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A travel documentary is a documentary film, television program, or online series that describes travel in general or tourist attractions without recommending particular package deals or tour operators. [1]

103 relations: An Idiot Abroad, André de la Varre, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Around the World in 80 Treasures, Évasion, Big Crazy Family Adventure, Bill Burrud, Brazil with Michael Palin, Bump!, By Any Means (2008 TV series), Carl Dudley, Cinéorama, Comedian, Dan Cruickshank, Departures (TV series), Diego Buñuel, Digital storytelling, Discover Barbados TV, Discovery Channel, Docudrama, Documentary film, Don't Tell My Mother, E. M. Newman Travelogues, Elias Burton Holmes, Ethnofiction, Ethnographic film, Full Circle with Michael Palin, Genre, Getaway (TV series), Globe Trekker, Glutton for Punishment, Himalaya with Michael Palin, IMAX, Intrepid Journeys, James A. FitzPatrick, John Lawson Stoddard, Karl Pilkington, Kiwanis, Kolkata, Lectern, Let's Shop, Lions Clubs International, Lonely Planet Six Degrees, Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled, Long Way Down, Long Way Round, Lowell Thomas, Madventures, Mareorama, Michael Palin, ..., Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Michael Palin's New Europe, Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days, Mondo film, Movietone News, Nanook of the North, Nature documentary, Newsreel, OLN, On Hannibal's Trail, Passport to Europe, PBS, Pole to Pole, Rail transport, Realism (arts), Reality film, Rick Steves, Rick Steves' Europe, Robert J. Flaherty, Robin Esrock, Rotary International, Russian Travel Guide, Sahara with Michael Palin, Sancharam (TV series), Scam City, Semidocumentary, Steamship, T+E (TV channel), Television show, The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series), The Great Outdoors (Australian TV series), The Moaning of Life, The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, Tourism, Tourist attraction, Transport, Travel, Travel Channel, Travel Channel International, Travel literature, Travels & Traditions, Travelxp, Treasure (1958 TV series), United Kingdom, Visual anthropology, Visual sociology, Voice-over, Voyages Television, Warner Bros., Whicker's World, Word Travels, World's Most Dangerous Roads, 3D film. Expand index (53 more) »

An Idiot Abroad

An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary/road trip comedy television series broadcast on Sky 1, as well as a series of companion books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington.

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André de la Varre

André de la Varre (September 14, 1904 – December 19, 1987) was a leading travelogue filmmaker who started as a 17-year-old visiting Europe with a recently acquired movie camera at the end of World War I. By 1924, he was working with Burton Holmes and eventually struck out on his own as an independent producer with a short film series called “Screen Traveler” in the thirties.

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Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations is an American travel and food show that airs on the Travel Channel; it also airs on the Discovery Travel & Living channel around the world.

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Around the World in 80 Treasures

Around the World in 80 Treasures is a 10 episode art and travel documentary series by the BBC, presented by Dan Cruickshank, and originally aired in February, March, and April 2005.

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Évasion

Évasion is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel owned by Groupe Serdy and Groupe TVA.

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Big Crazy Family Adventure

Big Crazy Family Adventure follows the Kirkby family as they travel from British Columbia to Ladakh, India (more than 13,000 miles), by every mode of transportation except planes.

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Bill Burrud

William James Burrud (January 12, 1925 – June 12, 1990) was a former child star and a television host and producer best known for his travel programs.

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Brazil with Michael Palin

Brazil with Michael Palin is a travel documentary series by Michael Palin consisting of four episodes, which first aired in 2012.

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Bump!

Bump! is a Canadian travel documentary television series that premiered in 2004 and originally airs on OutTV in Canada.

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By Any Means (2008 TV series)

By Any Means, also known as Ireland to Sydney by Any Means, is a television series following Long Way Round and Long Way Down TV presenter Charley Boorman.

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Carl Dudley

Carl Ward Dudley (1910-1973) was an American film director and producer.

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Cinéorama

Cinéorama was an early film experiment and amusement ride presented for the first time at the 1900 Paris Exposition.

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Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh.

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Dan Cruickshank

Dan Cruickshank (born 26 August 1949) is a British art historian and BBC television presenter, with a special interest in the history of architecture.

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Departures (TV series)

Departures (also promoted as departures.) is a adventure travel television series.

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Diego Buñuel

Diego Buñuel is a French film-maker born in 1975 and the host and director of the National Geographic Channel series, Don't Tell My Mother.

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Digital storytelling

Digital storytelling is a short form of digital media production that allows everyday people to share aspects of their story.

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Discover Barbados TV

Discover Barbados Television also known as The Visitor Channel, is available in a number of hotels around the island.

