The Trip To Greece

2010 • BBC
4.5
99 reviews
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Season 4 episodes (6)

1 Episode 1
3/3/20
Season-only
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon follow in the footsteps of Odysseus on a gastronomic, island-hopping journey of enlightenment through Greece.
2 Episode 2
3/3/20
Season-only
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's gastronomic tour takes them to the beach home of Mamma Mia!, where their lunchtime chat is about Alexander the Great and Ray Winstone.
3 Episode 3
3/10/20
Season-only
Rob and Steve enjoy a rainy day at Delphi, and sample the seafood at the Michelin-starred Varoulko Seaside restaurant on the Mikrolimano marina in Athens.
4 Episode 4
3/17/20
Season-only
Rob and Steve visit the Epidaurus amphitheatre for a photoshoot, before taking a boat to the island of Hydra to have a long lunch at the Omilos restaurant.
5 Episode 5
3/24/20
Season-only
Steve and Rob discuss the pros and cons of the government of ancient Sparta, which was restricted to the over-60s, and a young waitress causes them to reflect upon middle age.
6 Episode 6
3/31/20
Season-only
On the final leg of the journey, Rob suggests a detour to Olympia, but Steve refuses on the grounds that it will be full of tourists. Instead, they head to Pilos, home of King Nestor, passing through an Ottoman fortress on the way before stopping at the waterside Poseidonia restaurant for a snack. As they are admiring the view, Steve receives a call bearing some bad new

About this show

Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan pair up in this comedy two-hander. Steve Coogan's character is commissioned by a Sunday paper to write six restaurant reviews in and around the countryside of Lancashire and Yorkshire. He initially wants to take his American girlfriend, but when she leaves him he needs to find a replacement and at the last minute asks Rob Brydon's character to come. Each episode follows the structure of a normal meal, but in the course of conversation discuss love, life and their careers.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
99 reviews
Jason Glenister
September 21, 2014
Stunningly shot in the beautiful North. Great food, fitting humour I watch it time and time again and pick up something new each time. Sublime entertainment! !
Nigel Beck
May 31, 2014
Not informative just self indulgent
CMc
September 4, 2015
impressions and scenery best bits