coming up on this week's travel show... you have no idea how much i'm looking forward to eating this fry—up. crowd cheers. wow, some of these costumes are just so impressive. they really make an effort. cry "god for harry, england, and saint george!"

hello and welcome to this week's travel show, where we are taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures in merry old england, a land of history, culture and tradition — some of them old and some of them new. and in this episode, we'll be sampling just a few of them to give you a feel of a place many of us here on the travel show team call home. first up, we're heading to a small town on the yorkshire coast that's becoming something of a pilgrimage site to those who are fans of a certain fang—tastic fictional character, and a musical style born in the �*80s but still very much alive and well. take it away, ade. i'm in whitby... ..a coastal town in the north—east of england that's also the spiritual home to one of literature's most terrifying monsters. legend has it that a holiday in whitby provided author bram

stoker with the inspiration for his most famous creation, dracula, and both the town and its ruined abbey feature in the novel. twice a year, as many as 10,000 visitors come here for an event that pays tribute to the town's eerie reputation. this is the whitby goth festival, and this year it's celebrating its 25th anniversary. wow. some of these costumes are just so impressive. they really make an effort. thatjacket looks incredible. tell me about the story behind this. oh, well, this is what i call wearable sculpture.

i took reference from sort of old mansion houses and cathedrals, and took the architecture and thought about, you know, applying it to fabric. could you give us a little spin? let's see it. yeah, of course you can, mate, yeah. oh, my days! look at the intricacy on the back! the stained—glass panels actually are backlit, so at night time, we flick on, and then they actually illuminate. oh, wow! looking around here, i'm feeling really underdressed. i reckon i could sort you out with a sort of nice jacket and a nice hat. think goth, and most people think of dark clothing, a gloomy attitude and the post—punk music of the 1980s. is goth still a big thing, then? huge. it's getting bigger and bigger all the time. and what about all this stuff? this is really cool, isn't it? wow, yeah. that's a clock. oh, look at that! it works. and it's wearable. this is it. this is clever stuff.

is that not cool? that's cool. i'm not sure if i'll get past customs with that. laughter. whoa! let's see this. ade laughs. yeah. is that not cool, or is that not cool? it's cool. a lot of people, including myself, are guilty of having a stereotypical view of the goth movement, but do you think you get recognised for the quality of the art? because what i'm seeing here is amazing. yeah, well, the craftsmanship in some cases is extraordinary. i mean, worthy of standing in any art gallery anywhere. the event has come a long way since it started in 1994, when founderjo hampshire had the idea to bring together goths from all over the uk. i thought that whitby was quite central in the country,

but i also made the mistake of thinking, "they must run lots of dracula conventions here and they must see goths all the time." because of the bram stoker connection? yeah. but in fact, that wasn't true. all these black—clad people turned up, and then the town were like, "whoa! the satanists visited the town." ade laughs. and so there was a bit of uproar. the police came round and everything. seriously?! yeah, totally. yeah. and then people asked me if i'd do it again. and then the town sort of... they sort of got into it then. they kind of quite liked us to come. and how proud do you feel to have turned this tiny festival into this big event now? i think that, for me, it's great that this is where all those people who are maybe alone or kind of in little pockets in their own town, they get to be the big fish in the pond forjust a weekend, and a group of kind of punky, alternative people have formed this little kind of allegiance and affinity with a little local community. the goth weekend also hosts other events that

share its welcoming tone. so, this model contest aims to promote and celebrate diversity within the modelling industry. goths, punks, people with tattoos, piercings, body modifications. so it really is a wide range of individuals. this competition really is sort of allowing people to say, "this is who i am. i'm proud of who i am. i'm an individual and i stand out." it's making me look like a mugshot, like i'm in prison. he's clicking away! ade getting his goth on there in whitby. well, it has to be said that when it comes to food, until relatively recently, england didn't have the best reputation.

but now you can find a slew of michelin—star restaurants and top—notch grub from all around the world here. there is one place, though, where you can still get a true taste of traditional english food that you won't maybe find in any good food guide, but has been keeping the nation fed for generations. they're nicknamed greasy spoon cafes and i love �*em. this caff is a true family affair, and it's been passed down between generations since 1900. my dad was born upstairs in 1925, along with his brothers and sisters. we used to come in here before school, we'd come in here after school. it was part of our lives. there's a really nice vibe in here as well. you get, like, a lot of regular people that come back, and they really sort of rely on you. like, if they didn't come into the caff, they maybe wouldn't talk to a lot of people during the day. like, a lot of the older people, especially, where the world's getting bigger, you can't know everybody.

