a first for Show on the Road as we take a married couple out for a drive. Heavily pregnant Caitlin Sheil and Leah Joseph join us for a ride in a VW Camper van around Ilford and Chigwell, to the east of London.

They reveal how their TikTok careers blossomed and its impact on their lives. They also talk openly about parenting, their experiences of prejudice as a same sex couple and how society can move forward with diversity and...

Broadcaster Roman Kemp kicks off series two with a tour around Hertfordshire. 

Roman hitches a ride with us from Elstree studios as he shares some behind the scenes Eastenders stories, discusses his passion for football at Arsenal’s training ground and we drive past the spot where Roman’s sure he saw a UFO. Also, find out why Roman is being driven around by Alex Legouix in a Vauxhall Corsa.

He also talks openly about suicide and gr...

Series 2 is launching on July 3rd and we can’t wait for you to meet our new passengers.

Our first guest will be broadcaster Roman Kemp. Make sure you’re following us, so you don’t miss his or any future episodes.

Also, this year you will be able to watch every episode in full here. 

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TikTok potato queen Poppy O’Toole takes us on a tour of the villages around Bromsgrove where she grew up. She tells us where her food obsession started, how she begged her way into her first kitchen and how she first reached a million views on TikTok. Poppy even brought some snacks along for the ride!

We matched Poppy with a cute little Smart ForTwo, her dream vehicle, for a trip to The Barnt Green Inn, Grosvenor House care home, t...

Strictly Come Dancing professional Gorka Marquez takes us on a tour of Manchester and Bury, his adopted home. We find out where he discovered his passion for dance, hear stories from behind the curtain at Strictly, and learn how his 6am gym sessions helped him fall for his fiancé, Gemma Atkinson. 

We had a lot of fun matching Gorka with a beautifully restored 1964 VW Samba Bus for the drive around the Manchester Arena, Hits Radio, ...

Married at First Sight and Celebs Go Dating relationship expert, Paul Brunson, takes us on a tour of his adopted home city of London. He spills all the details on how Oprah Winfrey changed his life, the incident that made his family decide to move to the UK, why he left finance to become a relationship expert, and his proud Jamaican heritage.

Paul was ecstatic when we matched him with a Twisted Defender for the drive to the Celebs ...

DJ Clara Amfo shows Alex around her home city of London, sharing stories of her Ghanaian heritage, developing a love of music from family car journeys, solo cinema trips and how a visit to the Science Museum led her to radio.

We matched Clara with an all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E for the drive to Brixton Market, Genesis Cinema, KOKO music venue and the BBC's Broadcasting House where she works at Radio 1.

You can see exclusive vi...

Trainspotting TikTok sensation, Francis Bourgeois, takes us to his university town of Nottingham, the place he first felt he could truly express his passion for trains. He talks about his incredible rise to fame, his love of electronic music and how trampolining with his brother inspired that famous camera angle.

Francis was ecstatic when we matched him with an Alpina B4 for a trip that included trainspotting at Ilkeston station, v...

Iain Stirling takes Alex around his adopted home city of London reminiscing about working the comedy circuit, his time at CBBC, taking part in Task Master and writing for Love Island.

We matched Iain with a classic 1972 MGB GT (now converted to electric!). The drive takes us from Tattershall Castle Comedy club to the BBC TV Centre, past Iain’s local sewing haunt, Ginglick nightclub and finally Gladstone park – an inner-city haven f...

Jill Scott tours her adopted home of Manchester, telling Alex about her rise to become a Euro-winning Lioness, the early days of driving from Sunderland to training sessions at Everton, her love of the theatre, and why she’s now helping run a coffee shop.

We matched Jill with her dream car – a Mercedes-Benz G-Class – and took her on a journey from the training ground at Platt Lane, to the Etihad Stadium, the flat she first lived in...

Scarlett Moffatt tells Alex about her journey to fame, overcoming school bullies, how she ended up on Gogglebox, and her ongoing pregnancy as she takes us on a tour of her beloved County Durham, with some surprises along the way.

We matched Scarlett with an original Rover 25 – the car her boyfriend Scott drove when they were teenagers. Her journey takes us from her primary school in Bishop Auckland to the ‘Gogglebox House’ where he...