Coach Trip

In this first episode, the intrepid travellers leave London, heading for Amsterdam, but unfortunately some of the passengers don't hit if off straight away.

The passengers leave Amsterdam and travel to Brussels to sample some of the local chocolate and taste the famous Belgian beer. But will the vote see the departure of the first couple?

It's another day and another country for the explorers as they cross the border into Germany. Trouble is brewing on the coach as some of the trippers are having problems waking up.

It's time for a spot of pampering for the Coach Trip passengers as they arrive in the German spa town of Baden Baden. They get a lesson in making Black Forest Gateaux and relax at a spa

In Munich, the passengers visit the Olympic Tower and get a chance to soak up the sights and sounds of the city.

The tourists arrive in Salzburg, Austria and take a trip around the salt mines and then re-enact some of the classic movie moments from The Sound of Music.

Starting from Madrid, a new coachload of 14 intrepid travellers head off across Europe in the second series of the travel programme with a difference.

The third series of the travel show with a difference starts in London, with the first port of call in Antwerp. One of the tourists, Deanne, claims she can predict the future from tarot cards. But will she be able to foresee how this adventure turns out?

The tourists visit Reims and the World War II Surrender Museum, before a merry trip to a Champagne house. One couple are already being singled out at vote time.

A walking tour of Luxembourg City gets mixed reviews and a pottery class proves popular for all the wrong reasons. The first new couple join the tour.

The group have an Alsatian cooking class in Strasbourg and visit one of Europe's biggest theme parks. But an unexpected row at voting time spoils the party.

The group head up a snow-covered mountain in Switzerland, and the atmosphere is still frosty after last night's bust-up. Can Graham and Ivy survive another vote?

The coach has reached Lucerne in Switzerland, and the group upset a local celebrity before upsetting each other at another emotional vote.

It's day one, and the new tour party is pretty unimpressed to discover that tour guide Brendan has decided to start their grand tour with a spot of sailing off the coast of Portsmouth.

The group arrive in Normandy, France on day two of the new Coach Trip, where they make a moving visit to a World War II museum, and then enjoy an archery lesson.

It's day three, and the coach stops in Le Mans, home of the famous 24 hour motor race. But forget 24 hours, the group barely last 24 minutes before being kicked off the racecourse for dangerous driving.

The party arrive in Paris for some horse riding, and then a can-can lesson, which one couple refuses to take part in.

In Paris, Brendan gets lost walking to the Eiffel Tower. And after a fencing lesson in the afternoon, one pair of the tour party find they've been stabbed in the back at vote time.

The coach rolls into Chablis on day six for some adrenaline-fuelled rock-climbing, which the group love, and some fine wine tasting which is less of a success. At the vote one of the original couples get their marching orders.

It was all aboard as the tour bus embarked on another adventure, this time from near Leeds. The first port of call was Kingston upon Hull with a spot of maypole dancing, before heading to Hull's spectacular aquarium. At the end of the day the couples voted and with three votes Yasmin and Neelofer received the first yellow card.

On day two of the trip the group arrived in Amsterdam for the second time in the history of the show. After touring the city's canals by pedalo they learned the exotic art of burlesque dancing. At the vote Brendan introduced the new voting rule: the couple who received a yellow card the previous day was immune from a yellow card the following day, meaning Yasmin & Neelofer could not be voted for, but could still cast a vote themselves. The couples voted for the second time and gave Amanda & Nicki their first yellow card with two votes, which put them in emotional danger.

The coach headed for rural Holland on day three for a life drawing class in Vincent van Gogh's house. The trippers' artistic 'talent' left Brendan crying with laughter. At the vote, with Amanda and Nicki being immune from any votes cast against them, it came to a three-way tie between Timo & Val, Glenn & Becca and Yasmin & Neelofer, all with two votes. The other couples had to agree on who to award a yellow card. They chose to give the yellow card, followed by the red card, to Yasmin & Neelofer meaning they were the first couple to be sent home.

The tourists headed to Bremen. But on arrival a dramatic emergency call was made after Marg fell ill, resulting in an unexpected early departure from the trip for her and Mo. However, the numbers were soon bolstered by some lively new arrivals. There's a sausage-making lesson and a ride around the town on a conference bike. As it was Nick & Mark's first day they could not be voted for but could cast a vote against other couples. The dreaded yellow card fell to Glenn & Becca with three votes.

In Hamburg, some familiar faces from the previous year, Ray & Glenys, returned to the group. After a visit to a submarine, it was all out conflict between two couples. At vote time as it was Raymond & Glenys' first day of their new tour and as Glenn & Becca received a yellow card the previous day they were both immune from the vote. With four votes, Timo & Val received a yellow card with a vote from every couple except Ray & Glenys and Sam & Charlie. The main reason for receiving so many votes was that they had tried and failed to convince the other couples to vote for fellow couple Amanda & Nicki.

