Title : Best Adventures travel theatre
When : 19:00 till 19:45
Where : Theatre 2
London to Tombouctou in the SkyCar. By Neil Laughton, Expedition Leader
For many, a flying car is just a dream. For the Parajet SkyCar Expedition Team it is now a reality. In January 2009 the team embarked on an incredible maiden voyage from London to Tombouctou, across the Sahara desert. If you have missed their epic adventure as part of Channel 4's Daredevils series, here is your chance to join Neil Laughton to find out more about the world's first ever practical flying car.
Title : Simon Calder Weekend of Adventure Travel
When : 19:00 till 20:30
Where : Theatre 1
You can be part of Simon Calder's conversation with:
Ben Fogle
A passionate presenter, writer and adventurer, Ben's achievements include racing 160 miles across the Sahara desert in the notorious six-day Marathon des Sables; rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in 49 days; and crossing Antarctica in a race on foot to the South Pole. This most recent expedition, undertaken with Olympic Gold medallist, James Cracknell, was made into a TV documentary called On Thin Ice and a book titled Race to the Pole.
Alain de Botton
When you type "brainiest man in Britain" into a search engine, you get 6,000 results, add "Alain de Botton" to your search line, and the number leaps to 1.25 million! A bestselling writer of extraordinary books, as well as a television presenter, Alain has written extensively about travel, most notably in his book The Art of Travel. In 2009 he was invited to be Heathrow airport's first 'writer-in-residence' and wrote a book on the experience titled A Week at the Airport. He is a founder member of The School of Life.
Sarah Miller
When Conde Nast Traveller magazine was launched in the UK in 1997, Sarah was the natural choice as the best young editor of her generation and an accomplished traveller. Since then she has travelled far and wide in her search for the world's best hotels, airlines, restaurants and travel stories from travel luminaries such as Michael Palin. Sarah has been awarded Editor of the Year four times by the British Society of Magazine Editors, and Conde Nast Traveller has twice been voted Consumer Lifestyle Magazine of the Year.
Will Whitehorn
Will joined the Virgin Group in 1987 and became President of Virgin Galactic, the world's first space line, in 2004. The inaugural sub-orbital flight should happen "within two years". Spaceflights will travel to the edge of space, around 70 miles from Earth, and passengers will be able to see 1,000 miles in all directions. The maximum speed of the spaceships will be around 2,500mph - three times the speed of sound. Set the controls for the next great travel experience.
Title : Best Adventures travel theatre
When : 20:00 till 20:45
Where : Theatre 2
Clean Breaks. By Richard Hammond and Jeremy Smith, Rough Guides
Unearth 500 unique experiences and new ways to travel that make a real difference to the lives of local people and the planet. Discover a wealth of of new adventures from sleeping in houseboats in Kerela and witnessing the zebra migration in Botswana to taking the train-hotel from Paris to Madrid.
