''Coach Trip'' is a British

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that began airing on

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on 7 March 2005. The show's premise sees four to seven pairs of tourists undertaking a coach tour principally of continental

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between twenty and fifty days, whilst accompanied in every episode by tour guide

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. A vote takes place every evening in which each couple votes for the pair they least enjoy travelling with, and the pair with the most votes receives either a yellow or red card. The show went on hiatus on 30 June 2006, and returned after a three-year break, from 25 May 2009 to 9 March 2012. In early 2013, the show went on hiatus again and was replaced by two new shows, '' Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour'' and ''Brendan's Love Cruise''. However, in September 2013, Channel 4 announced that they had renewed ''Coach Trip'' for another series in 2014. On 9 April 2014, a further four series were announced following the success of the ninth series in early 2014. The fourteenth series was the first of the relaunched ''Coach Trip: Road to...'' series, and aired on E4 from 25 July 2016 to 2 September 2016 entitled ''Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza'', the fifteenth series aired from 16 January 2017 to 24 February 2017 with the title ''Coach Trip: Road to Marbs''. The sixteenth series aired from 24 July 2017 to 15 September 2017 with the title ''Coach Trip: Road to Zante''. The series was renewed for its seventeenth series in July 2017. This was titled ''Coach Trip: Road to Tenerife'' and aired from 8 January 2018 to 2 March 2018. The eighteenth series began airing on 28 January 2019 with the title ''Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona'', reverting to 30 episodes, it ended on 8 March 2019. In February 2023, Channel 4 said the future of ''Coach Trip'' was uncertain. The show's spin-off ''Celebrity Coach Trip'' launched in November 2010, and featured celebrity pairs embarking on the trip. The celebrity series' have been marginally shorter and have run between ten and fifteen days. Seven editions of ''Celebrity Coach Trip'' have aired in total, with the latest series concluding on 21 January 2022. Christmas and Halloween versions of the series' have also aired, with ''Christmas Coach Trip'' and ''Celebrity Ghost Trip'' in 2011 and 2021 respectively.

Broadcast, narrators and repeats

''Coach Trip'' originally aired weekdays at 4:30pm before ''

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'' debuted on

(followed by a repeat the following morning), with the second series aired at 2:55pm instead (and then repeated between July and August 2007). Since the revived series, ''Coach Trip'' has moved to the 5:00pm slot (in series 3, 4, 7, 9, ''Celebrity Coach Trip 2 & 3'' and ''Christmas Coach Trip'') and later to the 5:30pm slot (in series 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and ''Celebrity Coach Trip 1'') on Channel 4. Since the 14th series (''Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza'') in 2016, the show has aired on weekdays at 7:30pm on E4. In series 3, an

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edition was also shown on weekends but was cancelled part of the way through the series. It returned for series 9 on

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. Andy Love was the narrator in the first two series, with

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taking the role in both series 3 and 4. From series 5 to 8,

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was the show's narrator; he was also the narrator for all the Celebrity and Christmas series' of ''Coach Trip'' to date.

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was the narrator from series 9 to 13, with

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taking over for the fourteenth series.

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aired repeats of series 8 onwards, More4 repeated all series, and defunct

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, Pick (then known as Sky Three/Sky3/Pick TV) and defunct

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have all only repeated series 1 & 2 of ''Coach Trip'' along with defunct Channel 4 scheduling slot, T4 on weekend mornings. ''

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'' began showing repeats on

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in May 2014.

Hiatus

spokesperson said the broadcaster previously had no plans to commission another series. Brendan later said in June 2013, during a telephone interview to Paul about his 2 new shows, that "Coach Trip has been rested at the moment – it's not the end of the programme, but we decided that we’d experiment with two new formats".

Revival

On 4 September 2013, Channel 4 announced there would be another series of ''Coach Trip'' consisting of 30 episodes, each 30 minutes long. Sheerin and Donald both returned to the show. Applications for the new series opened on the same day. On 9 April 2014, it was confirmed by ''

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'' that the show would return for a further four series (80 episodes in total). On 6 April 2016, it was announced that ''Coach Trip'' will return for a fourteenth series in 2016 on E4. This series was called ''Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza'' and it began airing on 25 July 2016. On 23 August 2016, Channel 4 confirmed that ''Coach Trip'' would return for series 15 & 16 in 2017. On 13 July 2017 it was announced that ''Coach Trip'' would return for series 17. It returned for an eighteenth series in January 2019.

