Travel
Station:
More4 (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2026-07-21
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This is a series about coming home - but also seeing home with new eyes. Oti Mabuse left South Africa at 21 to pursue a life in dance. Now, she's heading back – older, bolder, and full of questions. What's changed? What's stayed the same? And how well do you really know the place you were born once you've lived most of your life away from it? But she's not doing it alone. Joining her is her brilliantly unexpected bestie: Reverend Richard Coles – priest, pop star, philosopher, and unapologetic fan of a scenic train journey and a well-brewed tea. He's never been to South Africa, and he's wildly curious. Also slightly sun sensitive. Together, they set off across four wildly different provinces in search of stories, landscapes, laughter, and layered truths. Yes, they go deep. But they also dance, swim, laugh until their sides hurt, and eat their body weight in bunny chow. This isn't a history lecture – it's a moving, musical, sometimes messy, very human road trip through a country that refuses to be boxed in.
There is no Next Episode of Oti and Richard's South African Odyssey planned.
S1E2 - Episode 2
Oti and Richard explore the province of KwaZulu-Natal and the beach city of Durban. At the famous Victoria Street Market, they taste Durban's signature dish: bunny chow. In Pietermaritzburg, they learn about the life of young Mahatma Gandhi and meet his granddaughter Ela. Along the Dolphin Coast, they explore Zulu culture, and meet a healer who says they have a message from Oti's late grandmother.
Air Date: 28 Jul 2026 15:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - Episode 3
In the Western Cape, Oti and Richard take on one of the world's most dramatic roads and meet a community of African penguins. Richard gets a taste of Cape Malay culture, while on the dusty roads of the Weskus, there's a display of the Khoisan people's dance traditions. Finally, in the beach town of Paternoster, they sample some freshly caught crayfish.
Air Date: 04 Aug 2026 15:00 (CDT)
S1E4 - Episode 4
Oti and Richard's journey concludes in the Eastern Cape where they try zip wiring and sky hanging before a nail-biting encounter with a herd of elephants. Oti and Richard explore the region's unique plant kingdom and delve into the fascinating history of Britain's 1820 settlers, and throw themselves into Xhosa culture.
Air Date: 11 Aug 2026 15:00 (CDT)