Coach Trip

Coach Trip was a British reality game show originally broadcast on Channel 4 from 7 March 2005 to 30 June 2006. The programme returned after a three-year break, from 25 May 2009 to 9 March 2012. In early 2013, the show went into hiatus again and was replaced by 2 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 which has now aired.[1] On 9 April 2014, a further four series were announced following the success of the ninth series in early 2014.[2]

Coach Trip
Current Coach Trip title card
Also known as	Celebrity Coach Trip Christmas Coach Trip Coach Trip: Road to...
Genre	Reality
Starring	Brendan Sheerin
Narrated by	Andy Love David Quantick Dave Vitty Jackie Clune Clara Amfo
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	18 (Regular) 5 (Celebrity) 1 (Christmas)
No. of episodes	540 (Regular) 40 (Celebrity) 15 (Christmas)
Production
Running time	30–60 mins
Production company(s)	12 Yard
Release
Original network	Channel 4 (2005–15) E4 (2016–present)
Picture format	16:9
Original release	7 March 2005 (2005-03-07) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour Brendan's Love Cruise
External links
Website
Production website

The first series of the relaunched Coach Trip: Road to... aired on E4 from 25 July 2016 to 2 September 2016 entitled Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza, the second series aired from 16 January 2017 to 24 February 2017 with the title Coach Trip: Road to Marbs. The third series aired from 24 July 2017 to 15 September 2017 with the title Coach Trip: Road to Zante.[3][4] The series was renewed for a fourth series in July 2017. This was titled Coach Trip: Road to Tenerife and aired from 8 January 2018 to 2 March 2018.[5] The fifth 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.[6]

Broadcast, narrators and repeats

Coach Trip originally aired weekdays at 4:30pm before Deal or No Deal debuted on Channel 4 (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 omnibus edition was also shown on weekends but was cancelled part of the way through the series. It returned for series 9 on More4.

Andy Love was the narrator in the first two series, with David Quantick taking the role in both series 3 and 4. From series 5 to 8, Dave Vitty was the show's narrator; he was also the narrator for all the Celebrity and Christmas series' of Coach Trip to date. Jackie Clune was the narrator from series 9 to 13, with Clara Amfo taking over for the 14th series.

4seven aired repeats of series 8 onwards, More4 repeated all series, and defunct Sky Travel, Pick (then known as Sky Three/Sky3/Pick TV) and defunct Sky Real Lives have all only repeated series 1 & 2 of Coach Trip along with defunct Channel 4 scheduling slot, T4 on weekend mornings. Celebrity Coach Trip began showing repeats on Travel Channel in May 2014.[7]

Hiatus

A Channel 4 spokesperson said the broadcaster previously had no plans to commission another series, as series 2 of Christmas Coach Trip would have been the last installment.[8] 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".[9]

Revival

On 4 September 2013, Channel 4 announced there would be another series of Coach Trip consisting of 30 episodes, each 30 minutes long.[1] 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 Digital Spy that the show would return for a further four series (80 episodes in total).[2]

On 6 April 2016, it was announced that Coach Trip will return for a fourteenth series in 2016 on E4.[10] This series is 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.[11]

Format

The show's format consists of four to seven teams of two undertaking a coach tour principally of continental Europe (but with individual series including sojourns into North Africa and Western Asia) and has been sold to other countries. The tours have usually lasted between 20 and 50 days (Celebrity series tours have lasted 10 days and Christmas series tours have lasted 15 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(s). The travellers are accompanied by tour guide Brendan Sheerin, who appears in every episode.

Voting system

Yellow cards are first presented if the other couples on board vote for them with the most votes or to couples as a warning; a Red card is awarded if the other couples on board vote for them a second time, to couples with another warning or to couples with prohibition, and this means they are sent home to be replaced by a new pair.

Unlike most coach trips the passengers vote and privately discuss (before the vote) for who they don't like travelling with at the end of each day. Whoever gets the most votes is awarded a yellow card, if they are voted for again they receive a red card and are sent home to be replaced by a new pair. Yellow cards have been occasionally awarded to couples due to timekeeping issues; Red cards have also been presented to couples on occasion, although when this is done it is normally the result of certain travellers' bad behavior, vote refusals or canvassing for votes.

