The Gadget Show World Tour on Channel 5Season 17 Episode 5 of 16
"Jason Bradbury and Pollyanna Woodward see what technology the Middle East has to offer on a trip to the United Arab Emirates. They compare consumer and professional fitness monitoring devices during a dune buggy ride, test high-end compact cameras in Dubai and try out a solar barbecue - although the food is not to everyone's taste. They also review the latest mobile-phone games, go flying underwater and embrace the national sport of camel racing, but with one slight difference - their animal is ridden by a robotic jockey."

What happens when Channel 5's flagship show decides to take on a Top Gear style format and send its presenters around the globe on gadget-themed adventures? Not much difference actually; it still has the inanely grinning, relentlessly kinetic presenting style of a CITV kids show - it always has.

Except this time Jason and Pollyanna travel to the United Arab Emirates with no cliché ignored. They take a dune buggy ride, testing vehicles and medical monitoring devices. There's a spectacular fail with a parabolic solar powered barbecue - hint, 40 degree humidity doesn't equate to solar cooking if the sky is clouded and hazy. Throw in the Soukh, the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Creek, the dunes and camel racing and no box is left unchecked. Read more of this post