BIG WEEKENDS WITH GREGG WALLACE
Channel 5, 9pm
GREGG WALLACE is on TV so much at the moment that even Bradley Walsh might need to watch his back.
In this fun show, the MasterChef judge tours European cities, immersing himself in the culture for a packed three-day visit.
It’s a bit like Travel Man, but more mainstream, with the deadpan humour of Richard Ayoade replaced with Gregg’s enthusiastic “Woah!”, yelled every few seconds.
Starting in Barcelona, Gregg begins where you might expect – trying out some jamon.
There is culture of course – he visits Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia, heads down Las Ramblas, tries painting in the style of Picasso, and takes a whizz around the city in a sidecar.
And there is a totally uncomfortable moment when he watches people clamber up each other to create human towers at a street festival.
“You are the bravest people in Europe and maybe the craziest,” he says, anxietyridden after one tower collapses.
How to get over it? Tapas of course.