‘[South Shields] is just one of the oft-forgotten ‘secret spots of Unsung Britain’ he picks for his off-the-beaten-track search for the UK’s least touristy destinations. Along the way, he not only discovers that South Shields is awash with history and some of the best fish and chips known to man, but also that everything is quite green in Milton Keynes, there’s a real-life superhero in Norwich and that Hell is actually the name of a rather nice bay in the Isles of Scilly.’