Sandi's Great Riviera Rail Trip

2025•47m

Documentary

Sandi Toksvig embarks on one of the world's grandest most spectacular rail trips, along the French Riviera: the playground of the rich and famous.

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Production

Cornelia Street Productions

Language

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

November 29, 2025

Last Aired

November 29, 2025

Networks

Channel 4

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

Air date: 2025-11-29

Sandi Toksvig embarks on one of the world's grandest rail trips, along the French Riviera, playground of the rich and famous, starting with Marseille to Saint-Tropez.

Episode 2

Air date: 2025-12-06

Sandi Toksvig discovers a canine film prize in Cannes and makes scent in Grasse. Then it's cocktails in the Antibes bar where the writer F Scott Fitzgerald used to drink.

Episode 3

Air date: 2025-12-13

In La Belle Nice, Sandi Toksvig visits the poshest hotel imaginable. After tracing Queen Victoria's footsteps, she hangs out in the super opulent 'Cape of Billionaires'.

Episode 4

Air date: 2025-12-20

It's journey's end on the Côte d'Azur for Sandi Toksvig as she explores Monaco's luxury millionaire lifestyle of fast cars, superyachts and a world-famous casino.

Cast

Sandi Toksvig

Self - Presenter

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