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One for the Road
From the earliest days of mule track and trireme to the age of jet flights and travellers' cheques, the experiences of a journey have proved fascinating reading. The travel writers of today are following in the footsteps of a long line of distinguished literary wanderers, from Pausanius to Boswell and Borrow. But what place does travel writing have in a world shrinking under the global scrutiny of a television lens?
Paul Vaughan investigates. Producer MIKE GREENWOOD (Re-broadcast next Monday)

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Mike Greenwood
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