Format and continents

The show's format consists of four to seven teams of two undertaking a coach tour principally of continental

(but with individual series including sojourns into North

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and Western

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) and has been sold to other countries. The tours have usually lasted between 20 and 50 days (Celebrity series tours have lasted between 10 and 15 days and Christmas series tours have also lasted 15 days), with passengers remaining on the tour only until they are ejected by their companions via popular vote, to be replaced by a new couple the following day. The travellers are accompanied by tour guide

, who appears in every episode.

Coaches, registration plates and drivers

The coaches used were originally supplied by Motts Travel, a coach hire company based in

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, up to Series 13. From Series 14 entitled "The Road to Ibiza", the coach has been supplied by Westway Coaches, based in Raynes Park, London. The coaches are installed with

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and

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to record the passengers while on board. The coaches used in the show are decorated with a

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design on the outside, Series 14 entitled "The Road to Ibiza" introduced a new beach design with #COACHTRIP on the coach roof. *The first coach 'T100 MTT' was a

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with

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Mistral 50 bodywork. It was used during Series 1 and Series 2. *The coach 'MT04 MTT' arrived in Central London to be used for Series 3 only. It is a

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with

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bodywork. *The coach 'MT09 MTT', also a Volvo B12B/Plaxton Panther, was used between Series 4 and 13. *The coach '29 WT', a personalised

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TX series tri-axle, is used from Series 14 entitled "The Road to Ibiza" also use for other Road to ? series. There have been four different drivers who drove each coach on each different series. In the 1st series, the driver was Chris Groombridge who only drove T100 MTT. Series 2 saw his successor, Paul Donald take over as coach driver until the 10th series. On Day 13 in Series 8, a temporary driver (Jamie) took over for the day and drove the coach to the ferry port. Series 11 saw Malcom Kimber take over as coach driver, Series 14 entitled "The Road to Ibiza" introduced George & Charles as new drivers.

Regular series

Series 1 (2005)

''Coach Trip 1'' was the first series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming started in April 2004 and lasted until June 2004, the series began airing on 7 March 2005 and concluded on 19 April 2005. The trip went through several European countries. Chris Groombridge was the driver for the only time,

was the tour guide, Andy Love was narrator and the registration was T100 MTT.

Series 2 (2006)

''Coach Trip 2'' was the second series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming started in May 2005 and lasted until July 2005, the series began airing on 22 May 2006 and concluded on 30 June 2006. The show's format had the same idents as series 1. This year, the trip was centred on

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countries. Brendan returned as the tour guide, the narrator was once again Andy Love and the registration number plate once again was T100 MTT. Paul Donald was the driver for the first time.

Series 3 (2009)

''Coach Trip 3'' was the third series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming started in September 2008 and lasted until October 2008, the series began airing on 25 May 2009 and concluded on 3 July 2009. The show's format after a break of 3 years remained unchanged from the previous series but the titles were new along with the timeslot: seven couples travelling around

on a coach like

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for 30 days attempting vote off the least popular couples. With visits to

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, the

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and

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for the first time. Tour guide

and coach driver Paul Donald both returned for this series, which aired on

with a similar start to series 1 and a similar end to

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was the narrator and MT04 MTT was the registration number plate for the first and only time.

Series 4 (February to April 2010)

''Coach Trip 4'' was the fourth series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming started on 7 September 2009 and lasted until 27 October 2009, the series began airing on 15 February 2010 and concluded on 23 April 2010. The length of this series was longer than the previous instalments, increased from 30 days to 50 days for a tour centred on European, Mediterranean,

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n and

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countries on a coach like

, 2 and 3 attempting to vote off the least popular couples. Tour guide Brendan Sheerin, coach driver Paul Donald and narrator David Quantick all returned for this series, which aired on Channel 4. MT09 MTT was the coach registration number plate.

