Christopher Biggins: I Was on Virgin Atlantic’s First Ever Flight to New York | Travel Secrets LIVE

Recorded live at the HoT Podcast Festival in Henley 🎙️

For Travel Secrets’ very first live recording, Tanya was joined on stage by someone who really needs no introduction: actor, national treasure, king of the jungle and one of the greatest storytellers around, Christopher Biggins.

Christopher is also a dear friend of Tanya’s, a former Travel Secrets guest and someone she has been lucky enough to travel with herself, making him the perfect person to bring Travel Secrets to life in front of an audience.

And he certainly didn’t disappoint.

From flying to New York on Virgin Atlantic’s first flight and taking a rather unconventional military plane to see China’s Terracotta Warriors, to an unforgettable party in St Petersburg, meeting Hillary Clinton in full Austrian costume and encountering a professional mermaid on a cruise around Japan, Christopher takes us around the world in his own completely inimitable way.

He also shares why he still loves the Maldives, his memories of sailing to Easter Island on an unforgettable world cruise and the very different side of travel he has experienced through his work with the HOPE Foundation in Kolkata.

Funny, outrageous and occasionally rather moving, this was such a special evening and we’re delighted to finally be able to share it with you.

Chapters:

00:00 Christopher Biggins’ travel stories

01:00 Welcome to Travel Secrets LIVE at the HoT Podcast Festival

03:20 How travel changes as you get older

05:17 The joy of travelling by private jet