Coach Trip (2005)
The show's format consists of four to seven teams of two undertaking a coach tour principally of continental Europe. The tours have usually lasted 30 or 50 days, with passengers remaining on the tour only until they are ejected by their companions on one day, to be replaced by a new couple the following day. The travellers are accompanied by tour guide Brendan Sheerin, who appears in every episode.
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Episode 1 - Scarborough
Release Date: 2014-10-27It's day one of a brand new tour and first stop is Brendan's backyard and a day in sunny Scarborough. After a morning making fish and chips, the tourists have a ripper of a time at a caricature class, before battle lines are drawn at the first vote.
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Episode 2 - Rotterdam
Release Date: 2014-10-28The group have a spring in their step as they go on a bouncy Kangoo tour of Rotterdam, before tasting the local tipple at a Dutch gin museum. But it's the vote that leaves a bitter taste in the tourists' mouth.
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Episode 3 - Arnhem
Release Date: 2014-10-29Brendan resorts to cheating when the group are handed a tiling challenge at an open air museum. There's wide-eyed amazement over lunch, before one tourist sees the light at a skateboarding class - in a local church.
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Episode 4 - Munster
Release Date: 2014-10-30At a boating lake a weighty issue sees the group make waves with the locals. Revelations abound on the coach and it's feeding, as well as fright time, at the zoo. Brendan's new rules see one couple come a cropper at the vote.
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Episode 5 - Bielefeld
Release Date: 2014-10-31The group arrive in Bielefeld and take on the sport of bossaball - volleyball on trampolines - before one tourist's temperature is raised after some close attention at a hammam.
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Episode 6 - Hannover
Release Date: 2014-11-03The tourists have their taste buds tickled on day six by some rather unusual and exotic coffee beans, before Brendan drops some shattering news as they arrive to play ice-hockey. Relations remain frosty at the vote.
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Episode 7 - Magdeburg
Release Date: 2014-11-04After a morning tobogganing one couple's relationship takes a turn for the worse over lunch. The group attempt to learn the tricks of the trade from an expert at a clown museum, but there's much more for Brendan to juggle with after one tourist storms out of the vote.
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Episode 8 - Berlin
Release Date: 2014-11-05Brendan enjoys himself more than most at a cabaret class before a city beer bike tour is interrupted by rain - as well as an urgent toilet stop. But there's no relief for one couple at the vote.
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Episode 9 - Szczecin
Release Date: 2014-11-06A morning ding-dong sees one couple take temporary leave of the coach. Bowling produces a shock winner and there's a surprise or two in store as the coach visits a cold war bunker.
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Episode 10 - Mysliborz
Release Date: 2014-11-07On the 10th day of their trip the group head to Mysliborz in Poland, but, once they have arrived, experience difficulty both in finding a rural farm and milking goats. The visitors draw attention to themselves during a raft-building competition, and the holiday is over for one couple after the vote.
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Episode 11 - Poznan
Release Date: 2014-11-10After a surprise morning departure, the group get stuck into making lollipop lookalikes. A language lesson finds Brendan sweet-talking an angry tourist, but will the war of words continue at the vote?
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Episode 12 - Konin
Release Date: 2014-11-11The group arrive in Konin, where a three-time Olympian gives them a lesson in fencing. And a visit to a chocolate baths creates unbridled merriment.
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Episode 13 - Lodz
Release Date: 2014-11-12Brendan uncovers his 'street' persona at an urban art class. Another new couple arrive before the group go full-throttle at the go-kart track. But one couple hit the skids at an emotional vote.
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Episode 14 - Warsaw
Release Date: 2014-11-13The group visit Poland's national football stadium. Things go with a bang at an immersive history lesson. And one couple's fate looks precarious at the vote.
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Episode 15 - Lomza
Release Date: 2014-11-14The rain in Lomza sees the British spirit in full swing during a sightseeing boat tour. The group cut some mean shapes at a breakdancing class, but Brendan sends a bolt from the blue ahead of a hostile vote.
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Episode 16 - Goldap
Release Date: 2014-11-17In Goldap, Poland, dark clouds engulf Brendan Sheerin following a night of bad behaviour in the hotel. Later, the tourists make hay models and bake some traditional Polish cakes ahead of the vote.
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Episode 17 - Alytus
Release Date: 2014-11-18The group visits Alytus in southern Lithuania, where Brendan Sheerin stuns the tourists by snapping after another raucous night. Spirits are lifted by the sight of some familiar faces, before the group pulls poses during a memorable horse photography class. The afternoon is spent zip-wiring, and another couple flies home following a feisty vote.
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Episode 18 - Vilnius
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Episode 19 - Viciunai
Release Date: 2014-11-20The tourists arrive in Viciunai, Lithuania, on the penultimate day of the trip and sample a morning t'ai chi class. Later, the group battles through a boggy and insect-ridden swamp during a hike, and the couples hope to survive the final vote.
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Episode 20 - Riga
Release Date: 2014-11-21On the final day of the trip the tourists arrive in Riga, Latvia, where they try their hand at opera singing, with varying degrees of success. The atmosphere is dampened by the hospitalisation of one of the group and the concern that they will not all make it to the end. To top things off, there is a spectacular Segway crash, before an emotional vote takes place and the winning couple are crowned.