The vote usually takes place at the days location and occasionally on board the coach, while travelling to the next destination or to the hotel, in front of each other. If a red card is awarded to a couple, the coach is stopped and the contestants collect their suitcases, miss the overnight vehicle ferry, miss the overnight vehicle train and also leave the trip. During the vote, Brendan acts as co-ordinator of the vote and awards the couple the yellow/red card. If a tie vote occurs, Brendan takes the nominated couples to one side while the remaining couples decide who should be awarded the penalty card, treat or prize. New couples who arrive after the originals are immune from the first vote that they are present at, although they are allowed to vote against another couple (unless they are also a new couple).

If Brendan thinks that the couple canvass for votes, overtake the previous vote, instigate a fight at the vote or shows inappropriate sexual behaviour they will automatically receive a red card and the vote will either begin or continue without them. If a couple(s) refuse to vote then they are given an automatic red carded and are removed from the coach and the vote concludes worse soon than always.

Voting amendments

On Day 19 of Series 2, the voting rules were amended once after revealing the quiz winners and losers so contestants cannot vote for the winning couple and the losing couple is banned from voting against others. Also on Day 24 of Series 3, Day 25 of Series 6, Day 1 of Series 7 etc., the voting rules were amended once after the announcement about the red terror which also returned from Days 5, 6 and 7 until Day 9 of the Celebrity Coach Trip series, Day 12 of Christmas Coach Trip series and days 27 to 29 of Road to ... series whoever receives the most votes will automatically be given a red card. This is regardless of whether the couple already has a yellow card or not.

Also, from Day 2 of Series 5 and "Celebrity Road to Benidorm" and "Road to Barcelona", the voting rules were again amended so contestants cannot vote for the couple who got a yellow card the previous day and that system would soon be reintroduced for upcoming/future series.

Day 22 of Series 14, entitled "Road to Ibiza" saw the voting rules again being amended after the announcement about the double yellow terror whichever two couples receives the most votes will both receive a yellow card which is somewhat similar to when two couples received a yellow card from tied votes from not only earlier series of Coach Trip but also from day 12 of the same series. Day 5 of Series 15, entitled "Road to Marbs" had the same voting rules as Day 22 of "Road to Ibiza" as 2 couples each received 2 yellow cards each from tied votes.

Voting alterations and vote cancellations

Votes have occasionally been altered to accommodate for a lack of couples like 8 or 10 passengers on board the coach or for other reasons.

On Day 4 of Series 2, the vote was changed after first John & Irene's early departure, due to their ill health; then Paul & Heidi receiving a red card later at the previous day's vote and on Day 14 of Series 2 the vote was changed again after first Clare and Kat received a red card at the previous day's vote then Alan & Lorenzo refused to get out of bed followed by stationary traffic with an accident in front. On Day 12 of Series 4, the vote was also changed after a fight had broken out on board the coach between Bruce & Jon and Tam & Jayson before new couple Mark & Mary arrived, this normally results in the couples on board voting for who they want to receive a treat rather than the penalty cards.

Introduced by July 2010, effective from Series 5, five couples became the new minimum required for a vote to take place. The voting system of awarding a treat was reintroduced during Series 8 and during the Christmas series.

On Day 17 of Series 1, Day 19 of Series 3 and Day 12 of Series 13, Brendan decided to have a vote cancellation due to shortages of couples. On Day 21 of Series 2, the cancellation was rather special due to the contestants learning of the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

On Day 9 of Series 14 entitled "Road To Ibiza" The Vote was therefore cancelled due to all the new couples being immune.

The final vote

The final vote is held on the last (or occasionally second last) day of the trip. At this vote, the remaining couples who they want to win and receive a prize rather than the penalty cards.

In the first two series, the winners received an extended stay in the final destination of the trip as their prize, while in the third and sixth series, the winners received a holiday voucher. The winners of the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth series received another coach holiday as their prize. Celebrity series winners receive £1,000 for their charities, The Road to ? series winners receive the luxury holiday and the £1,000 prize and Christmas winners also receive another coach holiday voucher as their prize.

