On the Road (TVB)

On The Road 向世界出發
Genre	Travel
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Language(s)	Cantonese
Production
Running time	Approx. 30 Minutes (Commercial free)
Broadcast
Original channel	TVB
Original run	2006 – 2008

On The Road (Chinese: 向世界出發) is a Cantonese television travel series produced by Television Broadcasts Limited in Hong Kong. The show is currently in its third season.

The meaning of the Chinese title is "Set off to the World", which gives a sense of the start of a journey to different parts of the global, experiencing different cultures and customs of different nations.

Premise

The show differs from the typical travel series produced by TVB, as it deals mainly with philosophical and life issues, rather than sightseeing and entertainment. The show would use a particular location's social life or struggles to bring out the intended topic for a particular arc.

Although rival television station ATV has made travel series based on relatively the same premises, this is the first time a series based on this genre received high ratings, mainly due to the dominant ratings advantage TVB has enjoyed since the advent of television broadcasting in Hong Kong.

List of episodes

Season 1 (2006)

Theme	Place Visited	Host	First Run Date
Life and Death	Qinghai, China	Law Kar-ying	11 April - 17 April
Is Beauty a Crime?	Northern Thailand	Kathy Chow, Carrie Lam	18 April - 21 April
Love, Hope, and Faith at The Vatican	Vatican City	Law Lan	24 April - 27 April
Acrobats, Children, Dream	Wuqiao, China	Karena Lam
What is to be Rich	Dubai, UAE	Ha Yu
How to find Happiness	Italy	Myolie Wu
Marry or not Marry?	India	Michelle Yim
Brotherhood and Chivalry	Phuket, Thailand	Ekin Cheng

Season 2 (2007)

Theme	Place Visited	Host	First Run Date
Returning Home Through Love	Cambodia	Nicholas Tse
The King & I	Brunei	Eric Tsang
Stations of the Cross in Israel	Israel	Ada Choi
Love, in the Kingdom of Women	Yunnan, China	Gigi Leung
Success and Failure	Mauritius	Liu Wai Hung
Ancient City and the Performance Art	Kyoto, Japan	Liza Wang
Drum & Dance on the Yellow River	Loess Plateau, China	Sammul Chan

Season 3 (2008)

Theme	Place Visited	Host	First Run Date
Freedman in the Sahara	Sahara, Africa	Kathy Chow
The last foot-binding village	Yunnan, China	Angie Chiu
Lost in Eastern India	East India	Daniel Chan
Kindness without scale	Mountain, Guizhou, China	Yu Mo Lin
Amorous, joyful, Mexico	Mexico	Patrick Tse
Cuba Dangerous	Cuba	Lawrence Cheng
Walking with Beasts	Thailand	Alex Fong Lik-Sun
Enlightenment	South Korea	Eunice Lam