Series 5 (August to October 2010)

''Coach Trip 5'' was the fifth series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming started in May 2010 and lasted until June 2010, the series began airing on 30 August 2010 and concluded on 8 October 2010. The show's format changed slightly from previous series and with weekends included, from Day 2 of that the couple who received a yellow card the previous day would be immune from the following vote the next day. The series involves seven couples traveling on a one-month tour centering on Northern European countries for the first time, with visits to

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and

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. Tour guide

, coach driver Paul Donald and the MT09 MTT registration all returned for this series, which airs on

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was the narrator for the first time and the airing time moved from 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

Series 6 (February to March 2011)

''Coach Trip 6'' was the sixth series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming started in July 2010 and lasted until August 2010, the series began airing on 14 February 2011 and concluded on 25 March 2011. The voting system rules reverted to those of earlier series. The length of this series was the same as the previous non-celebrity series but with weekends excluded. The tour visited Mediterranean countries like

but with visits to

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added for a month. Tour guide Brendan Sheerin, coach driver Paul Donald, narrator Dave Vitty and the coach with registration number MT09 MTT all returned for this series, which was aired on Channel 4 with a similar start to series 2 and a similar end to

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Series 7 (August to October 2011)

''Coach Trip 7'' was the seventh series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming started in May 2011 and lasted until June 2011, the series began airing on 29 August 2011 and concluded on 7 October 2011. The length of this series was the same as the previous non-celebrity series but still with weekends excluded. The European tour began in the UK, before moving to France, Germany,

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, the

plus for the first time ever,

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and

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. Tour guide

, coach driver Paul Donald, narrator

and the coach with registration number MT09 MTT all returned for this series, which was aired on

with the airing time reverted to 5:00 pm, with a similar start to series 1 and a similar end to series 3.

Series 8 (2012)

''Coach Trip 8'' was the eighth and final series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom, before the

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and

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. Filming started on 29 August 2011 and lasted until 1 October 2011, the series began airing on 30 January 2012, after the third celebrity series concluded, concluding on 9 March 2012. The length of this series was the same as the previous non-celebrity series but with only one day of a weekend included at the end of the tour. The Mediterranean tour centring towards

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began in the UK, before moving to Germany,

, Italy, the

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, and for the first time

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. Tour guide

, coach driver Paul Donald, narrator

and the coach with registration number MT09 MTT all returned for the series with a similar start to series 3 and a similar end to series 4, which was aired weekdays on

and the airing time again moved to 5:30 pm.

Series 9 (January to March 2014)

''Coach Trip 9'' was the ninth series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom, following the broadcaster's decision to renew the show. Filming started in September 2013 and lasted until October 2013, the series began airing on 27 January 2014 and concluded on 8 March 2014. The ninth series saw

return as tour guide, as in all previous editions and Paul Donald continue as coach driver and MT09 MTT was the registration of the coach once again. The tour had a similar start to series 1 and 3 and includes visits to

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for the first time. The series aired on weekdays at 5:30 pm from episodes 1 to 15, however was moved to 5:00 pm from episodes 16 to 29 due to '' Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts''. Due to the

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on Channel 4, episode 30 was instead aired on

at 12:10 pm on 8 March 2014.

Series 10 (October to November 2014)

''Coach Trip 10'' was the tenth series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming took place between July and August 2014. The series began airing on 27 October 2014 for 20 episodes, concluding on 21 November 2014.

Series 11 (November to December 2014)

''Coach Trip 11'' was the eleventh series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming took place between September and October 2014, The series began airing on 24 November 2014 for 20 episodes, 3 days after the tenth series concluded, concluding on 19 December 2014.

Series 12 (March 2015)

''Coach Trip 12'' was the twelfth series of ''Coach Trip'' in the United Kingdom. Filming took place in November 2014, The series began airing on 2 March 2015 for 20 episodes, concluding on 27 March 2015.

Series 13 (March to April 2015)

''Coach Trip 13'' was the thirteenth and final series of ''Coach Trip''. Filming took place between November and December 2014, The series began airing on 30 March 2015 for 20 episodes, 3 days after the twelfth series concluded, concluding on 24 April 2015. These were the last 20 episodes of the original 80 that were commissioned in April 2014.

Series 14: "Road to Ibiza" (2016)

''Coach Trip'' returned for its fourteenth series, consisting of 30 episodes, on 25 July 2016 moving from Channel 4 to E4, Filming took place between May and July 2015 and the series is known as ''Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza''. On the last day of the coach trip, the five remaining couples voted for the couple that they want to win the luxury holiday in Ibiza and the £1,000 prize. The Voting system on this series was: :

Days 1 to 26 was a yellow card :

Days 27 to 29 an automatic red card due to all couples canvassing for future votes before the vote on day 24 Similar system to ''Celebrity Coach Trip''.

