Johnny's Jaunts
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This is a hidden page listing the known episodes of this BBC series.
Info relevant to Delia's contribution to the series is on the page Johnny's Jaunt.
Contents
- 1 1954: North Country, Midlands, West Country, Devon
- 2 1955: Manchester, North Country, Scottish border, Scotland, Edinburgh
- 3 1956: The River Thames: Gloucestershire, Oxford, Reading, Windsor, Richmond, London, Essex coast
- 4 1957: Bristol, Eisteddfod, Liverpool, Isle of Man, N.Ireland
- 5 1958: A sea cruise to the Mediterranean
- 6 1959: Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Istanbul
- 7 1960: France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece
- 8 1961: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway
- 9 1962: Spain
- 10 1964: Hong Kong, Japan
- 11 1965: Majorca, New York
- 12 1966: U.S.A.
- 13 1967: Mexico
- 14 1969: Brazil, Argentina, Chile
- 15 1971: The Pacific
- 16 1972: Down the Rhine
- 17 1973: The Mediterranean
- 18 1974: France
- 19 References
1954: North Country, Midlands, West Country, Devon
| 26 Jul 1954 | From somewhere in the North Country Johnny Morris sets out on a journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 27 Jul 1954 | From somewhere in the North Country Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 28 Jul 1954 | From somewhere in the North Country Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 29 Jul 1954 | From somewhere in the North Country Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 30 Jul 1954 | From somewhere in the North Country Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 31 Jul 1954 | From somewhere in the North Country Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 2 Aug 1954 | Passing through the Midlands Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 3 Aug 1954 | Passing through the Midlands Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 4 Aug 1954 | Passing through the Midlands Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 5 Aug 1954 | Passing through the Midlands Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 6 Aug 1954 | Passing through the Midlands Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 7 Aug 1954 | Passing through the Midlands Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 9 Aug 1954 | Passing through the West Country Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 10 Aug 1954 | Passing through the West Country Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 11 Aug 1954 | Passing through the West Country Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 12 Aug 1954 | Heading for the Devon coast Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 13 Aug 1954 | Heading for the Devon coast Johnny Morris continues his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 14 Aug 1954 | In sight of the sea at last Johnny Morris concludes his journey in search of sea and sunshine[1] |
| 1 Jan 1955 | Last summer Johnny Morris journeyed across England from Manchester to Torquay in search of sea and sunshine. He travelled the hard way, with a rucksack on his back, and told the story of his experiences in a series of nightly broadcasts, recorded by the wayside. This programme is a new version of the original broadcasts, with the addition of some musical decorations by Dudley Savage. Presenter: Johnny Morris |
1955: Manchester, North Country, Scottish border, Scotland, Edinburgh
| 1 Aug 1955 | From Manchester Johnny Morris sets out on a journey north in an effort to reach Edinburgh for the Festival |
| 2 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in the North Country, Johnny Morris continues his journey in an effort to reach Edinburgh in time for the Festival |
| 3 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in the North Country, Johnny Morris continues his journey in an effort to reach Edinburgh in time for the Festival |
| 4 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in the North Country, Johnny Morris continues his journey in an effort to reach Edinburgh in time for the Festival |
| 5 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in the North Country, Johnny Morris continues his journey in an effort to reach Edinburgh in time for the Festival |
| 8 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in the North Country, Johnny Morris continues his journey in an effort to reach Edinburgh in time for the Festival |
| 9 Aug 1955 | From somewhere near the Scottish border, Johnny Morris continues his journey in an effort to reach Edinburgh in time for the Festival |
| 10 Aug 1955 | From somewhere near the Scottish border, Johnny Morris continues his journey in an effort to reach Edinburgh in time for the Festival |
| 11 Aug 1955 | From somewhere near the Scottish border, Johnny Morris continues his journey in an effort to reach Edinburgh in time for the Festival |
| 12 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in Scotland Johnny Morris continues his journey towards Edinburgh for the Festival |
| 15 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in Scotland Johnny Morris continues his journey towards Edinburgh for the Festival |
| 16 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in Scotland Johnny Morris continues his journey towards Edinburgh for the Festival |
| 17 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in Scotland Johnny Morris continues his journey towards Edinburgh for the Festival |
| 18 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in Scotland Johnny Morris continues his journey towards Edinburgh for the Festival |
| 19 Aug 1955 | From somewhere in Scotland Johnny Morris continues his journey towards Edinburgh for the Festival |
| 22 Aug 1955 | Johnny Morris, at the last stage of his journey, arrives at the Edinburgh Festival |
| 26 Dec 1955 | Last summer Johnny Morris travelled the hard way from Manchester to Edinburgh, arriving there iust in time for the Festival. He told the story of his travels in a series of short broadcasts, and this programme is a condensed version of his adventures, with the addition of some musical punctuation by Dudley Savage. |
1956: The River Thames: Gloucestershire, Oxford, Reading, Windsor, Richmond, London, Essex coast
With his two friends, George and Leslie, Johnny Morris sets off on his summer holiday.
