Sue Perkins admits she's been 'very frightened' at points in her life
The TV star even used to pack for a shark attack when she went away
What did you miss?
Sue Perkins has revealed one thing she wants people to get from her travel shows: "Don't be frightened."
The former Bake Off host has explored the world in various travel programmes, such as The Mekong River with Sue Perkins and Sue Perkins: Lost In Alaska, and is now travelling through Europe in Big Adventure: Paris To Istanbul.
Speaking on The One Show, she told how she has often been scared in her own life, explaining that when she first started travelling she used to take a huge case full of everything she might need for any emergency, even "for a shark attack".
What, how and why?
Perkins was talking to the BBC show's host Roman Kemp about her travel adventures, when he asked what she would like viewers to take from them.
"Don’t be frightened," said the star. "I have, I suppose, been very frightened at points in my life. I didn’t have a lot of experiences growing up so I was very reserved when I first started travelling."
She went on: "When I went on my first adventure to the Mekong my suitcase was so large everyone used to laugh at it, they used to say they would need another plane to put it in. I packed everything for every eventuality, for a shark attack, mouse repellent, you know... in case I met bees.
"And now I just travel with a rucksack.
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"And so, I want to say that, just meet people on their own terms, be respectful, you don’t need loads of money to travel well and have fun."
Offering up a top travel tip, the TV star joked: "I have been in places where nobody speak English within, I don’t know, 200 or 300 miles, but a good, well-timed parp joke and some giggling will get you a long way!"
Sue Perkins travels from Paris to Istanbul in new show
Perkins' latest series sees her following the route of the Orient Express as she makes her way from the French capital to Istanbul.
Explaining why she chose to do the series, she said: "This journey is not dangerous but what I wanted to show was, Europe has sometimes been used as a political football, a bug bear, and I wanted to go, look how beautiful it is, look how wonderful the people are, look how easy it is to get to, go and explore it.
"They are out nearest neighbours, they are mad, they are fabulous, they are everything you’d want them to be. So yeah, that was the reason."
The One Show airs on BBC One at 7pm on weekdays.
Sue Perkins' Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul continues on Tuesday, 19 November at 9.15pm on Channel 4.