Coaches, registration plates and drivers

The coaches used were originally supplied by Motts Travel, a coach hire company based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, up to Series 13.[12] 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 cameras and microphones to record the passengers while on board. The coaches used in the show are decorated with a Union Flag 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 Volvo B10M with Jonckheere 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 Volvo B12B with Plaxton Panther bodywork.
• The coach 'MT09 MTT', also a Volvo B12B/Plaxton Panther, was used between Series 4 and 13.
• The coach '29 WT', a personalised Van Hool 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.

List of arrival/final day locations

Throughout the different series of Coach Trip, Brendan has appeared in a variety of different locations both in the United Kingdom and European airports or hotels in order for him to pick up the couples boarding the coach. For the final day of each series, sees the couples on board the coach either arriving back in the United Kingdom or departing via airports within Europe, Northern Africa or Western Asia.

Series	Start location	Entered Europe from	End location	Exited Europe/North Africa/Western Asia from
1	London (Northeast)	Channel Tunnel via St Pancras railway station to Amsterdam, The Netherlands	London (Northeast)	Channel Tunnel via Calais from Paris, France
2	Madrid–Barajas Airport	Already in Europe	Milan–Malpensa Airport	Series ended in Europe
3	London (Southeast)	Port of Dover to Antwerp, Belgium	Prague, Václav Havel Airport
4	Croydon, London	Portsmouth to Saint-Malo, France	Tozeur–Nefta International Airport	Series ended in North Africa
5	Leeds	Hull to Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Bergen Airport	Series ended in Europe
6	Milan–Malpensa Airport	Already in Europe	Málaga Airport	Tanger-Med ferryport from Tanger, Morocco
7	London	Channel Tunnel via St Pancras railway station to Paris, France	Berlin Schönefeld Airport	Series ended in Europe
8		Harwich Port via Chelmsford to Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Sabiha Gökçen International Airport	Series ended in Europe/Western Asia
9	Canterbury	EuroTunnel via Folkestone to Flanders Fields, Belgium	Málaga Airport	Series ended in Europe
10	York	Hull via Scarborough to Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Riga International Airport
11	Riga	Already in Europe	Copenhagen Airport
12	Split Airport		Athens Airport
13	Prague Václav Havel Airport		Florence Airport
14	Magaluf		Ibiza Airport
15	Majorca		Málaga Airport from Marbella
16	Nice, France		Zakynthos Airport
17	Biarritz, France		TBA	TBA
Christmas	Trondheim Airport, Værnes	Already in Europe	Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen	Series ended in Europe
C1	Prague Václav Havel Airport		Venice Marco Polo Airport
C2	Nice Côte d'Azur Airport		Rome Ciampino Airport
C3	Trieste Airport		Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport

Series overview

Winners

Series	Premiere	Finale	Winner
1	7 March 2005	19 April 2005	Maggie & Paul
2	22 May 2006	30 June 2006	Joy & Paul
3	25 May 2009	3 July 2009	Hannah & Katie
4	15 February 2010	23 April 2010	Ann & Graham
5	30 August 2010	8 October 2010	Chris & Maggie
6	14 February 2011	25 March 2011	Rob & Timmy
7	29 August 2011	7 October 2011	Katie & Nathan
8	30 January 2012	9 March 2012	Craig & Stuart
9	27 January 2014	8 March 2014	Annabelle & Emily
10	27 October 2014	21 November 2014	Cherelle & Dino Bill & Carol
11	24 November 2014	19 December 2014	Corene & Grace
12	2 March 2015	27 March 2015	Joe & Nikki
13	30 March 2015	24 April 2015	Jordan & Micky
14	25 July 2016	2 September 2016	Holmest & Lauryn
15	16 January 2017	24 February 2017	Bradley & Kevin
16	24 July 2017	15 September 2017	Jack & Joe
17	8 January 2018	2 March 2018	Ali & Jon
18	28 January 2019	8 March 2019	Andy & James
C1	8 November 2010	19 November 2010	Barry & Paul Elliott
C2	10 October 2011	21 October 2011	Gary Cockerill & Phil Turner
C3	16 January 2012	27 January 2012	Derek Martin & John Altman
C4	14 January 2019	25 January 2019	Lisa Maffia & Mutya Buena
C5	7 October 2019	18 October 2019	Francis Boulle & Sarah Keyworth
C6	6 January 2020	24 January 2020	Adele Roberts & Kate Holderness
Xmas	12 December 2011	30 December 2011	Diane & Rebecca

Regular series

Series 1 (2005)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 1)

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

Series 2 (2006)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 2)

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 Mediterranean 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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 3)

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 Europe on a coach like series 1 for 30 days attempting vote off the least popular couples. With visits to Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg for the first time. Tour guide Brendan Sheerin and coach driver Paul Donald both returned for this series, which aired on Channel 4 with a similar start to series 1 and a similar end to series 2. David Quantick was the narrator and MT04 MTT was the registration number plate for the first and only time.

Series 4 (February to April 2010)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 4)

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, North African and West Asian countries on a coach like series 1, 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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 5)

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 Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Tour guide Brendan Sheerin, coach driver Paul Donald and the MT09 MTT registration all returned for this series, which airs on Channel 4. Dave Vitty 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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 6)

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 series 2 but with visits to Switzerland 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 series 4.

Series 7 (August to October 2011)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 7)

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, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic plus for the first time ever Poland and Slovakia. 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 the airing time reverted to 5:00 pm, with a similar start to series 1 and a similar end to series 3.

Series 8 (January to March 2012)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 8)

Coach Trip 8 was the eighth and final series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom, before the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. 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 1 day of a weekend included at the end of the tour. The Mediterranean tour centring towards Western Asia began in the UK, before moving to Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, and for the first time Macedonia. Tour guide Brendan Sheerin, coach driver Paul Donald, narrator Dave Vitty 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 Channel 4 and the airing time again moved to 5:30 pm.

Series 9 (January to March 2014)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 9)

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 Brendan Sheerin 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 & 3 and includes visits to Sardinia 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 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony on Channel 4, episode 30 was instead aired on More4 at 12:10pm on 8 March 2014.

Series 10 (October to November 2014)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 10)

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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 11)

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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 12)

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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 13)

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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 14)

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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 15)

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 Deal or No Deal on Channel 4 ended).[11][13] 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)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 16)

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.[3] The sixteenth series has the title Coach Trip: Road to Zante.[14]

Series 17: "Road to Tenerife" (2018)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 17)

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.[11] The seventeenth series has the title Coach Trip: Road to Tenerife and aired from 8 January 2018 to 2 March 2018.[5]

Series 18: "Road to Barcelona" (2019)

Main article: Coach Trip (series 18)

Series 18 of Coach Trip has been confirmed by Channel 4. It again follows the Road to... format. The filming took place between 6 May and 8 July 2018.[15] The series reverted to 30 episodes from 28 January 2019 to 8 March 2019 and has the title Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona.[6]

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 25

Similar system to Celebrity Coach Trip.

Celebrity series

Series 1 (2010)

Main article: Celebrity Coach Trip (series 1)

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[16][17][18] 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 Prague and the last day of the trip ended in Venice. Tour guide Brendan Sheerin, narrator Dave Vitty, coach driver Paul Donald and the MT09 MTT registration all returned for this series, which aired on Channel 4.

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)

Main article: Celebrity Coach Trip (series 2)

Celebrity Coach Trip 2 was the second celebrity series of Coach Trip which aired from 10–21 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 Paris, France and the first destination was Monaco.

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)

Main article: Celebrity Coach Trip (series 3)

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 Trieste, Italy and the first destination was Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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)

Main article: Celebrity Coach Trip (series 4)

In 2018, it was announced that Celebrity Coach Trip would return for a fourth series after a seven-year hiatus.[13] 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 the same as series 3:

Days 1 to 6 was a yellow card

Days 7 to 9 an automatic red card

Series 5 (October 2019)

Main article: Celebrity Coach Trip (series 5)

In 2019, it was announced that Celebrity Coach Trip would return for a fifth series.[19] The series began airing on 7 October 2019.[19] The series was won by Francis Boulle and Sarah Keyworth.

The Voting system on this series was the same as series 1:

Days 1 to 4 was a yellow card

Days 5 to 9 an automatic red card

Series 6 (January 2020)

Main article: Celebrity Coach Trip (series 6)

It began broadcasting on 6 January 2020.

Christmas series

Main article: Christmas Coach Trip

Christmas Coach Trip was a Christmas-themed version of Coach Trip. It began airing on the same day that filming finished. The trip started from Trondheim Airport, Værnes, followed by Trondheim, Norway and the final destination was Inari, Finland. The tourists arrived back in Great Britain via Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen and the filming took place from 28 November to 12 December 2011.

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.

A–D Activity Series (so far) Accordion lesson C1 Aerial silk dancing 13 Aerobic lesson 12 Aikido 9 Amusement parks 2–8 Amusement park quizzes 6 Alpine horn lesson 6 Aquarium visiting 1, 2, 5 & 6 AquaSpheres C1 Archery 2, 4, 6 & 9 Banana boating 13 Ballet lesson 13 & C1 Balloon riding 9 Basque pelota 6 Beach volleyball 8 & 9 Beekeeping 2, 4 & Beer bathing C1 Beer Bottling 13 Beer tasting 10, 12 & 13 Belly dancing 2, 4, 6, 8 & C1 Bicycle tour 13 Bossaball 10 Boules 6 Bowling 10 Boat tour 10 Break dancing lesson 10 Bridge building 8 Buggy driving 6, 8 & 14 Bungee jumping 4, 5, 8 & 9 Cabaret lesson 10 Canoeing 4, 5, 11 & C1 Capella singing 12 Caricature drawing/sculpting lesson 10 & 12 Cathedral visiting 1, 3, 4, 6 & C1 Cavern visiting 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 9 Champagne tasting 7 & 9 Chip shop catering 10 Chocolate bathing 10 Chocolate tasting 13 Christmas tree construction Xmas Cider tasting 6 Circus training 9 Clay pigeon shooting 13 Coach quizzes (mornings only) All series Coffee Tasting 10 Cocktail making 4, 8, 9 & 12 Contact improvisation 13 Cricket 6 Crossbow making 3 Cruising 1 & C1 Curling 4, 11 & Xmas Cycling 3 & 6 Deep sea fishing 13 DJ mixing & rapping 2 & 5 Dolphin watching 5, 6 & 9 Dry slope activities 6

E–H Activity Series (so far) Eel tasting 3 & 12 Eel catching 12 Factory visiting 1–4, 7, 9, 13 & Xmas Fashion shows 2, 4 & 5 Fencing 10 Fire water tasting 2 Fish & chip making 10 Fishing 4–6, 8 & 9 Flamenco dancing 6 & 9 Flower arranging 12 Folk dancing 11, 12 & 13 Football 2 & 6 Fortress tour 12 Frisbee golf 11 Ghost tour 11 Giant foosball 9 Gingerbread making 11 Glass blowing lesson 11 Gliding trip 11 Goat milking 10 Go-karting 10 Golf 2, 4–6, 8 & 9 Gondola riding 1, 3 & C1 Grape crushing 13 Grass skiing 7 & 13 Hammam 10 Handball 5 & 6 Harmonica lesson 11 History lesson 10 Horse photography class 10 Horse riding 2–6 Hunting 5 & 6 Husky ride/racing 11 & Xmas

I–M Activity Series (so far) Ice hockey 5, 10 & Xmas Indoor skiing 8 Jet skiing 2, 9 & 12 Kangoo tour 10 Kayaking 3, 6, 9 & 12 Killer whale watching 9 Kite flying 8 & 9 Knight school 13 Lake diving 2, 3, 6 & Xmas Language lesson 1, 2, 6–10, 12 & 13 Life drawing class 11 Llama walking 8 Lollipop making 10 Majorette lesson 13 Marzipan making lesson 11 Mask making 1 & C1 Massage lesson 13 Maypole dancing 5 & 9 Medieval activities 4–6 & 13 Morris dancing 6 Mosaic making 3 Motor racing 2, 4, 5 & 9 Mountain visiting 3–5 Museum visiting 1–6, 9, 11, 13 & C1

N–Q Activity Series (so far) Nordic walking 1 Octopus curling 12 Oil wrestling 4 & 8 Olive tree milking 12 Ossuary 13 Opera lesson 2, 6, 10, 14 & C1 Oyster tasting 6 Paddle boarding lesson 12 Painting lesson 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 & 12 Pantomime training Xmas Parasailing 6 Parrot watching 2 Percussion lesson 12 Perfume smelling 2, 6 & 7 Pie making 12 Pizza making 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 & 14 Photo challenge 12 Poetry lesson 11 Pottery lesson 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 11 Puppetry 13 & C1 Quad biking 4, 6 & 9

R–T Activity Series (so far) Rock climbing 12 Rounders/baseball 8 Royal Palace tour 11 Rugby 2 & 6 Sack fighting 12 Sailing 2, 6, 8 & 12 Sandcastle making 13 Sausage making 5, 9 & C1 Scat singing 11 Scuba diving 9 & 11 Segways 3–5, 8, 9, C1 & C2 Sherry tasting 2 Skeet shooting 3 & 4 Sky diving 5, 7 & 8 Souvenir shopping 1–3 & 6–8 Spas 2–4, 6, 8, 12 & Xmas Snorkeling 12 Stilt walking 6 Summer bobsledging 3, 5 & C1 Summer tobogganing 7, 10, 13 & C3 Surfing 4 & 6 Swamp hiking 10 Sweet making 12 Swimming baths 1–3, 5 & 6 Swimming with dolphins 8 & 9 Swimming bath diving 9 Tai chi 10 Tank riding 4 & C1 Tree top rope course 11 & 12 Tripe making 6

U–Z Activity Series (so far) Urban art lesson 10 Viennese Waltz Lesson 13 Viking activities 11 & Xmas Wakeboarding 6 Water parks 2, 5 & 6 Water polo 13 Waterskiing 2, 4 & 9 Whale watching 11 Wife carrying 11 Wine tasting 1, 2, 8, 12 & 14 Wood carving 5 & 8 Wrestling 11 & 12 Yodeling 3 & 13 Yoga 2, 6, 9, 12, C2 & C3 Zipwiring 4, 5, 9 & Xmas Zoo visiting 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 & C1 Zorbing 5 & 8

Records

Regular series
Record	Record holder	Record information	Series
Longest stays on the coach on a 20-day series	Will & Craig (10) Grace & Coreene (11) Jack & Adam (11) Ruth & Andy (12) Carly & Charlie (12)	Entered coach on Day 1, lasted entirety of series (Day 20)	10, 11 and 12
Longest stays on the coach on a 30-day series	Glenn & Becca (5) Amanda & Nicki (5) Terry & Hilary (6) Rob & Timmy (6) Alison & Ashley (7) Ollie & Leah (8) Emily & Annabelle (9) Darren & James (9) Faye & Holly (15)	Entered coach on Day 1, All couples lasted entirety of series (Day 30)	5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 15
Longest stays on the coach on a 50-day series	Paul & Matt	Entered coach on Day 1, Yellow-carded on Day 26 and red-carded on Day 33	4
Shortest stays on the coach on a 20-day series	Nim & Graham	Entered on Day 10, walked a day later due to injury	13
Shortest stays on the coach on a 30-day series	Laura & Mark (7) Carol & Bill (9)	Entered coach on Day 1 and red-carded off the trip with 4 votes later that day, lasted 12 hours in total. Entered coach after lunch on Day 8 and left on the start Day 9 due to Carol falling ill. They lasted 5 hours, becoming another couple to have the shortest stay. The only difference was in series 7 the voting system started with receiving an automatic red card on the first day where as if you got a red card with the most votes you could be sent home without departing the British isles. Other series all started with receiving a yellow card and when you have ill health you will be withdrawn from travelling.	7 and 9
Shortest stays on the coach on a 50-day series	Bruce & Jon	Joined on Day 11 and red-carded off the trip a day later for fighting with Tam and Jayson	4
Longest time couples spent on a 20-day series after receiving a yellow card	Carly & Charlie	Lasted the entirety of the series as originals after receiving a yellow-card on Day 10	12
Longest time couples spent on a 30-day series after receiving a yellow card	Amanda & Nicki (5) Alison & Ashley (7)	Both couples lasted the entirety of the series as originals after receiving a yellow-card on Day 2. The only difference was in Series 5 is they had a different voting system where as if you got the majority of the votes then you became immune from being voted for the following day. Series 1 to 3, 4 (which was a 50-day series) and 6 to 9 all didn't have this voting system in place.	5 and 7
Longest time couples spent on a 50-day series after receiving a yellow card	Vin & Lin	Joined on Day 22, Yellow-carded on Day 23 and red-carded on Day 37, making 2 weeks (15 days)	4
S hortest time couples spent on a 20-day series after receiving a yellow card	Bradley & Ottavio	All couples were yellow-carded without being voted for at the start of Day 16 due to chaos at the hotel. Bradley and Ottavio were red-carded later at the vote.	10

Celebrity series
Record	Record holder	Record information	Series
Longest stays on the coach	Ricky & Alex Carol & Ingrid Paul & Barry Brian & Spencer Phil & Gary Derek & John Bobby & Tommy Charlotte & Josh James & Ola Lisa & Mutya	Entered coach on Day 1, all couples lasted entirety of series (Day 10)	1, 2, 3 and 4
Shortest stays on the coach	David & Tony Rodney & Cheryl Bruce & Scott Alison & Sharon Pat & Mike Big Narstie & Stevo	All couples lasted 1 day. David & Tony joined after lunch on Day 6 and red-carded off the trip with 5 votes a day later. Rodney & Cheryl joined after lunch on Day 7 and red-carded off the trip with 4 votes a day later. Bruce & Scott joined after lunch on Day 6 and red-carded off the trip with 4 votes a day later. Alison & Sharon joined after lunch on Day 8 and red-carded off the trip with 3 votes a day later. Pat & Mike joined on Day 9 and lasted till final day. Big Narstie & Stevo joined on Day 9 and lasted till the final day.	1, 3 and 4
Longest time couples spent after receiving a yellow card	Lisa & Mutya	Lasted entirety of the series. Original 5, Yellow-carded on Day 1 and lasted till final day, making the whole 10 days of the series.	4

Christmas series
Record	Record holder	Record information	Series
Longest stays on the coach	Diane & Rebecca Cliff & Tom Stef & Tash	Entered coach on Day 1, all couples lasted entirety of series (Day 15).	1
Shortest stays on the coach	Ali & Bev Geoff & Dot	Both couples lasted 2 days. Ali & Bev entered coach on Day 1 and red-carded off the trip with 5 votes 2 days later. Geoff & Dot joined on Day 13 and lasted till final day	1
Longest time couples spent after receiving a yellow card	Stef & Tash	Lasted entirety of the series. Original 7, Yellow-carded on Day 1 and lasted till final day, making the whole 15 days of the series	1