This year he is to follow the River Thames from its rising in Gloucestershire to the sea.
| 13 Aug 1956 8 Oct 1956 |
He sent his first account from somewhere near Lechlade. |
| 20 Aug 1956 15 Oct 1956 |
From somewhere near Oxford, he sends the second of his weekly accounts |
| 27 Aug 1956 22 Oct 1956 |
From somewhere near Reading he sends his third account of their progress. |
| 3 Sep 1956 29 Oct 1956 |
From somewhere near Windsor, Johnny Morris describes the fourth week of his jaunt down the River Thames. |
| 10 Sep 1956 5 Nov 1956 |
Tonight, he sends his account from somewhere near Richmond |
| 17 Sep 1956 12 Nov 1956 |
The sixth week of his journey. Tonight they should be in central London In this account they enter the tidal waters below Richmond. |
| 24 Sep 1956 19 Nov 1956 |
Tonight he sends his account of the last week of the journey from somewhere on the Essex coast. This final account is the story of the last stage of their journey from Central London. |
| 26 Dec 1956 | Last August, with George and Leslie, Johnny Morris set off to follow the River Thames from source to the sea.
Each week, from somewhere along the way, he sent a recorded account of their adventures, and here - with the aid of some musical short cuts - is an omnibus version of those recordings. Music by Dudley Savage |
1957: Bristol, Eisteddfod, Liverpool, Isle of Man, N.Ireland
This year, Johnny will head across the Bristol Channel to Wales, see something of the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen, and from there go to the Isle of Man and over to Northern Ireland.[2]
| 3 Jul 1957 | Johnny Morris, with his two irrepressible friends, George and Leslie, has set uout on a new jaunt from Bristol. The ultimate goal is the Mountains of Mourne. |
| 10 Jul 1957 | Tonight, from the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen, he describes their arrival at Llangollen and some of the first day's events. |
| 17 Jul 1957 | Tonight he sends his third account, from the Liverpool area. |
| 24 Jul 1957 29 Jul 1957 |
Tonight he sends his fourth report from the Isle of Man. |
| 31 Jul 1957 | He sends his fifth account from Belfast |
| 7 Aug 1957 | Tonight's account comes from their caravan in County Londonderry |
| 14 Aug 1957 | Tonight's account was recorded in County Tyrone earlier this evening |
| 21 Aug 1957 | Eight weeks ago, Johnny Morris, with George and Leslie, set out from Bristol on his annual 'Jaunt.' This year they decided on the Mountains of Mourne as the final destination.
Tonight, in Johnny's last report, you can hear whether they ever arrived. |
| 17 Dec 1957 | Johnny Morris in JOHNNY'S JAUNT, 1957 From Bristol to the Mountains of Mourne. An omnibus version, with some musical short-cuts, of the recorded accounts of his journey last summer. |
1958: A sea cruise to the Mediterranean
After wandering round much of Britain in search of people, things, and places that take his fancy, Johnny tries travelling the easy way, on a sea cruise to the Mediterranean sun.
| 12 Aug 1958 | 1 |
| 15 Aug 1958 | 2 |
| 19 Aug 1958 | 3 |
| 22 Aug 1958 | 4 |
| 26 Aug 1958 | 5 |
| 29 Aug 1958 | 6 |
| 2 Sep11958 | 7 |
| 9 Sep 1958 | 8 |
| 27 Dec 1958 | An omnibus version of the reports Johnny recorded during his luxury cruise to the Mediterranean earlier this year.
