Just a quick heads up as our friends over at Rough Guides have a new series of their ‘The Rough Guide to…’ TV show returning to British screens this coming Monday (it’ll be on Channel 5 at 19:30).

The series offers an insider’s take on travel destinations, eschewing the traditional ‘wish-you-were-here, god-how-I-love-the-Maldives/Marbella/Madagascar/wherever-it-is-that-I’ve-been-sent-to-by-my-production-team’ format, for a more sincere look at genuine backpacking destinations (like Koh Phi Phi, Berlin, Reykjavik and Fez).

It’s probably not all for backpackers, mind, but it’s just about as close as you’ll get at the mo to a serious travel show in tune with backpacking sentiments (we’re still waiting for the first made-for-backpackers TV show in the UK).

Clips from the last series can be found here.

JC