A Fork in the Road (TV series)

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A Fork in the Road is an Australian travel television series airing on SBS and hosted by Pria Viswalingam.

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Described by SBS as "the thinking-person’s travel show" the program takes the viewer off the beaten track and takes a look at the lives of the people living in each destination rather than following the usual "travel show" format. The altogether 62 episodes had a length of ca. 25 minutes each.

Episodes in each series

Series 1

1992: Egypt, Tuscany, Scotland, Hong Kong, Rhône-Alpes (France) and New York.

Series 2

1993: Greece, Argentina, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, the Rhine Valley (Alsace, Germany & Switzerland) and San Francisco.

Series 3

1994: Chicago, Paris, Sicily, Kerala (India), Malta and New Zealand.

Series 4

1995: New Orleans, Hungary (2 episodes), Marseilles, Rio de Janeiro and Malaysia.

Series 5

Washington D.C., Japan, Spain, Jamaica, Ireland (2 episodes).

Series 6 (A Fork in Australia)

1999: Colours, Wheat, Clever Country, Friends & Lovers, Tourism, Food, The Cringe, The Pilgrimage .

Series 7 (A Fork in Asia)

Tokyo/Hokkaidō, Delhi, Beijing, Nepal, Lebanon, Singapore, Guilin and Thailand.

Series 8 (A Fork in Africa)

Tunisia, Kenya, Cape Town, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Mali and Black Paris

Series 9 (A Fork in the Mediterranean)

2006: Venice, Barcelona, St. Tropez, Morocco, Kythera Island, Israel, Gibraltar, and Turkey.

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