Musical shortcuts by Dudley Savage |
1959: Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Istanbul
This year Johnny's search for interesting people and places takes him by train from Ostend to Istanbul, passing through Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria. He describes his impressions and adventures in six episodes.
| 10 Aug 1959 | 1 |
| 12 Aug 1959 | 2 |
| 14 Aug 1959 | 3 |
| 17 Aug 1959 | 4 |
| 19 AUg 1959 | 5 |
| 21 Aug 1959 | 6 |
| 14 Sep 1959 | 1 & 2: Brussels and Nuremburg |
| 18 Sep 1959 | 3 & 4: Vienna and Kelebia, in Hungary, where he ends in gaol |
| 24 Sep 1959 | 5 & 6: from Hungary through Belgrade and Sofia to Istanbul |
1960: France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece
Johnny Morris travels by road across France, Switzerland, and Italy to Greece to consult the Delphic Oracle.
| 15 Aug 1960 | 1. Across France | |
| 22 Aug 1960 | 2. Switzerland | |
| 29 Aug 1960 | 3. Italy | johnnymorrisjaunts Italy & Venice-01 |
| 5 Sep 1960 | 4. Greece | johnnymorrisjaunts The-Road-to-Delphi01 |
| 27 Dec 1960 | Omnibus edition of the recordings broadcast in the August and September | youtube 44:29 1:14:28 |
1961: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway
Johnny Morris travelled to Scandinavia in search of the Midnight Sun. He visited Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway, and describes his adventures.
| 2/8 Aug 1961 | 1. Denmark | youtube 26:57 44:56 johnnymorrisjaunts Denmark 01 |
| 9/15 Aug 1961 | 2. Sweden in Mid Summer | youtube 26:56 44:54 johnnymorrisjaunts Sweden-01 44:55 |
| 16/22 Aug 1961 | 3. Finland | youtube 26:31 44:29 johnnymorrisjaunts Finland-01 26:23 |
| 23/29 Aug 1961 | 4. Norway and the Arctic Circle | youtube 26:06 44:04 |
| 24 Dec 1961 | An omnibus edition of the recordings broadcast in August |
1962: Spain
Johnny describes his journey by road from Andorra, through Spain, to Gibraltar and on to Madrid last September. See Radio Times for 7 Jan, page 18.
| 7 Jan 1963 | 1 |
| 8 Jan 1963 | 2 |
| 9 Jan 1963 | 3 |
| 10 Jan 1963 | 4 |
| 11 Jan 1963 | 5 |
| 5 Aug 1963 2 Sep 1963 7 Jan 1965 |
The first of two programmes describing his journey through Spain last September.
The Costa Brava to Valencia: A shortened version of the programme broadcast last December (!) |
| 6 Aug 1963 3 Sep 1963 14 Jan 1965 |
Alicante to Madrid |
1964: Hong Kong, Japan
Four programmes in which JOHNNY MORRIS describes his visit to Hong Kong and Japan
| 31 Mar 1964 27 Aug 1964 |
1. Hong Kong | johnnymorrisjaunts Hong Kong-01 |
| 7 Apr 1964 3 Sep 1964 |
2. Tokyo | |
| 14 Apr 1964 10 Sep 1964 |
3: Hokkaido, Northern Japan | johnnymorrisjaunts Japan-01 |
| 21 Apr 1964 17 Sep 1964 |
4: Ise-shima, Fuji, Kyoto | johnnymorrisjaunts Japan-02 |
Johnny's Jaunt to the Far East
Ten years ago Johnny Morris made his first visit to Hong Kong and Japan.
| 3 Feb 1974 | 3: Hokkaido, Japan |
| 10 Feb 1974 | 4: Fuji, Kyoto |
1965: Majorca, New York
| 11 & 13 Aug 1965 | 1: Special Export - Johnny travels with several thousand gallons of British beer to the Continent[3] |
| 18 & 20 Aug 1965 | 2: Instant Sun - Johnny takes a quick trip to Majorca[3] |
| 25 & 27 Aug 1965 | 3: Constant Sun - Johnny takes a more permanent look at Majorca[3] |
| 1 & 3 Sep 1965 | 4: More Majorca - Johnny considers becoming a resident[3] |
| 8 & 10 Sep 1965 | 5: New York - Johnny makes his first visit to the U.S.A[3] |
| 15 & 17 Sep 1965 | 6: New York - The second part of Johnny's account of his visit to the U.S.A.[3] |
1966: U.S.A.
Last October he jaunted 2,000 miles around north - east America and recalls his adventures in six programmes.
See Radio Times for 16th Feb 1967.
| 16 Feb 1967, 14 Jul 1967 | 1. New York | youtube 26:45 44:43 |
| 23 Feb 1967, 21 Jul 1967 | 2. A Train to Boston, Massachusetts | |
| 2 Mar 1967, 4 Aug 1967 | 3. Detroit and Chicago | |
| 9 Mar 1967, 28 Jul 1967 | 4. Buffalo, Niagra and Southern Ontario | youtube 26:56 44:54 |
| 16 Mar 1967, 11 Aug 1967 | 5. St Louis, Nashville, Tennessee and North Carolina | youtube: 26:29 44:27 |
| 23 Mar 1967 | 6. Return to New York |
The repeat broadcasts actually broadcast New York twice and omitted the 6th episode.
