Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour - All Seasons
Season 1
Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour follows Rob and Rylan - presenters, friends, and men who love the finer things in life - as they discover the greatest art treasures in Italy, finding out more about themselves along the way.
Together, they retrace the steps of countless English aristocrats who took the Grand Tour - the original gap year - leaving behind the confines of British society for freedom and discovery abroad. But can the Grand Tour still work its magic today?
Marking the 200th anniversary of Byron's death, Rob and Rylan will draw from the poet's extensive poems and letters to guide them, alongside the diaries of others who made the trip.
Season 2
Passage to India
On their second outing for BBC Arts, the pair follow in the footsteps of Rob's favourite author E.M. Forster, who a century ago wrote A Passage to India and changed the way the world saw the country. As they embark on their own passage to India and discover how the country's ancient wisdom, art and culture can challenge them both personally, intellectually and physically.
Season 3
Greek Odyssey
Their Grand Tour of Italy and Passage to India taught Rob and Rylan how to appreciate art and culture and how to live their best lives. Next they're on a mission to find out how to make today's world a better place - by learning from the wisdom of the ancient Greeks.
Their journey will take them from the splendour of the Acropolis in Athens to the Oracle at Delphi, to understanding the heroes of Sparta and getting to the root of hedonism on Mykonos.
Along the way they will unpack the ideas of philosophers and thinkers, from Socrates to Pericles to Epicurus, and discover the poetry and plays of Sappho, Homer and Aristophanes. At each stop they'll ask whether the Greeks' innovations in philosophy, politics, arts and ideas can help us today.
As they step out in sandals to explore both ancient and modern Greece, Rob and Rylan will find that the ancient Greeks wrestled with many of the same challenges facing us today, leaving behind timeless insights that might help us to live more wisely.