Series 15: "Road to Marbs" (January to February 2017)

''Coach Trip'' series 15 was confirmed by Channel 4 on 23 August 2016. Filming of series 15 took place between October and November 2016 (before ''

'' on Channel 4 ended). It began airing on 16 January 2017, consisting of 30 episodes, this time round with title ''Coach Trip: Road to Marbs''. On the last day of the coach trip the five remaining couples voted for the couple that they want to win the luxury holiday in Marbella and the £1,000 prize. On Day 21, partners, Bradley & Kevin, got engaged during the flying activity. This is the first time a couple has engaged on Coach Trip. The pair went on to win the series.

Series 16: "Road to Zante" (July to September 2017)

''Coach Trip'' series 16 was confirmed by E4 on 14 December 2016. Filming took place between 14 May 2017 and 12 June. This is a new format, as it consisted of 40 episodes and followed the "Road to..." format. The sixteenth series has the title ''Coach Trip: Road to Zante''.

Series 17: "Road to Tenerife" (2018)

It was confirmed on 13 July 2017 that ''Coach Trip'' was renewed for series 17. Filming took place between 1 September 2017 and 22 October 2017. The series consisted of 40 episodes and followed the "Road to..." format. The seventeenth series has the title ''Coach Trip: Road to Tenerife'' and aired from 8 January 2018 to 2 March 2018.

Series 18: "Road to Barcelona" (2019)

The eighteenth series of ''Coach Trip'' was confirmed by Channel 4 and again followed the Road to... format. The filming took place between 6 May and 8 July 2018. The series reverted to 30 episodes, aired from 28 January 2019 to 8 March 2019 and has the title ''Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona''. The Voting system on this series was the same as ''Road to Ibiza'': :

Days 1 to 26 was a yellow card :

Days 27 to 29 an automatic red card due to all couples canvassing for future votes before the vote on day 25 Similar system to Celebrity Coach Trip.

Celebrity series

Series 1 (2010)

''Celebrity Coach Trip 1'' is the first series of Celebrity Coach Trip which was filmed from 6 to 20 September 2010 and began airing on 8 November 2010. The series featured a variety of celebrity couples on a 10-day tour, the couples get to vote off the other couples that they do not get along with. On the last day of the coach trip, the remaining couples vote for the couple that they want to win the £1,000 prize for charity. The first day of the coach trip started in

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and the last day of the trip ended in

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. Tour guide

, narrator

, coach driver Paul Donald and the MT09 MTT registration all returned for this series, which aired on

. The Voting system on this series was: :

Days 1 to 4 was a yellow card :

Days 5 to 9 an automatic red card

Series 2 (2011)

''Celebrity Coach Trip 2'' was the second celebrity series of ''Coach Trip'' which aired from 10 to 21 October 2011. The series featured a variety of celebrity couples on a 10-day tour, the couples get to vote off the other couples that they do not get along with. Filming took place from 9 to 23 April 2011. On the last day of the coach trip the remaining couples vote for the couple that they want to win the £1,000 prize for charity. This coach trip had a journey around the Mediterranean, with the starting location and pick up point in South

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, France, and the first destination was

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. The Voting system on this series was: :

Days 1 to 5 was a yellow card :

Days 6 to 9 an automatic red card

Series 3 (2012)

''Celebrity Coach Trip 3'' was the third and final celebrity series of ''Coach Trip'' which aired from 16 to 27 January 2012 before series 8 started airing. Filming took place from 4 to 18 July 2011. On the last day of the coach trip, the remaining couples vote for the couple that they want to win the £1,000 prize for charity. This coach trip had another journey around the Mediterranean, with the starting location and pick up point in

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, Italy, and the first destination was

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. The Voting system on this series was: :

Days 1 to 6 was a yellow card :

Days 7 to 9 an automatic red card

Series 4: "Road to Benidorm" (January 2019)

In 2018, it was announced that ''Celebrity Coach Trip'' would return for a fourth series after a seven-year hiatus. ''Celebrity Coach Trip 4'' has the title ''Celebrity Coach Trip: Road to Benidorm'' and will air from 14 to 25 January 2019. The Voting system on this series was: :

Days 1 to 6 was a yellow card :