1967: Mexico
Johnny Morris in Mexico: Six programmes in which he recalls his adventures and impressions of a journey through Mexico last summer
| 29 Feb 1968 12 Jul 1968 |
1 |
| 7 Mar 1968 19 Jul 1968 |
2 |
| 14 Mar 1968 26 Jul 1968 |
3 |
| 21 Mar 1968 2 Aug 1968 |
4 |
| 28 Mar 1968 9 Aug 1968 |
5 |
| 29 Feb 1968 16 Aug 1968 |
6 |
- johnnnymorrisjaunts Mexico 01 26:02: "It rains every day in Mexico City round about teatime. Well, that is what has happened every since we've been here and, according to the clerk at the reception desk at the Hotel Campaña, the weather is running pretty true to form."
- johnnnymorrisjaunts Mexico-02 25:45: "It was just as well that the car did break down, in a way. It broke down before we'd even touched it. They were bringing it around to the Campaña Hotel where we were staying in Mexico City when it broke down."
1969: Brazil, Argentina, Chile
In six instalments he describes his journey of almost 20,000 miles through Brazil, Argentina, and Chile
| 19 May 1970 3 Jul 1970 |
1. Brazil: Airplane fumigation, Recording equipment confiscated by customs and bribery of officials | johnnymorrisjaunts Brazil-01 |
| 26 May 1970 10 Jul 1970 |
2. Brazil: The travel agent. Flying with Captain Schubert. Buenos Aires. Too much meat. The Argentine Tango | johnnymorrisjaunts South America-01 |
| 2 Jun 1970 17 Jul 1970 |
3. Brazilia | |
| 9 Jun 1970 24 Jul 1970 |
4. Argentina | |
| 13 Jun 1970 31 Jul 1970 |
5. Argentina | |
| 23 Jun 1970 7 Aug 1970 |
6. Chile |
1971: The Pacific
Johnny Morris goes 'island-hopping' across the Pacific Ocean. He visits Hawaii, the New Hebrides, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji and describes his journey in six instalments.
| 22 Sep 1970 | Spoiling in the Sun: "Less than a third of the land is able to grow anything... Tourism is one of the things that will set it up, and drag it down." |
| 27 sep 1971 29 Jun 1972 |
1: The All-American Spectacular |
| 4 Oct 1971 6 Jul 1972 |
2: Erromango, Erromango |
| 11 Oct 1971 13 Jul 1972 |
3: We've done it again |
| 18 Oct 1971 20 Jul 1972 |
4: I don't want to be a nuisance |
| 25 Oct 1971 | 5: To suffer in silence |
| 1 Nov 1971 3 Aug 1972 |
6: Lucky with the Weather |
- johnnymorrisjaunts Tahiti 01: Fumigation. Johnny becomes ill. Trying to buy daps in the shoe shop. Probably episode 5.
1972: Down the Rhine
Johnny Morris follows the course of this great river from its source in the Swiss Alps to the North Sea at Rotterdam.
| 27 Nov 1972 1 Apr 1973 |
1 |
| 4 Dec 1972 8 Apr 1973 |
2 |
| 11 Dec 1972 15 Apr 1973 |
3 |
| 18 Dec 1972 22 Apr 1973 |
4 |
1973: The Mediterranean
Johnny Morris goes island-hopping, out of season, in the Mediterranean.
| 18 Mar 1974 13 Nov 1974 |
1: Majorca | |
| 2 Mar 1974 20 Nov 1974 |
2: Sicily | johnnymorrisjaunts Sicily-01 |
| 1 Apr 1974 27 Nov 1974 |
3. Sicily to Tunisia | |
| 8 Apr 1974 4 Dec 1974 |
4. The Road to Rhodes | |
| 15 Apr 1974 11 Dec 1974 |
5. Yugoslavia | johnnymorrisjaunts Yugoslavia-01 |
| 22 Apr 1974 18 Dec 1974 |
6. Corsica | joohnnymorrisjaunts Corsica-01 |
1974: France
Johnny Morris on his 'tour de France' - from Normandy to the Mediterranean and back again to Paris.
| 3 Feb 1975 22 Aug 1975 |
1 |
| 10 Feb 1975 29 Aug 1975 |
2 |
| 17 Feb 1975 5 Sep 1975 |
3 |
| 24 Feb 1975 12 Sep 1975 |
4 |
| 3 Mar 1975 19 Sep 1975 |
5 |
| 10 Mar 1975 26 Sep 1975 |
6 |