The tourists woke on the night ferry as it arrived in Gothenburg. Brendan whisked the party off to the city's famous fish market, where rotten fish was on the menu. At the vote, with Timo & Val immune from any votes, Glenys & Ray received their first yellow card with a vote from all but one of the other couples.

The celebrity party gets straight on with the fun in Prague. First up is a lesson at the Czech National Ballet. Later they go for a hair-raising ride in old Soviet tanks. Two new arrivals join the coach in the shape of Big Brother's Ben Duncan and ex-Apprentice star Raef Bjayou

The coach leaves Prague for Pilzen in the west of the Czech Republic. A surprised Brendan finds himself naked in a beer bath with Ingrid Tarrant and Barry Chuckle. And Ricky Groves and Alex Ferns display a lot more of themselves than Bianca Gascoigne and Imogen Thomas bargained for

The travellers arrive in Regensburg, Germany, where Alex struggles with sausage-making, while Ricky shows off his cooking skills and prepares lunch for everyone. In the afternoon, the group embarks on a river cruise, but Brendan's educational efforts are scuppered by the presence of a keg of beer.

The coach reaches the Bavarian town of Passau, where the famous faces enjoy a tour of the cathedral and receive an accordion lesson. They also take a canoe trip down the Danube, where Ben and Raef annoy Brendan by heading off in their own direction.

The tourists arrive in Linz, Austria, where they cross water in AquaSpheres, and visit the Museum of the Future, where an experiment fails to find activity in Ben Duncan's brain.

As the travellers prepare to set off for Salzburg, they are joined by interior designers Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan. Brendan's refereeing skills are put to the test with the little-known Tyrolean sport of six cup, before another two new arrivals, former Dollar heart-throb David Van Day and DJ Tony Blackburn, board the coach.

The new tour in the Mediterranean sun starts in Milan the famous place for fashion, and within hours the tourists are making a racket 'singing' opera next to the city's famous cathedral. At the first vote there are already signs of tension and daggers among this feisty group - Brendan's going to have his work cut out.

It's Day 2 of the brand new tour and the group travels to the stunning Lake Maggiore in the foothills of the Alps. The tourists get the chance to swim at one of the lake's exclusive islands. Two of the lads aren't shy when stripping off for a swim, causing one of the ladies to get very overexcited. But one couple who don't share in the fun find themselves under pressure at the vote.

The party crosses the Swiss border. But Brendan's planned 'snow day' hits the rocks when because of bad weather they shut all of the Cable Cars and ski area was closed since cable car suspension in Saas-Fee on Day 9 of series 4. Brendan takes them to a local museum instead, which gets mixed reviews. Later on disaster strikes when a tourist takes a tumble on the mountain and is rushed to hospital. And at the vote it's all out war between two couples as one pair accuse the other of neglecting and phishisically abusing their family by coming on the trip.

Brendan's tourists leave the Swiss mountains and head for an underground lake. A lesson in blowing the alpine horn descends into 'Carry On... ' territory. There appears to be a bit of a north-south divide going on in the group, with the southerners not taking Brendan's tour seriously, and tensions on the rise. At the vote, one couple gets stung in the neck for constant moaning.

The first week ends with our tourists wakeboarding on Lake Geneva - with predictably dismal results. Two couples make an early departure, replaced by two striking new arrivals who look sure to shake things up. Ongoing arguments boil over again at the vote, leading to a red card for one couple.

The coach rolls Mediterranean country bound into France, where they pick up two young attractive new tourists and a game of boules descends into farce as Brendan's refereeing is called into question. Later on all sense of decorum is lost at a French language lesson where the smutty behaviour of two of the tourists alienates them from the others. At the vote the passengers outroar and mummify each-other like lions and egyptians.

The coach stops in the Champagne region of France to allow the tourists to visit a vineyard and sample the local produce.

After a night's heavy drinking, one tourist is in no mood for today's task: cooking and eating snails. Later, the tourists go kayaking, but spend more time under the water than on it.

The passengers are joined by a preacher and her husband as they celebrate their departure from France and enter Germany. The day's excursions include a visit to a car museum, but some of the travellers lack enthusiasm for the nation's engineering. They also dress formally for an afternoon watching horse racing, but one couple's enjoyment of bright outfits and shouting meets the disapproval of their fellow tourists.

The 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.

The 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.

At 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.

Along 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.

After 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.

Still 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.

Coach Trip is back on the road for a special Christmas series - a northerly mission to meet Santa Claus in Lapland.

On day two of the Christmas tour, the coach heads to Hell, a chilly Norwegian town where the tourists ride Icelandic ponies in a competitive relay that sees tour guide Brendan disqualified.

On the third day of the Christmas trip, the coach heads north through Scandinavia to Åre in Sweden, where the tourists go zip-wiring in the morning and sample moose meat in the afternoon. There are fireworks at the vote as one couple feel they have been singled out for criticism.

The coach reaches Ostersund in Sweden, where the tourists tap into their bloodthirsty side to play Viking games and get crafty making Christmas wreaths.

In northern Sweden a new couple join the group, and Brendan arranges a sauna and hot-tub session for the tourists. In the afternoon there's chaos in the kitchen when the trippers try to make Christmas chocolates, and the knives are out come vote time.

It's the sixth day of the Christmas tour and the coach trip is continuing the festive fun, reaching Ornskoldsvik in the north of Sweden. The group enjoys a canoeing lesson in the morning and the tourists quite literally hit the ice in the afternoon with a competitive game of ice hockey. At vote time, it seems Santa's come early as there are positive vibes all round and the coach's favourite couple are awarded a real Christmas treat.

The tourists enjoy a clown lesson and an afternoon down on the farm. But who'll pick up the dreaded yellow card at the first vote of the series?

The celebs learn competitive frisbee. But behind the smiles there are already tensions building between Nikki Grahame and the older members of the group.

Brendan takes the celebs to the Croatian capital Zagreb to fight it out with the Olympic judo team. But Nikki boils over at a cookery lesson in the afternoon.

Brendan attempts to return calmness to the tour by taking the celebrities into the Croatian wilderness to get back to nature and learn survival skills. The celebs also learn yoga.

It's the end of a tempestuous first week and after two shock departures the celebrities greet two new arrivals in the form of WAGs Jude Cisse and Chantelle Tagoe.

A new set of tourists meet in Blackheath, London, and quickly get to know each other over an Essex-style makeover including fake tan, vajazzling and fish pedicures.

The coach heads to Amsterdam, and the group try a spot of flower arranging. But the pace picks up in the afternoon when they hit the slopes.

The coach heads to Utrecht and, after a lesson in the art of flirting, the group try out their best chat-up lines on the locals.

The coach travels to Essen where the group get creative by making traditional bread. The afternoon is an adrenaline junkie's dream as the group go indoor sky diving.

On the group's second day in Germany a visit to a land art installation isn't to everyone's liking. In the afternoon the group enjoy a cheerleading lesson. But the cheer doesn't last long when it comes to a ruthless vote.

The heat is on at a sausage restaurant in Mannheim when the tourists battle it out to see who can handle the hottest curry sauce. Come afternoon and it's time for a game of baseball.

The first day of the new tour finds the group making a sobering visit to Flanders Field, a World War I memorial site in Belgium, before taking in a round of Belgian beer tasting.

Day two includes some very messy chocolate making before it gets wet and wild with scuba diving at the world's deepest swimming pool.

The coach arrives in sleepy Luxembourg, where one tourist gets hands-on with a local pottery maker. Later Brendan is in his element on a Segway tour.

The group arrive in Nancy, where Brendan's refereeing is called into question at human table football. Later, one tourist's dream comes true with a zip wire ride. But two other tourists' dreams are shattered at the vote.

The group meet a very eccentric guide at Europe's first kite museum, and some unconventional locals at a blackcurrant museum.

An action packed day on the coach in southern France, with the first new arrivals, a joke that goes too far at a sausage making class, and a policeman who gets carried away at a self-defence class, leaving Brendan nursing a nasty injury.

It'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.

The 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.

Brendan 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.

At 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.

The 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.

The 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.

It's day one of a brand new tour as 14 fun-loving Brits begin the trip of a lifetime. The first stop is Split in Croatia, where one tourist makes an instant impression, on a fortress tour.

The tourists visit Omis in Croatia, where Brendan struggles with teething problems and the group goes rock climbing, before spending an afternoon making a local flat pie - with varying results.

The tourists arrive in Makarska, Croatia, and they slip and slide their way around an inflatable assault course at a local swimming pool. The group then visits a mandarin grove before one of the couples receive some bad news at the vote.

Following an early morning shock, the passengers explore once war-torn areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Leader Brendan Sheerin's memory is put to the test at a karate class, and one couple are in the firing line at an emotional vote.

The group members arrive in Dubrovnik, Croatia, where they take part in a paddle-boarding lesson. Meanwhile, Brendan Sheerin befriends some Australians during an a cappella singing class, and one of the tourists becomes besotted with a handsome local.

The tourists visit Herceg Novi in Montenegro, where they take part in a squid ink cookery class before spending the afternoon snorkelling. Later, one couple is in the firing line at an emotional vote.