Tony Robinson's World by Rail

Sir Tony begins his USA journey in San Francisco on the West coast, where the hippie heritage he fondly remembers has now been replaced by high tech start-ups. From there, he jumps aboard the famous California Zephyr bound for Denver, Colorado, and finds himself grooming Roger, a show pig, for the local state fair. From the grandeur of the Rockies, Tony heads Deep South to the sticky heat and the streets of New Orleans, emerging from the train station into the middle of a musical parade. He blasts through swamps to find alligators, before heading for New York.

Dressed in a kimono and already confused by which slippers he's supposed to be wearing, Tony is bemused by Japan from the moment he arrives. Starting in the southern island of Kyushu, Tony embarks on a train-filled journey through the country. To cover the huge distances in time, Tony jumps on the legendary Japanese bullet train and is soon hurtling along at 322km/h.

Tony's journey across India and Burma begins in India's mega capital Delhi, where he visits one of the city's oldest markets: Chandni Chowk. Before dashing off he joins locals in a spectacular ritual, feeding thousands of birds that migrate from Siberia to Delhi each winter. Crammed on a sleeper train on one of the busiest railway networks in the world, he races towards the foothills of the Himalayas in Northern India. He tests the Himalayan Mountain Railway, an engineering miracle built by the Brits that was originally used for transporting tea down the mountains, before heading to Burma.