Jack Whitehall follows dad on a crazy cultural tour of the continent

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JACK WHITEHALL: TRAVELS WITH MY FATHER

Netflix Y birthday is coming up and I thought it would be fun to go abroad, show Jack there is more to life than telling jokes about his penis.”

No, Michael Whitehall does not mince his words, and his dry delivery and all-consuming grumpiness is what has made the former TV producer and actors’ agent a star on screen.

His son, of course, is Jack Whitehall, posh actor and comedian, always around for a middle class joke or two about Waitrose or private health cover.

After their successful Back Chat series on BBC3, the chalk and cheese father and son duo were such a hit that they embarked on a ‘gap year’ together in South East Asia.

Now they are back on the road, but this time it’s Michael taking the lead. And he wants to take Jack on a cultural journey around Europe.

“It’s time to share some of my wisdom with him,” says Michael, 78.

But Jack, 30, would rather ditch the museums and history, find some beer and perhaps hunt out a few adrenaline sports.The result is part travelogue, part scripted sitcom.

From the stunning ice capped mountains of the Bavarian Alps to the intoxicating mystery of Istanbul, they run the gauntlet of beer bikes in Budapest and campervans across rustic corners of Romania, as well as gun-toting Cossacks and marching clowns in Ukraine.

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