Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip | Preview (Channel 4)

Griff Rhys Jones travels across Australia by train, encountering the outback, the coast and everything in between for this new series on Channel 4.

In the first episode, Griff is aboard the Indian Pacific. He journeys from Perth to Kalgoorlie, exploring the state's riches, and discovers what a sandgroper is. Griff traverses three states, alighting in Adelaide, Broken Hill and finally Sydney to discover the unique and diverse definitions of what makes Australia.

Then, journeying from Brisbane to Cairns aboard the Spirit of Queensland, Griff tries to dodge all the things trying to kill him in the country's deep north: from jellyfish to dingoes to whitewater rapids. On the Spirit of the Outback, travelling to Queensland’s west, Griff uncovers what makes ‘the good life’: from the glitz and glamour of the Gold Coast to dreams of the Australian Outback revered by swagmen across history.

Griff Rhys Jones tumbles into the humid tropics of Darwin in an historic bi-plane before riding the iconic Ghan North to South and arriving in Australia's dry red centre. After falling 12,000 feet from the sky for a unique view of Uluru Griff reboards the Ghan headed South through the opal town of Coober Pedy and the extraordinary lands around Adelaide and the Barossa.

Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip begins Wednesday 12th February at 9pm on More4.