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Word Travels (tagline The Truth Behind the Byline) is an adventure travel television documentary series. An original Canadian production, the show debuted on OLN on January 30, 2008[1] and originally aired in Canada on OLN and Citytv, and worldwide on National Geographic Adventure. The show was co-hosted by Robin Esrock and Julia Dimon, produced by Omni Film Limited, and primarily filmed by Sean Cable.
| Word Travels | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Robin Esrock, Julia Dimon, Heather Hawthorn-Doyle |
| Starring | Robin Esrock Julia Dimon |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Heather Hawthorn-Doyle, Brian Hamilton |
| Producers | Leah Kimura, Caroline Manuel |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | OLN National Geographic Adventure |
| Release | January 30, 2008 – present |
The first season of Word Travels aired on OLN in Canada and began airing internationally on the National Geographic Adventure channel worldwide in October 2008.[2] The second season began airing on OLN on January 18, 2009, and aired on National Geographic Adventure in September 2009. Season 3 was filmed between April and October 2009,[3] and debuted in Canada on OLN on March 7, 2010. It airs on Travel Channel (UK) in 21 languages around the world.[4]
Overview
editWord Travels follows the lives of two young professional travel writers, South African Robin Esrock and Toronto-based Julia Dimon, as they travel to random places in search of stories to write about and file for their editors.[5] It is the first TV show about modern travel writing. Robin Esrock was a regular columnist for The Globe and Mail and freelances for newspapers and magazines worldwide. Julia Dimon was a weekly columnist for the Metro International's Canadian edition. Esrock's coverage focuses on physical stories, while Dimon places more focus on cultural stories. Each episode has the characters investigating a story.