Out and About. 5. Watch the LATEST EPISODE. Rate. 2. 3. Barcelona . Episode 1. Play. Rate. 6.9 (20) 0. Rate. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Travel Man's Greatest Trips. Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (2015– ) Episode List. Rate. Home. Pub without food licence opens for first time in 148 days with help of takeaway Public warned not to cosy up for group snaps on bank hol as Covid cases spike Bakery worker sacked after 44 years for allowing elderly customers to pay in cash Thunder and rain for wet bank holiday weekend before temperatures rise to 22C Man critical as two others hospitalised after crash near Dublin Airport©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 6. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.COMEDIAN Richard Ayoade is the host of the Bafta Television Awards 2020 - but gets none of the glitz and glam due to the coronavirus restrictions.Ayoade is also the presenter of The Crystal Maze, but he made his name on TV show the IT Crowd.Richard Ayoade, 42, first came into the public eye in the early noughties as part of a group of up-and-coming comedians that would work frequently together.Their cult TV hits including The Mighty Boosh, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Nathan Barley.Other comedians from this group include Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt and Matt Berry.Ayoade attended Cambridge University where he was president of the Footlights - and amateur theatre group that has launched the careers of many famous faces including Olivia Colman, John Cleese and Stephen Fry.Richard's most famed character is Maurice Moss - the computer-smart-but-not-so-streetwise nerd in the smash hit Channel 4 comedy, The IT Crowd.The show, which began in 2006, brought him huge success after appearing in cult comedy The Mighty Boosh.In 2014, he won the Bafta for Best Male Comedy Performance for his IT Crowd role.And in 2020 he's replacing Graham Norton as the host of the awards ceremony, which due to the coronavirus will be a fully virtual event.Since The IT Crowd, he has turned his hand to writing and directing films, and received high acclaim for the 2010 film, Submarine, which included a Bafta nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.Bands including Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend have also hired him to take the director's chair on some of their music videos.Richard has become a staple character on Channel 4 after making repeated appearances on a series of panel shows - including the annual Big Fat Quiz Of The Year and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.Richard has also hosted two factual television shows - Travel Man: 48 Hours in... and Gadget Man.Travel Man sees Richard exploring new locations with a range of celebrity guests.The 48-hour travel guide show launched in 2015 and has guest-starred Rob Beckett, Lena Dunham, Paul Rudd and his IT Crowd co-star Chris O'Dowd.He makes regular appearances on various panel shows including Have I Got News For You.Richard was confirmed to be the host of The Crystal Maze after Stephen Merchant - who hosted the Stand Up To Cancer reboot - pulled out to focus on cracking Hollywood.Rocky Horror Picture Show writer and star Richard O'Brien was the first and most recognised host of the Crystal Maze and presented the show from 1990 to 1993. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. SERIES 5 . SERIES 7. Richard Ayoade takes a ruthless approach to getting the maximum from a city break.
Richard Ayoade raids the Travel Man archive to look back on some of his greatest trips.