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🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Today, I’m thrilled to have comedian, history buff, and all-around legend, Al Murray, joining us on the show. Al is one of the UK’s most beloved comedians, best known for his character ‘The Pub Landlord’ – a hilarious, patriotic pub owner who’s become an iconic figure in British comedy. His career has spanned over three decades, with award-winning comedy specials, TV shows, and even political satire where he actually ran for office in character!
Beyond his comedy, though, Al has a real passion for history and travel – two themes that run deep through our conversation today.
Together, we embark on a journey through some fascinating and surprising destinations that have left a mark on him. From the serene beauty of Alderney in the Channel Islands to the rugged coasts of Connemara in Ireland, and even the mystical temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia – Al’s love for adventure and curiosity about the past come through in each of his travel chapters. So let’s buckle up and get started.
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And I talk about Lesante Cape, Zakynthos, Greece
Guv Island is currently on tour across the UK and Ireland, tickets are available here.
Arnhem: Black Tuesday is out now
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. I'm your host journalist Holly Rubenstein and here each |
0:13.0 | week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their life's travel |
0:18.6 | diaries from their all-time favorite destination and their |
0:22.6 | hidden gem to their worst travel experience and what's at the top of their travel bucket list, |
0:28.1 | we'll be uncovering their adventures around the world and the travel experiences and destinations |
0:33.9 | that have shaped their lives. Today I am thrilled to have comedian, history buff, and all-round legend Al Murray joining us |
0:42.4 | on the show. |
0:43.2 | Al is one of the UK's most beloved comedians best known for his character, The Pub Landlord, |
0:49.0 | a hilarious patriotic pub owner who's become an iconic figure in British comedy. |
0:54.0 | His careers spanned over three |
0:55.6 | decades with award-winning comedy specials, TV shows and even political satire where he actually |
1:01.5 | ran for office in character. Beyond his comedy though, Al has a real passion for history and |
1:08.4 | travel, two themes that run deep through our conversation today. |
1:11.9 | Together we embark on a journey through some fascinating and surprising destinations that have |
1:17.0 | left a mark on him. From the serene beauty of Alderney in the Channel Islands to the rugged |
1:22.5 | coasts of Konemara in Ireland and even the mystical temples of Anka Wat in Cambodia. |
1:27.8 | Al's love for adventure and curiosity about the past come through in each of his travel chapters. |
1:34.7 | Before we meet Al, I've got a final chapter in my own travel diaries to share this season. |
1:40.7 | I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we are recently back from Zikintos or Zanti in the Greek |
1:46.9 | Islands and I wanted to share with you the other hotel that I was out there to review. It's called |
1:52.5 | La Santee Cape. It's a new opening out there and I'm really excited about this one because I think |
1:58.3 | a lot of you might end up visiting it. For me it delivered all the |
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