Days 7 to 9 an automatic red card

Series 5 (October 2019)

In 2019, it was announced that ''Celebrity Coach Trip'' would return for a fifth series. ''Celebrity Coach Trip 5'' began airing on 7 October 2019. and was won by Francis Boulle and Sarah Keyworth. The Voting system on this series was: :

Days 1 to 4 was a yellow card :

Days 5 to 9 an automatic red card

Series 6 (2020)

''Celebrity Coach Trip 6'' began broadcasting on 6 January 2020. This series ran for 15 days instead of the usual 10 and was won by

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and Kate Holderness. The Voting system on this series was: :

Days 1 to 13 was a yellow card :

Day 14 was an automatic red card

Series 7 (2022)

''Celebrity Coach Trip 7'' began broadcasting on 3 January 2022 and concluded on 21 January 2022. It was won by '' Birds of a Feather'' actresses

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and

Linda Robson Linda Patricia Mary Robson Dunford (' Robson; born 13 March 1958) is an English actress and television presenter. She is best known for playing Tracey Stubbs in the sitcom '' Birds of a Feather'' (1989–1998, 2014–2020), and her appearances ...

''Christmas Coach Trip'' (2011)

''Christmas Coach Trip'' was a

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-themed version of ''Coach Trip''. It began airing on the same day that filming finished. The trip started from

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, followed by

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and the final destination was

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. The tourists arrived back in Great Britain via

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and the filming took place from 28 November to 12 December 2011.

''Celebrity Ghost Trip'' (2021)

''Celebrity Ghost Trip'' began airing on 24 October 2021. It was announced that the series would return after a two-year hiatus due to the

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. This series was titled ''Celebrity Ghost Trip'' as instead of the usual trip around Europe, they instead toured spooky locations around the United Kingdom. Filming began in September 2021 and the show will return in the Autumn.

List of activities

On each series of ''Coach Trip'' there are different activities each day for the tourists and celebrities to do and/or have already done by order of appearance. Below is a (near complete) list of activities that have featured on ''Coach Trip'' to date.

Records

List of countries visited

Europe

Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

Kingdom of Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southe ...

Corsica Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...

(Part of France (Second celebrity series only)) *

(Fifth regular series only) *

Republic of Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Gibraltar Gibraltar ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory and British overseas cities, city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the A ...

(British Overseas Territory of Spain (Second regular series only)) *

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

of Great Britain & Northern Ireland *

Ibiza Ibiza (; ; ; #Names and pronunciation, see below) or Iviza is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of th ...

(Part of Spain) *

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

(Fourth regular series only) *

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*The North Macedonian Republic *

Kingdom of Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet I ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

(Part of Italy (Ninth regular series only)) *

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

(Part of Italy (Fourth regular series only)) *

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Kingdom of Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

Kingdom of Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area ...

North Africa

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

(Fourth regular series only)

Western Asia

Transmissions

Regular series

Celebrity series

''Christmas Coach Trip''

''Celebrity Ghost Trip''

Other versions

Related shows

On 24 June 2013, a replacement show called '' Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour'' began on Channel 4. The series was filmed from September 2012 (visiting Barcelona,

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

Cancún Cancún is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is a significant tourist destination in Mexico and the seat of the municipality of Benito J ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

and Istanbul) and aired in the 5:00pm slot, narrated by

Tupele Dorgu Jacqueline Tupele Dorgu (born 13 December 1977 in Preston, Lancashire) is an English actress and voice over artist. She is known for playing the role of Kelly Crabtree in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2004 to 2010. Early lif ...

. On 13 September 2012, Sheerin announced in an interview that he had signed a deal to host a new dating show for

, titled 'Brendan's Love Boat'. The other replacement show (produced by

Optomen Optomen is an Independence, independent television production company part of All3Media, with Optomen Television Ltd. for the United Kingdom and Optomen Productions Inc. (launched in 2002) for the United States. It specializes in unscripted prog ...

) was aired in December 2013, after being commissioned for a 20-episode series. The series, renamed ''Brendan's Love Cruise'', began on 2 December on

in the 9:20am slot, narrated by

Maria McErlane Maria McErlane (born 9 December 1957) is a British actress and presenter specialising in comedy. She has been acting since 1984. She has appeared in several TV series, including ''The Fast Show'', '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', '' Thin Ice'' and ''Ha ...

References

External links

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