Ross Noble is Freewheeling

Ross Noble is making another travel series – this time using Twitter as his sat nav.

UKTV’s Dave have ordered Ross Noble’s Freewheeling, a six-part series where the eccentric Newcastle comic uses the micro-blogging site to decide what to see on his travels.

Commissioning editor Richard Watsham said: “Ross Noble is the ultimate comic improviser but even so it’s a brave thing to do to put yourself in the hands of the fans and take whatever is thrown at you…”

“This format absolutely plays to his strengths however and I’m confident that the combination of innovation and humour with a really modern feel will appeal to a broad audience.”

Noble added: “I can’t promise this programme will be either insightful or that revealing but it’s definitely a programme…”

The hour-long shows will air this autumn.

The Geordie stand-up last delved into the travelogue format in 2002, when he made Ross Noble Goes Global for Radio 4.