02/01/2026
'Tom Read Wilson's Magnificent Journey' tonight at 8pm on Channel 5.
Fresh from the jungle, Tom Read Wilson embarks on a Grand Tour of Europe following in the footsteps of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries aristocratic grand tourists who travelled in order to enrich and educate themselves in beauty, art, architecture, history, culture and etiquette. Across the three-part series Tom arms himself with a Super 8 camera capturing Europe in all its splendour. Hopefully the series feels warm, witty, a little mischievous, beautiful, sumptuous and full of wonderful escapism rich with ideas, characters and the enduring thrill of learning for love.
Filmed by an extraordinary team including and thanks to the amazing and from and to and and at