but in little places like the cafe, it is like a real community hub to people. but there are less and less places like this. the caff attracts customers from all walks of life — even the odd celebrity. gemma collins is a reality tv star and presenter who has been coming to pellicci's for years. i feel that this is like traditional east end here. it's got heritage, it's got culture. you know, if only these walls could speak, i'm sure there's been a lot that's gone on here over the years. just that real family hub feel is very rare. and yeah, you know, this is the only place that i know, actually, that's got it. do you think we're beginning to see less of these kind of places now? there are more challenges. every day, there's always new challenges. the price of everything has gone up. you have to put your prices up a bit and it don't go down well with the customers. we're lucky — we were passed this down by our grandparents. but it takes a lot of money to set up a cafe, so not everyone can afford to do that. you need a bit of backing behind you. we enjoy ourselves as much as the customers do. yeah. probably more. every day, anna and her mum

maria cook homemade food using locally sourced, fresh ingredients. but in an area that's rapidly changing, and as more big—brand chains move in, the competition is getting tougher. east london, and all inner cities, i think, | are becoming gentrified, or whatever this word i is that they're using. yeah. and ijust think. the soul's been... the soul's being lost. and it's a case of, like, the little guy helping. the little guy still. i think that's so important. at the minute, with all these big, big, big businesses. it's important, especially at the minute, to keep . looking after one another, the little guys, because i fundamentally, that's - what keeps the country going, innit? with, you know, taste buds kind of diversifying, and like we were saying, you know, culture's changing, food culture's changing... yeah. ..how are you guys keeping up with the competition? what are you guys doing differently? people have started being able to travel, you know, _ a lot more and taste different, and realise, "oh, you know, . actually, there's something more than egg and chips," i but some little things have to change. - like i say, for example, i like that coffee machine, you wouldn't have had it, like, years ago. - east end people wouldn't

have had that coffee. - they wanted powdered coffee, frothy milk. - i used to love it. we've often thought about maybe doing this, maybe doing that, - and then my mum's like, "no," and she's- always been right. do what you do and do it well. rupa bodhani is an event chef and food blogger who cooks a diverse range of dishes and knows how modern tastes are evolving. the traditional british cafe is struggling. do you think it holds a place in the future in british food culture? 0h, absolutely. i think they bring people together, serving up that nice, warm grub that everybody enjoys. i think, with any business, they need to adapt — providing full english vegetarian or vegan option. i don't think that there needs to be anything like an avocado toast on there, because they are known for what they're known for. so do you think it would be really sad to see them go? do you think they'll be missed? most definitely. i think they are kind of part of the backbone of some of these communities. and, you know, they're an institution. you have no idea how much i'm looking forward to eating this fry—up. i've seen it come past me a few times today. bring it all, bring it all.

this is a lot of food. i'm going to try my hardest. so, with places like pellicci's still going strong, i don't doubt for a second that the great british fry—up and the traditional british cafe will keep going strong. ask any tourist what they think of england, and they'll probably mention things like buckingham palace, country pubs and red phone boxes. but an increasing number are heading here because of the music. in fact, the country hosts more music festivals than anywhere else in europe. so, a few years ago, we went behind the scenes to find out what it takes to put on one of these humongous events. we've got the kind of core team. you've then got the district kind of coordination team, which is the outdoor set theming. and then that goes down

into the street venues and the smaller crews. so, each one of these street venues will have its own individual crew. so they add their own bit of love and kind of detail and energy to their own little space. we've been working since last week. they've kind of been working, and now it's suddenly, "do this, do that!" it's all hands on deck. is that... ? this platform that's been based out, that's the platform we're working with, is it? so these guys have done... they've probably been here for about two weeks, i'd say. and they've just... i mean, they would have planned it for probably a couple of weeks in scrap yards and... yeah, we do really well out of scrap yards and car—boot sales, as you can imagine. we were supposed to be finished today. probably going to have to do a voluntary day tomorrow, because i don't think it's all going to be finished by tonight. there's probably around 8,000 people on site, i think. we start with the creative

brainstorming of how the festival is going to look like in september, and then we do creative brainstorming right the way through up till december. and then, january, we go into kind of delivery and pre—planning, pre—production, and then it takes us an eight months of the pre—production to get us to opening. now's all about delivery. now we're on the ground, it's making sure that all that planning that we've done lands how it was planned to do so, and making sure we deliver the best show of the year. there's always last—minute hiccups. we've obviously got artists dropping out at the last minute, staff dropping out at the last minute, various things, travel problems, visa problems, all those sorts of things. so whilst it's locked, it's continually changing and evolving. a lot of people want to play here because of... well, we're a bit different with all the theatrics going on, so we have a good reputation for what we deliver and how spectacular it can be.

