Lycett's top 10 ways to get that Brummie buzz

AN OFFICIAL itinerary to celebrate the new Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham TV series has been launched, with the comedian and regional tourism experts promising that it is the ultimate, alternative way to experience the city.

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The check list - 10 Things You Need to Do in Birmingham, UK - includes trying a balti in the city’s original Balti Triangle, experiencing the famous number 11 bus service and paying homage to Bird’s Custard in Digbeth.

The itinerary, downloadable from the city’s tourism website Visit Birmingham, also features Birmingham favourites such as the Black Sabbath bridge, the city’s canals and the Pen Museum in the Jewellery Quarter, famously home to the Queen Mother's Pen. The pen was loaned to BAFTA award-winning Joe to sign ‘Friendship Agreements’ with officials from the North American Birminghams during the four-part series.