On Monday evening, Great Britain’s Channel 4 premiered a new episode of its popular “Travel Man” TV show – hosted by Richard Ayoade, best known as Moss from “The IT Crowd” – that highlights Budapest, covering many of the city’s major attractions in a madcap 48-hour tour. Joined by Irish comedian Aisling Bea, Ayoade plays chess at Széchenyi Bath, dines at a traditional Hungarian restaurant amid live Gypsy music, and embarks on a “selfie tour” led by seasoned local guide Miklós Molnár, who also attempts to teach the famously erudite host a few Hungarian phrases.
In the second episode of the third season of “Travel Man”, host Richard Ayoade embarks on a 48-hour whirlwind tour of Budapest, after previous episodes highlighted his hilarious two-day excursions in destinations ranging from Iceland to Istanbul to New York and beyond. Joined by Irish comedian Aisling Bea in Hungary’s capital, Ayoade visits all of the city’s primary tourist attractions – including the Parliament, the Chain Bridge, and Széchenyi Bath – while also admiring some more bizarre Budapest landmarks, like the statue of Columbo at one end of Falk Miksa Street.
In this episode, Miklós Molnár – one of Budapest’s most knowledgeable guides, heading the Fungarian agency providing city tours and Hungarian-language crash courses – led Ayoade and Bea on a “selfie tour” to cover numerous local landmarks in the shortest time possible. Molnár also tried to teach Ayoade a few phrases in Hungarian, with predictably humorous results.
Although we cannot access the entire episode online yet, you can watch the combined trailer for “Travel Man” in St. Petersburg and Budapest below; check out Channel 4’s “Travel Man” episode guide here for more details.
UPDATE: North One Television posted two extended clips from the Budapest episode of “Travel Man” on their YouTube page – you can watch them both below:
