There are a few shows lately that have brought me peace to watch. There’s no angst, not anger, no frustration. Just peace. I recommend watching these if you’re looking for that.
Travel Man
Richard Ayoade Is a comedian from the UK, perhaps best known for his role as Moss in The IT Crowd. He also did a show call Gadget Man, where he reviewed physical gadgets and digital apps etc.
This grew to a new show called Travel Man where he and a companion (usually a fellow comedian) visit a city for 48 hours and experience all that they can.
I love several things about this show. One is that they rarely visit and experience the things that are famous in the city. In Paris they didn’t visit the tower, they went to another building with a view of it. They take tours in things like go-karts, bicycles, etc.
Both people on the show are funny, and even if they say something a little snarky you can tell they mean it in fun and genuinely like each other.
We also get to see many of the non-mainstream fun things in a wide variety of cities.
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
I was wary of this show at first, but I came to love it. Zac and a friend travel around the world looking at unique solutions to social problems. For example, Paris has fresh drinking water available for free about every 100 meters in the entire city. Then they have vending machines full of empty plastic drinking bottles, which aren’t cheap.
Again, it’s just a curious show about how people are Doing It Right and making the world a better place.
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Stanley was born in the US to parents who came from Italy. He speaks Italian, and loves Italian food. In this show he visits each territory of Italy and looks at the foods that come from that area.
The people he visits range from chefs to house wives to farm owners to shepherds. To be clear, he’s a foodie, and only once or twice had second thoughts about eating what he was presented, and generally LOVED everything he ate.
I am not that foodie, AT ALL. But I still loved his enjoyment and appreciation of the quality of the ingredients, the love put into their crafting, etc. It’s a very calm quiet show.
Honorable Mention: Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico
I’ve never seen this, and only found it today whilst researching this post, but it’s produced by Stanley Tucci and Eva travels Mexico trying all of its foods. I have a very strong suspicion I’m going to like it.
I hope these shows bring you the same peace they brought me.