a lot of the production levels are hugely impressive, so people want to play here. as we come into the final show week of the build, we have a 24—hour shift, so we have a daytime crew and a nighttime crew, so we just keep it flowing through. festivals generally get a lot of bad press about line—ups not being gender—balanced or diverse enough, so it makes you more and more aware of it. it's the first year we've been as bold to try and aim for 50/50, but we've been trying to gender—balance the line—up for, well, since i've been here. it's always been something we've been striving for. but it's notjust about gender, either. it's about diversifying the line—up to all people. we want everyone to not only feel welcome, we want to go out of our way to try and bring them in. erin from southampton, everybody! _ thank you. welcome to boomtown! welcome. 0h! 0urjob is to make sure they're well behaved, of course, make sure everyone's happy, well hydrated, especially in this sort of weather. yeah.

yeah, make sure everyone's 0k, man. it's great seeing all the public come in. that moment where they come in, it's... crowd cheers. when they come into the city and get lost and get immersed in there, start interacting with the world, like, that's... you can't replace that. well, we're going to finish up today with something a bit more traditional. although he died over 400 years ago, william shakespeare is still known as one of the world's most famous playwrights. his particularly english take on things like love, loss and life's slings and arrows have stood the test of time, and a while back, we sent ade to discover why his work is still as popular now as it was four centuries ago.

we'll leave you with ade getting to grips with the bard. until next time, it's goodbye from everyone here on the team. here at shakespeare's birthplace, in stratford—upon—avon, you can see where it all began, with guided tours around the house that he was born in. he was the third of those eight children, the first boy. you can also see a copy of the first publication of shakespeare's plays. they've given me special access to take a look up close. it's printed in 1623, and it brings together 36 of the plays together in a single volume for the first time. it's one of about 230 copies which survive today. amazing. look at this. and what's really significant about this is that half of these plays weren't published in any other form

in shakespeare's lifetime. so, without the compilation of the plays into this book, they would potentially have been lost for ever. how much would they cost nowadays? the last one that came up at auction, i think, went for about 6 million us dollars. 6 million us dollars?! we've an awful lot to thank heminges and condell for. they were the two people who pulled all of these plays together, spent that time, that long, you know, seven years after shakespeare's death, compiling all the plays into this volume. and without them and that hard work, then so much could have been lost. and that's where shakespeare's legacy really stems from. so, if that's where it all began, let's fast—forward nearly 400 years. now, stratford—upon—avon is not the only place to claim shakespeare as their own. and i've come to london to meet one of the country's top shakespearean actors. once more unto the breach, dearfriends, once more! perhaps the most famous producers of shakespeare plays are the royal shakespeare company. 0r close the wall up with our english dead! lots of very famous, well— known actors have played henry v,

and you can't kind of escape that being the case, and that you're going to be, to an extent, measured against those people. i was going to say, do you look down at that lineage and does it feel quite daunting? yes. yes. laughing: yes, it does laughing: yes, it does feel very daunting. - feel very daunting. - but i suppose what i try but i suppose what i try and take some solace in is and take some solace in is the fact that the character the fact that the character of henry v is daunted of henry v is daunted by his own lineage. by his own lineage. he is daunted by the fact that he is daunted by the fact that his father and his ancestors his father and his ancestors have been these great men. have been these great men. follow your spirit, follow your spirit, and upon this charge, and upon this charge, cry "god for harry, england, cry "god for harry, england, and saint george!" and saint george!" thunderclap. kept shakespeare so popular 400 thunderclap. shakespeare seems to just have an amazing eye shakespeare seems to just have an amazing eye for the different experiences for the different experiences that a human being can kind that a human being can kind of go through and attempt of go through and attempt to tackle sort of more keenly to tackle sort of more keenly than anyone else. than anyone else. so get you hence in peace. so get you hence in peace. and tell the dauphin hisjest and tell the dauphin hisjest will savour but of shallow wit, will savour but of shallow wit, when thousands weep more when thousands weep more than did laugh at it. than did laugh at it. convey him with safe conduct. convey him with safe conduct. fare you well. fare you well. and surely a part of what has and surely a part of what has

kept shakespeare so popular 400 years after his death is the treatment of these stories, which have just kept evolving. claudius is with his queen, gertrude, and a whole load

way, do come to life, i and you end up staring at the cheese—grater- or the salt and pepper pot. you know, "what's she| going to decide to do?" or, "what's- he going to do now?" and the ghost asks hamlet... ..to take revenge. and it's notjust the stage adaptations. i'm about to meet one of the great shakespearean actors of the stage and of the screen. now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer... ..by this sun of york. laughter and applause. he's now a brand, of course, shakespeare. he's on the postage stamps, he's... there are pubs called shakespeare. he probably would never have imagined this, would he? no, he couldn't. so, over the years, he's spread out from the theatre — where...you could say he truly

