The Trip
Why this pick
The first, leanest outing gives the same improvisatory comic duelling, gorgeous meals and landscapes, with Steve and Rob’s competitive impressions continually giving way to melancholy self-reflection.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
The first, leanest outing gives the same improvisatory comic duelling, gorgeous meals and landscapes, with Steve and Rob’s competitive impressions continually giving way to melancholy self-reflection.
Why this pick
It closely extends Spain’s formula: two witty middle-aged performers drive through ravishing scenery, trading impersonations and professional anxieties while the friendship’s tenderness and rivalry deepen.
Why this pick
This final journey preserves the relaxed travelogue rhythm, elaborate restaurant stops and affectionate one-upmanship, while giving its comic exchanges a slightly more reflective sense of time passing.
Why this pick
A wine-country road trip turns male friendship, comic irritation and midlife disappointment into something warm and bruised, with conversation and character observation carrying more weight than plot.
Why this pick
Its entire dramatic engine is a long, funny, probing conversation between friends. Like The Trip to Spain, performance, ego and life choices are explored through talk rather than conventional action.
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01 / THE STORY
Steve convinces Rob to go on a trip through Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile, La Mancha and Andalucia, retracing the journey Steve took as a young man. On their journey the pair contemplate history, fame, and fatherhood.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Rob

Emma

Busker

Greg
Matt

Jonathan
Sally

Steve