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Episode 21 - Riga (2)
Release Date: 2014-11-24A brand new Baltic and Scandinavian adventure starts in Latvia with a hair-raising thrill ride and some encounters with local pottery.
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Episode 22 - Parnu, Estonia
Release Date: 2014-11-25The tourists arrive at Parnu in Estonia, where they sample the country's cuisine and take part in a harmonica class, before an extra contestant brought along by one of the couples proves unpopular at the vote.
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Episode 23 - Rapla, Estonia
Release Date: 2014-11-26The tourists arrive in Rapla, Estonia, where one of the group proves to be a formidable opponent for the country's Olympic wrestling team, and another's desire to share his knowledge has mixed results at a blacksmith's workshop. Plus, a close vote causes tension.
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Episode 24 - Tallinn
Release Date: 2014-11-27The tourists explore the Estonian capital city of Tallinn, where one of the group is told off by Brendan Sheerin at a marzipan-making class. Later, they visit a maritime museum before the evening's vote.
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Episode 25 - Helsinki
Release Date: 2014-11-28A ferry brings the tourists to Helsinki, Finland, where they enjoy a husky ride before partaking in a spot of wife-carrying. A friendship is betrayed at the vote, which causes tears before bedtime.
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Episode 26 - Hameenlinna, Finland
Release Date: 2014-12-01The tourists travel to Hameenlinna in Finland, where they try out some wakeboarding and meet Rudolph and friends at a reindeer park. Plus, some new arrivals make an impression on the group.
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Episode 27 - Turku, Finland
Release Date: 2014-12-02The tourists arrive in Turku, Finland, where the group takes part in a folk dancing class, before learning how to make gingerbread. Meanwhile, one of the travellers struggles to integrate with the group, which causes some tension at the vote.
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Episode 28 - Stockholm
Release Date: 2014-12-03The tourists arrive in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, where Brendan struggles to keep his cool on a chaotic canoe journey, and one of the group shows him up by falling asleep on a tour of the royal palace.
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Episode 29 - Eskilstuna, Sweden
Release Date: 2014-12-04The tourists continue their journey as they arrive in Eskilstuna, Sweden. They experience a spectacular gliding trip and taste some local beers during a brewery tour. However, there is a heated debate later at the vote.
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Episode 30 - Orebro, Sweden
Release Date: 2014-12-05The tourists reach the halfway point of their trip in Orebro, Sweden, where there is a very strong reaction to a fishy local delicacy. Brendan shakes things up with a castle ghost tour in the evening, before one couple react badly at the vote to the guide's surprise rule change.
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Episode 31 - Karlstad
Release Date: 2014-12-08The tourists participate in a tree-top rope course in Karlstad, before traditional Swedish sack fighting gives them the chance to take their frustrations out on one another ahead of the vote.
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Episode 32 - Nysäter
Release Date: 2014-12-09The coach arrives in the Swedish village of Nysater, and the tourists become Vikings for the morning as they row a longboat under the watchful eye of a fearsome local. Later, a life-drawing class with model Ingrid raises more than a few eyebrows before battlelines are drawn at the vote.
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Episode 33 - Fredrikstad
Release Date: 2014-12-10The tourists arrive in the fortress town of Fredrikstad in Norway, where Brendan helps out a local guide with his tour before a rather unique poetry workshop. The group then heads to the local soccer stadium to have a go at bubble football, before there is big trouble at the vote.
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Episode 34 - Oslo
Release Date: 2014-12-11The tourists arrive in Norway's capital city Oslo, and play curling with the country's Olympic team. They also visit the Norwegian Museum of Magic, where one pair put a plan into action that leads to an explosive vote.
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Episode 35 - Oslo (2)
Release Date: 2014-12-12A new couple make an immediate impression, before things get competitive at a game of Frisbee golf. Brendan crosses a particularly prickly character during a flower-arranging class, and the result of the vote determines which pair must leave.
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Episode 36 - Aalborg
Release Date: 2014-12-15In Denmark, Brendan Sheerin leads the tourists towards at the industrial city of Aalborg, where they take part in a glass-blowing class and make traditional sweets.
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Episode 37 - Aarhus
Release Date: 2014-12-16It's a day of highs and lows in Aarhus, Denmark. The group go scuba diving with sharks but it's no drop in the ocean for one tourist. But which couple will bottom out at the vote?
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Episode 38 - Middelfart
Release Date: 2014-12-17The group enjoy a bit of fresh air in Middelfart where they spend the morning whale watching - although one tourist's eye seems to be drawn to something else entirely.
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Episode 39 - Roskilde
Release Date: 2014-12-18The coach rolls into Roskilde and the group are taught the basics of Viking combat. They wind down with a laughter yoga class, but the last yellow card vote is no laughing matter.
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Episode 40 - Copenhagen
Release Date: 2014-12-19On the final day of the trip the coach drives to Copenhagen. Brendan adds a bit of jazz to proceedings with a scat singing competition before the group celebrate their last afternoon.