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Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American pay television channel that is the flagship television property of Discovery Inc., a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.

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Docudrama

A docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of radio and television programming, feature film, and staged theatre, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Don't Tell My Mother

Don't Tell My Mother is a television programme hosted by Diego Buñuel and shown on the subscription television channel Nat Geo Adventure.

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E. M. Newman Travelogues

Edward M. Newman (March 16, 1870 – April 16, 1953) was a film producer of many documentary film shorts released by Warner Brothers and edited at Vitaphone studios in Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s.

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Elias Burton Holmes

Elias Burton Holmes (1870–1958) was an American traveler, photographer and filmmaker, who coined the term "travelogue".

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Ethnofiction

Ethnofiction is a neologism which refers to an ethnographic docufiction, a blend of documentary and fictional film in the area of visual anthropology.

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Ethnographic film

An ethnographic film is a non-fiction film, often similar to a documentary film, historically dealing with non-Western people, and sometimes associated with anthropology.

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Full Circle with Michael Palin

Full Circle with Michael Palin is the title of a 10-part 1997 documentary television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Genre

Genre is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed upon conventions developed over time.

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Getaway (TV series)

Getaway is Australia's longest-running travel and lifestyle television program.

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Globe Trekker

Globe Trekker (sometimes called Pilot Guides in Australia and Thailand, and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet) is an adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions.

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Glutton for Punishment

Glutton for Punishment is a program on Food Network hosted by Bob Blumer and produced by Paperny Entertainment.

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Himalaya with Michael Palin

Himalaya with Michael Palin is a 2004 BBC television series presented by comedian and travel presenter Michael Palin.

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IMAX

IMAX is a system of high-resolution cameras, film formats and film projectors.

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Intrepid Journeys

Intrepid Journeys is a New Zealand television series, which screens on TV ONE in New Zealand and on Vibrant TV Network in the United States.

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James A. FitzPatrick

James Anthony FitzPatrick (February 26, 1894 – June 12, 1980) was an American producer, director, writer, and narrator, known from the early 1930s as "The Voice of the Globe.".

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John Lawson Stoddard

John Lawson Stoddard (April 24, 1850 – June 5, 1931) was an American writer, hymn writer and lecturer who gained popularity through his travelogues.

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Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English television presenter, author, comedian, radio producer, actor, and voice actor.

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Kiwanis

Kiwanis International is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Kolkata

Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Lectern

A lectern (from the Latin lectus, past participle of legere, "to read") is a reading desk, with a slanted top, usually placed on a stand or affixed to some other form of support, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon.

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Let's Shop

Let's Shop is a TV series starring Cheryll Gillespie, where she travels around the world to find the best shopping destinations.

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Lions Clubs International

Lions Clubs International (LCI) is an international secular, non-political service organization established originally in 1916 in chicago, Illinois by Melvin Jones.

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Lonely Planet Six Degrees

Lonely Planet Six Degrees is Lonely Planet's flagship travel show, hosted by Asha Gill and Toby Amies.

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Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled

Roads Less Travelled is a reality-based travel series documenting Lonely Planet authors and photographers researching content for Lonely Planet guidebooks in realtime on the ground.

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Long Way Down

Long Way Down is a television series, book and DVD documenting a motorcycle journey undertaken in 2007 by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, from John o' Groats in Scotland through eighteen countries in Europe and Africa to Cape Town in South Africa.

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Long Way Round

Long Way Round (LWR) is a British television series, DVD set and book documenting the journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York City on motorcycles.

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Lowell Thomas

Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).

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Madventures

Madventures is a Finnish travel documentary television series that concentrates on backpacking in the most off-the-beaten-path destinations on the planet.

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Mareorama

The Mareorama was an entertainment attraction at the 1900 Paris Exposition.

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Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin (pronounced; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter.

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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin.

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Michael Palin's New Europe

Michael Palin's New Europe is a travel documentary presented by Michael Palin and first aired in the UK on the BBC on 16 September 2007 and in the US on the Travel Channel on 28 January 2008.

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Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days is a 7-part BBC television travel series first broadcast on BBC1 in 1989.

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Mondo film

A mondo film (from the Italian word for "world") is an exploitation documentary film, sometimes resembling a pseudo-documentary and usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, or situations.

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Movietone News

Movietone News is a newsreel that ran from 1928 to 1963 in the United States, and – as British Movietone News – from 1929 to 1979 in the United Kingdom.

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Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North (also known as Nanook of the North: A Story Of Life and Love In the Actual Arctic) is a 1922 American silent documentary film by Robert J. Flaherty, with elements of docudrama, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist.

