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 - Monaco
Release Date: 2011-10-10The ten tourists, including Big Brother stars Brian Belo and Spencer Smith, TV presenter Lizzie Cundy, showbiz partners Gary Cockerill and Phil Turner, TV legend Michael Barrymore and former MP Lembit Opik, begin their European travels in Monaco. The celebs race around the Monaco circuit in a Ferrari and some speedy electric buggies, but are forced to make a pit stop by the local police.
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Episode 2 - Isola, France
Release Date: 2011-10-11The celebrities swap the Mediterranean coast for the French Alps, trying snowboarding at the ski resort of Isola 2000, where WAG Lizzie Cundy is the suave ski instructor's favourite pupil.
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Episode 3 - Cannes, France
Release Date: 2011-10-12At Cannes on the Côte d'Azur, the celebrities try their hand at beach volleyball. After the vote, two new arrivals, horse racing pundit John McCririck and his wife Jenny, join the tour.
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Episode 4 - Hyères, France
Release Date: 2011-10-13Along the French coast at Hyères, the group takes a lesson in sea kayaking before watching big cats at Toulon's mountain-top zoo. At the vote, a surprise couple picks up the yellow card.
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Episode 5 - Ajaccio, Corsica
Release Date: 2011-10-14After an overnight ferry journey to the port of Ajaccio, Corsica, the group heads to the beach for a morning's horse riding, during which one celebrity has a fall and is rushed to hospital.
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Episode 6 - Corte, Corsica
Release Date: 2011-10-17Still in Corsica, the celebrities head to the hills of Corte for an action-packed day of white-water rafting and ravine zip-wiring. At the vote, one pair is unanimously given a red card.
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Episode 7 - Livorno & Pisa, Italy
Release Date: 2011-10-18After a morning's snorkelling at Livorno in Italy, the coach heads to Pisa for a language lesson and the celebrities are joined by comedienne Helen Lederer and actress Sandra Dickinson.
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Episode 8 - Florence, Italy
Release Date: 2011-10-19In Florence, Brendan announces that he'll only be handing out red cards for the rest of the trip. Comedian Stan Boardman and his daughter, TV presenter Andrea, join the celebrity tourists.
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Episode 9 - Orvieto, Italy
Release Date: 2011-10-20At Orvieto, the last newcomers join the coach - X Factor's Wagner and Britain's Got Talent finalists Demetri and Lagi, aka Stavros Flatley - and the celebrities try to milk goats on a farm.
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Episode 10 - Rome, Italy
Release Date: 2011-10-21On the last day, the celebrities learn how to make pizzas and tour the sites of Rome using Brendan's favourite mode of transport - the Segway. At the final vote, the winners are revealed.