Clive James's Postcard from... (1989)

Original title

Clive James' Postcard from

Genre

travel documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Length

8 seasons, 18 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Clive James visits famous world cities in each episode. He explores tourist attractions and talks to local famous people. The show reflects his wry and comic style of commentary.

wrycomicobservationalrelaxedpersonalwhimsicalinsightful

What happens

Clive James' Postcard from... (sometimes shortened to Postcard(s) from...) was a TV travel documentary series written and presented by Clive James, originally broadcast between 1989 and 1999. In each episode James visited a notable world city, exploring tourist hotspots and commenting on the city's appeal in his trademark wry comic style, as well as conducting interviews with famous inhabitants. The first six series (1989-1995) were produced by the BBC, while the further 5 episodes (1996-1999) were produced by Watchmaker Productions (co-founded by James) for Carlton Television (ITV franchise). In the United States the show aired on PBS. In a 1992 interview James said that Postcards was his most personal work. He had previously been a columnist for The Observer newspaper between 1976 and 1983, contributing travel diaries which were later compiled into the book Flying Visits. Following James' death in November 2019, all 13 episodes of Postcards produced by the BBC were rebroadcast on BBC Four between January and March 2020 (not in chronological order). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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