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Nature documentary

A natural history film or wildlife film is a documentary film about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on film taken in their natural habitat but also often including footage of trained and captive animals.

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Newsreel

A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the late 1960s.

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OLN

OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel.

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On Hannibal's Trail

On Hannibal's Trail is a history and travel BBC television series in which three Australian brothers - Danny, Ben and Sam Wood - set out cycling on the trail of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who marched from Spain to Rome at the head of an invading army accompanied by elephants.

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Passport to Europe

Passport to Europe is a television show on the Travel Channel.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Pole to Pole

Pole to Pole is an eight-part television documentary travel series made for the BBC, and first broadcast on BBC1 in 1992.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Realism (arts)

Realism, sometimes called naturalism, in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, or implausible, exotic, and supernatural elements.

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Reality film

Reality film or reality movie describes a genre of films that have resulted from reality television, such as The Real Cancun, MTV's film version of The Real World, which was originally titled Spring Break: The Reality Movie.

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Rick Steves

Richard Steves (born May 10, 1955) is an American travel writer, author, activist and television personality.

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Rick Steves' Europe

Rick Steves' Europe is a long-running travel documentary television series that airs on PBS.

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Robert J. Flaherty

Robert Joseph Flaherty, (February 16, 1884 – July 23, 1951) was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, Nanook of the North (1922).

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Robin Esrock

Robin Esrock (born 1974, Johannesburg, South Africa).

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Rotary International

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.

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Russian Travel Guide

Russian Travel Guide is an international documentary and travel television channel that airs programs covering nature, science, culture, and history of the Russian Federation.

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Sahara with Michael Palin

Sahara with Michael Palin is a four-part BBC television series presented by British comedian and travel presenter Michael Palin, and first broadcast in 2002.

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Sancharam (TV series)

Sancharam (Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം, English: travel), is the first telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam language television.

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Scam City

Scam City is a television show which started airing on Travel + Escape in June 2012, and has subsequently aired on the National Geographic Channel, and in Australia on the subscription channel Nat Geo People.

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Semidocumentary

A semidocumentary is a form of book, film, or television program presenting a fictional story that incorporates many factual details or actual events, or which is presented in a manner similar to a documentary.

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Steamship

A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically drive (turn) propellers or paddlewheels.

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T+E (TV channel)

T+E is a Canadian English language Category A television channel owned by Blue Ant Media.

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Television show

A television show (often simply TV show) is any content produced for broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, cable, or internet and typically viewed on a television set, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows.

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The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)

The Amazing Race is an American reality competition show in which typically eleven teams of two race around the world.

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The Great Outdoors (Australian TV series)

The Great Outdoors was an Australian travel magazine series broadcast on the Seven Network.

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The Moaning of Life

The Moaning of Life is an English travel documentary comedy television series broadcast on Sky 1.

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The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman is an American television documentary series that premiered on the National Geographic Channel on April 3, 2016.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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Tourist attraction

A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.

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Transport

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another.

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Travel

Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations.

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Travel Channel

Travel Channel (originally The Travel Channel from 1987 to 1998) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Discovery, Inc. The channel is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States.

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Travel Channel International

Travel Channel International is a commercial television channel owned by Discovery, Inc. and broadcasting travel-themed programmes in the EMEA regions and Asia Pacific, spanning 21 on-air languages.

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Travel literature

The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs.

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Travels & Traditions

Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions or Travels & Traditions is a television series hosted by Burt Wolf.

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Travelxp

Travelxp HD is an Indian high definition travel channel.

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Treasure (1958 TV series)

Treasure was a syndicated American television series created in 1958 by Bill Burrud Productions.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Visual anthropology

Visual anthropology is a subfield of social anthropology that is concerned, in part, with the study and production of ethnographic photography, film and, since the mid-1990s, new media.

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Visual sociology

Visual sociology is an area of sociology concerned with the visual dimensions of social life.

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Voice-over

Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations.

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Voyages Television

Voyages Television is a global platform for the marketing of luxury travel destinations and the distribution of travel products across television, the Internet, Internet television (IPTV) and Video on Demand.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Whicker's World

Whicker's World is a British television documentary series that ran from 1958 to 1994, presented by journalist and broadcaster Alan Whicker.

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Word Travels

Word Travels (tagline The Truth Behind the Byline) is an adventure travel television documentary series.

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World's Most Dangerous Roads

World's Most Dangerous Roads is a British TV series in which two celebrities are filmed as they journey by 4×4 vehicle along roads considered among the world's most dangerous.

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3D film

A three-dimensional stereoscopic film (also known as three-dimensional sangu, 3D film or S3D film) is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception, hence adding a third dimension.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_documentary

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