What is Matt Baker: Travels with Mum & Dad?
Matt Baker: Travels with Mum & Dad is a Channel 4 travel series which follows Matt Baker and his parents Janice and Mike as they travel around the North East in a caravan, seeing the unique sights of the region and learning more about its history.
When is the new series of Matt Baker: Travels with Mum & Dad on TV?
The first episode of the new series of Matt Baker: Travels with Mum and Dad will be broadcast on More 4 at 9pm on Monday 2 September 2024. This time, Matt and his parents will be joined by a new addition to the Baker family – a puppy called Archie!
Matt Baker said: “But if taking my folks and a caravan out and about isn’t challenging enough, this time we’re taking a puppy along for the ride! All of these the trips are planned around what I think my parents are going love and I’m proud to say we haven’t picked a duff one yet – I feel very lucky to be able to make new memories with them, making the most of the time we have together, all whilst celebrating the wonderful North of England.”
What places feature in Matt Baker: Travels with Mum & Dad?
In the first episode Matt, Janice, Mike and Archie head to the Northumberland County Show – North East England’s biggest annual celebration of all things countryside. They get to see behind the scenes at what it takes to put on this massive event, help prep some of the award-winning animals and get into the spirit of the show as Janice enters Archie and Stanley the cockerel into two of the categories. They also pay a visit to nearby Corbridge, a stunning historic site just a few miles from the showground, which was the most northerly town in the entire Roman Empire.
In the second episode, the Bakers visit Durham for the 191st Durham Regatta. The Bakers help prep for the big day, Matt and Janice are inducted as honorary umpires and Mike meets a world-beating veteran rower. Elsewhere the family explore Durham Castle and Durham University Botanic Garden.
In the third episode, they visit the magical historic house and gardens of Cragside in Northumberland – Britain’s original smart home. Designed and built in the 19th century by ‘magician of the north’ Lord William Armstrong, inside the Bakers discover his host of pioneering hydroelectric inventions which powered the house and attracted royalty from around the world to marvel at their ingenuity. Janice sees how Lady Armstrong’s influence as a budding amateur botanist created one of the country’s biggest alpine rock gardens, Matt and Janice get hands on making ‘singing hinnies’ in a kitchen whose devices include a Victorian dishwasher and Matt helps conserve a colossal six metre high marble fireplace. At Cragend Farm the Bakers see how Armstrong’s groundbreaking invention extended to agricultural machines.
Who is Matt Baker?
Matt Baker is one of Britain’s best-loved television presenters. He was born in Easington in County Durham and now presents Countryfile. He has also presented Blue Peter, The One Show and Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales, where he revisits his parents’ sheep farm in the Durham hills to secure its future. In 2010, he starred on Strictly Come Dancing, coming in second place. He was awarded an MBE in 2022.