Road to... sub-series
Record	Record holder	Record information	Series
Longest stays on the coach (30 day series)	Faye & Holly (M)	Entered coach on Day 1, lasted entirety of series (Day 30)	Marbs
Longest stay on the coach by a solo traveller paired couple (30 day series)	Andy & Dan (I)	Entered coach on Day 14, lasted entirety of series (Day 30)	Ibiza
Shortest stays on the coach (30 day series)	Amber & George (I) Gina & Lisa (I) Ellie & Kat (I) Charlotte & Laura (I) Amber & Bex (M)	All couples lasted 3 days	Ibiza and Marbs
Longest time couples spent after receiving a yellow card (30 day series)	Alex & Rochelle (I) Jake & Sophie (M)	Both couples were Yellow-carded on Day 12 and lasted till final day, making 19 days of the series (Day 30)	Ibiza and Marbs
Longest stays on the coach (40 day series)	Jack & Joe (Z)	Entered coach on Day 21, lasted entirety of series (Day 40)	Zante
Longest stay on the coach by a solo traveller paired couple (40 day series)	Chantal (Z)	Chantal entered the coach on Day 1 with Hollye and was Yellow-carded on Day 8, Hollye left the coach on Day 12. On Day 13 Chantal was paired with fellow solo-traveller Jacob, they were Yellow-carded on Day 25 and red-carded on Day 27.	Zante
Shortest stays on the coach (40 day series)	Chloe & Samirah (T)	Joined and left the coach on Day 1	Tenerife
Longest time couples spent after receiving a yellow card (40 day series)	Shaquirah & Winnie (Z)	Yellow-carded on Day 28 and lasted till final day, making 13 days of the series (Day 40)	Zante

List of countries visited

Europe

• Andorra
• Austria
• Kingdom of Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Corsica (Part of France (Second celebrity series only))
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia (Fifth regular series only)
• Republic of Finland
• France
• Germany
• Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory of Spain (Second regular series only))
• United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ibiza (Part of Spain)
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Republic of Macedonia
• Malta (Fourth regular series only)
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Kingdom of Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Sardinia (Part of Italy (Ninth regular series only))
• Sicily (Part of Italy (Fourth regular series only))
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Kingdom of Spain
• Kingdom of Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey

North Africa

• Morocco
• Tunisia (Fourth regular series only)

Western Asia

• Turkey

Transmissions

Regular series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	7 March 2005	19 April 2005	30
2	22 May 2006	30 June 2006	30
3	25 May 2009	3 July 2009	30
4	15 February 2010	23 April 2010	50
5	30 August 2010	8 October 2010	30
6	14 February 2011	25 March 2011	30
7	29 August 2011	7 October 2011	30
8	30 January 2012	9 March 2012	30
9	27 January 2014	8 March 2014	30
10	27 October 2014	21 November 2014	20
11	24 November 2014	19 December 2014	20
12	2 March 2015	27 March 2015	20
13	30 March 2015	24 April 2015	20
14	25 July 2016	2 September 2016	30
15	16 January 2017	24 February 2017	30
16	24 July 2017	15 September 2017	40
17	8 January 2018	2 March 2018	40
18	28 January 2019	8 March 2019	30

Celebrity series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	8 November 2010	19 November 2010	10
2	10 October 2011	21 October 2011	10
3	16 January 2012	27 January 2012	10
4	14 January 2019	25 January 2019	10
5	7 October 2019	18 October 2019	10
6	6 January 2020	24 January 2020	15

Christmas series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	12 December 2011	30 December 2011	15

Other versions

Country/Region	Local title	Host	Network	Premiere/air dates
France	Le Bus (The Bus)	Frédéric Guillemin	M6	23 July – 24 August 2012
Germany[20]	Der VIP Bus – Promis auf Pauschalreise[21] (The VIP Bus – Celebrities on Package tour)	Olivia Jones	RTL	1 December 2013
Quebec	Les Touristes[22] (The Tourists)	Patrick Groulx	V	17 September – 21 November 2012

Related shows

On 24 June 2013, a replacement show called Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour began on Channel 4.[23] The series was filmed from September 2012 (visiting Barcelona, Jamaica, Cancún in Mexico and Istanbul) and aired in the 5:00pm slot, narrated by Tupele Dorgu.

On 13 September 2012, Sheerin announced in an interview that he had signed a deal to host a new dating show for Channel 4, titled 'Brendan's Love Boat'.[24] The other replacement show (produced by Optomen) was aired in December 2013, after being commissioned for a 20-episode series.[25] The series, renamed Brendan's Love Cruise, began on 2 December on More4 in the 9:20am slot, narrated by Maria McErlane.[26]

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External links

• Coach Trip at Channel 4
• Celebrity Coach Trip at Channel 4
• Coach Trip on IMDb
• Celebrity Coach Trip on IMDb
• Christmas Coach Trip on IMDb
• Coach Trip at UKGameshows.com