Journey of a Lifetime is a grant of £4,000 for an original and inspiring journey anywhere in the world, awarded to those with a curiosity about the world and the desire to communicate with a wider audience.

The winner receives radio and broadcast training from the BBC, and records their journey for a BBC Radio 4 documentary.

The award inspires interest in the people and places of the world and enables people to go on a dream journey of a lifetime.

  Next Deadline: 25 September 2009

  Download: Journey of a Lifetime Award Guidelines PDF



 The following Journey of a Lifetime documentaries will be repeated on BBC Radio 4:

·  Thursday 13 November at 3pm - Luke Freeman. 
Cattle roads and motorcades (2004)

·  Thursday 20 November at 3pm - Chris Brown. 
The high snows of Ladakh (2005)

·  Thursday 27 November at 3pm - Jessica Boyd and Bill Finnegan. 
Deep into the rubbish with Cairo's Zabbaleen (2006)

·  Thursday 4 December at 3pm - Dave Waldman. 
From mountain tribe to Olympic gold: why Kenyans are the world’s runners (2007)

·  Thursday 11 December at 3pm  -Emily Ainsworth. 
The romance of reality: an exploration of Mexico from the inside out, traveling with a family circus (2008)

  See past winners of the award

  Listen to previous winners' shows on the BBC Radio 4 Journey of a Lifetime website