belongs — into all sorts of other areas. you can get cartoon versions of you can get cartoon versions of shakespeare, animated versions. shakespeare, animated versions. i saw a production of i saw a production of macbeth, a wonderful macbeth, a wonderful play by shakespeare, play by shakespeare, the other night in london, the other night in london, and half of it was dancing... and half of it was dancing... ade chuckles. ade chuckles. ..which shakespeare ..which shakespeare couldn't have anticipated, so that's fine. couldn't have anticipated, so that's fine. shakespeare works very shakespeare works very well on television. well on television. mm. a go myself. mm. because sometimes because sometimes the characters speak the characters speak directly to the audience. directly to the audience. we're used to that we're used to that on television, people on television, people speaking directly at us. speaking directly at us. and therefore, since i cannot and therefore, since i cannot prove a lover, i am determined prove a lover, i am determined to prove a villain and hate to prove a villain and hate the idle pleasures the idle pleasures of these days. of these days. and of course, if you're and of course, if you're planning on coming to london planning on coming to london this year, there's plenty this year, there's plenty of shakespeare happening. of shakespeare happening. you can watch shakespeare in you can watch shakespeare in the open air at regent's park or visit the famous globe theatre. but be warned, because

tickets sell out fast! so, time to give it the open air at regent's park

hello there. the weather's looking very mixed this weekend. yes, there will be some rain at times, temperatures a bit disappointing, but things are set to warm up as we push into next week, especially for england and wales. so, we will have some rain around at times this weekend, mainly across northern and western areas, though for saturday, it's the south which will bear the brunt of some of the wettest of the weather. will be quite mild to begin saturday in the south, a bit cooler further north where we have more clear skies. but outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain affecting much of the channel islands into central and southern england, southeast wales, up into the midlands and across into eastern and southeast england. we have a met office yellow warning for the far southeast of england because we could see in excess of a couple of inches of rain here. that could lead to some localised flooding, some standing water on the roads. has been very dry across the southeast, though, for all of august. though, for all of august. so this is very much so this is very much needed rainfall — a good needed rainfall — a good

drink for the gardens, drink for the gardens, but it will be very wet but it will be very wet through the morning. through the morning. eventually, it clears eventually, it clears out into the afternoon and we should see sunshine and we should see sunshine and some heavy, maybe thundery and some heavy, maybe thundery showers moving in, too, showers moving in, too, but it does brighten up but it does brighten up elsewhere across the country. elsewhere across the country. it's a bright day from the word it's a bright day from the word go with sunshine and showers, go with sunshine and showers, but disappointing temperatures but disappointing temperatures —16—18 celsius. —16—18 celsius. that is below par that is below par for the time of year. for the time of year. saturday night's dry, saturday night's dry, quite cool, chilly for many, quite cool, chilly for many, single digits across the board, single digits across the board, but it will be turning a bit but it will be turning a bit milder, wetter and windier out milder, wetter and windier out west as the next weather system west as the next weather system starts to make inroads starts to make inroads for sunday and you'll see more for sunday and you'll see more isobars on the chart. isobars on the chart. so it will be a breezy, across the south, so i think blustery day on sunday, with most of the rain with most of the rain in the north and the west. so, quite a wet day, i think, in the north and the west. for northern ireland, increasingly so for scotland, increasingly so for scotland, northern and western england northern and western england and wales, maybe a few showers and wales, maybe a few showers getting into the midlands. getting into the midlands. but i think the southeast but i think the southeast quadrant tending to stay drier, quadrant tending to stay drier, closer to high pressure closer to high pressure to the south, so could be up to the south, so could be up to 20 degrees given some to the south, so could be up to 20 degrees given some to the south, so could be up brightness, but rather cloudy brightness, but rather cloudy to the south, so could be up skies and again disappointing further north — mid—teens. that system moves away during sunday night into monday. it's a bank holiday monday for many. a ridge of high pressure

will start to build in a bit more strong, stronger to the south, so could be up

authorities in russia say they've killed four inmates after a rebellion that left four prison guards dead. i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we begin with some breaking news from germany. police there have confirmed at least three people have been killed and at least four others injured in a suspected knife attack in the western city of solingen. local media is reporting a man randomly stabbed passers—by during a festival in the city centre on friday evening. these are live pictures from solingen. the attacker is still at large, and police have launched a manhunt. police helicopters were seen above the city. celebrations were under way to mark the 650th anniversary of the city's foundation. the city authorities asked people

to leave the area and police are imposing security cordons.