Entertainment // Matt Baker: Travels with Mum & Dad
Original Broadcaster
Channel 4 UK
Original Producer
Big Circus
Rights
Worldwide excluding UK
Matt Baker will take viewers on a breathtaking trip across the North East of England, where the Baker family are lucky enough to have some of Britain’s most beautiful sites on their doorstep.
As farmers with animals to care for parents Janice and Mike don’t get to spend nights away, so Matt’s keen to give them trips to remember within easy reach of the home. During the four part series, Matt, Janice and Mike hitch up their restored caravan, hit the road and get to go behind the scenes at dramatic coastal fortress Bamburgh Castle, Beamish with its world famous living open air museum, Hexham Racecourse as it prepares for the season and Durham Cathedral.Meeting a range of colourful characters, from racehorse breeders at Hexham to the restorers at Bamburgh Castle, Matt and his parents learn first-hand about the history, traditions and crafts these places have inspired.
Along the way, tea-loving Janice learns how to blend Earl Grey on the very spot it was invented, Matt rides a champion racehorse, gets a crash course in bell ringing and dives into Durham’s freezing River Wear on a mid-winter treasure hunt. Mike meets the craftspeople caring for Durham Cathedral and they all help prepare Hexham racecourse for the first horse race of the season.
