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.

The coach remains in Austria as the trippers visit the city of Linz. Brendan and Chris the driver have a difference of opinion, and everyone takes a lunch cruise down the River Danube

The tourists visit Vienna. After a game of animal charades the group take a trip around the oldest zoo in the world.

The Coach Trip is still in Austria and visits Graz. Relations on the coach are fraught as Brendan loses his temper with one of the younger trippers.

The coach leaves Austria for a brief visit to Slovenia and the capital Ljubljana.

The coach trip arrives in Venice. Max feels at home and longs for love in the romantic city, the rest jump aboard a gondola and Phil has yet more problems with the local food.

The Italian leg of the trip continues with a stop in Bologna. The day doesn't start well as Max and Tom get a bit of a surprise when they check out of the hotel.

The group travels south to Orvieto in Umbria where they are taught traditional pizza making and taste some local wine, and some new arrivals make a memorable first impression on the coach.

The Coach Trip arrives in Rome where they have a busy day of sightseeing, although it is marred by what some trippers consider Sally's attention-seeking.

The coach travels to Florence. There's a bad start to the day with some laundry problems which upsets Pasquale, and the tourists embarrass Brendan at an art lesson.

After the previous day's vote the coach atmosphere is at an all-time low as the tour rolls into Pisa where the tourists take some snaps of the famous leaning tower.

After the shocking events of the vote, Brendan desperately tries to calm the travellers down as they make their way on to Switzerland and a visit to a local chocolate factory.

The coach is joined by some new passengers as it makes its way to Turin. The tourists get to visit the Shroud of Turin museum and do a spot of shopping.

Yet more trouble occurs on the trip as there is a disturbance in the hotel and Brendan decides he must take serious action.

The coach rolls into Monaco, the playground of the rich and famous, where the passengers explore a luxury boat and tactics rear their ugly head when some of them discuss a voting plan.

Another day, another city for the European explorers as they arrive in the French city of Arles and the boys try to impress the girls by dressing as gladiators.

A long journey on the coach to Andorra gives the passengers the chance to entertain each other, before everybody strips off at a spa. But tempers flare at voting time.

The coach arrives in Barcelona for some sightseeing and paella making. Two of the male passengers compete for the affections of coach tripper Lisa and some new arrivals cause a stir.

The coach continues travelling through Spain and pulls up in Zaragoza where the coach trippers get a scare at a bull ring, before dancing with some locals at a Spanish concert.

The passengers roll into their next Spanish stop, La Rioja. The tour sample a little too much wine before moving on to an art gallery, where they're less than impressed with the art.

The coach arrives in San Sebastian, where bad weather forces the group indoors. Brendan gets to the bottom of a coach romance, and one of the passengers has a makeover.

Surf's up on today's episode when the coach arrives in the beach haven of Biarritz, although Gavin thinks he knows more than the experts. The tour then moves on to Bordeaux for some wine.

Brendan and the coach trippers continue on the French leg of the tour and arrive in Poitiers, where they get to nose around an impressive chateau and monkey about at an animal park.

The coach arrives at its final destination, Paris. Romance is in the air for Lisa and Winter, but the taste of snails soon brings everyone back down to earth...

The coach makes its way back home to London, giving everyone a chance to recall the highlights of their extraordinary 30-day European coach adventure.

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 wil…

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.

Brendan gets annoyed as one of the tourists gets drunk at the Prince of Liechtenstein's private vineyard, plus a flamboyant new couple join the group.

The group go on a rather unusual tour of Munich's Olympic stadium, while the noisy new arrivals get a mixed response from the rest of the tourists.

The group cross over into Austria, where one tourist behaves very badly at Hitler's Eagle's Nest. But at vote time it's another couple who are warned about their behaviour.

An Alpine adventure is on the itinerary today as the group learn to yodel and bobsleigh in Innsbruck. Plus, two new couples join the party to shake things up a little.

The coach heads into Italy and the group learn to sail on beautiful Lake Garda. After a dramatic vote the new arrivals suspect they are being targeted by the original Coach Trippers.

The group enjoy a romantic day in Venice: appropriately enough, a love affair is blossoming within the group. But love is not in the air at another tense vote.

The coach heads down Italy's Adriatic coast, where a visit to an eel farm is too much for some to stomach. At a dramatic vote the new arrivals and the original Coach Trippers air their grievances abou…

The group attempt to learn Italian - some more successfully than others - and then visit a traditional vineyard. There are more new arrivals and surprise departures after an emotional vote.

The coach pulls into the Italian seaside town of Cesenatico, where two of the group reveal more than they should at the beach. Two Coach Trippers have an angry bust-up at lunch.

The group visit some spectacular limestone caves and welcome two more new tourists before suffering seasickness on a stormy night ferry to Croatia.

Still feeling the effects of their rough ferry crossing, the group head to the peaceful Croatian seaside town of Makarska. But the peace is wrecked by a big row at vote time.

A walk along the Dubrovnik city walls proves too much for two of the tourists, and then at the vote yesterday's disagreement flares up again - leading to an early exit for one couple.

Two couples are taken ill and miss the day's trip to Montenegro - leading to a surprise result at vote time.

There is a dramatic early-morning departure before the tour reaches the city of Split, where some local hunks teach the Coach Trippers Croatian watersports - with mixed results.

Two new arrivals join the group, as they continue their exploration of Croatia with a tour of the Dalmatian islands on a private boat. But one tourist spoils the fun with some inappropriate behaviour,…

The group are given time to relax at Croatia's beautiful Plitvice Lakes National Park. But tensions rise later when the remaining original tourists continue to try to rig the voting.

In the Croatian capital, Zagreb, the group swap the coach for some unusual transportation, with disastrous results. And two new arrivals intend to shake up the voting.

Brendan stirs up the group by announcing a dramatic twist at the day's vote, leaving the original tourists fighting for their survival.

The coach reaches the Hungarian capital, Budapest, where the group try their hand at making one of the national dishes, goulash. Plus, the newer tourists take control at vote time.

The coach reaches Vienna and the group enjoy some musical treats. But Brendan has a massive row with two new tourists who don't want to play by his rules.

Brendan leads the group whitewater rafting in the Czech town of Cesky Krumlov before upsetting a local guide on a brewery tour.

The group are excited by a visit to the spa town of Marienbad, but the treatments aren't as relaxing as they'd hoped. Later, one tourist surprises the group by revealing a secret past.

The coach reaches its final destination, Prague, where the tour party cause havoc in a puppet museum and on a vintage tram, before choosing their favourite couple in a special final vote.

As the 14 tourists who have made it to the end of the line head home to the UK, Brendan looks back on his favourite and funniest moments of the 30-day tour.

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 drivin…

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 …

Despite a fun morning touring Dijon, the group are getting bored of France and dreary afternoon making local mustard doesn't help.

A new couple join the party as they head for Switzerland, where one tour member has a nasty fall on the ice. and another has a nasty strop at a medieval castle tour.

It's day nine, and a scheduled trip up a mountain is ruined by bad weather. Later two tourists get really drunk and make fools of themselves at lunch.

The tour visits Milan, where the group pretend to be David Beckham at the San Siro stadium, and then head to the city's cathedral, where Brendan has a row with a local guide.

The coach pulls up on the shores of Lake Garda, picking up two new tourists, who make it clear they plan to break up the existing voting alliance.

A fight breaks out on the coach as it descends on Vicenza.

In Venice, the group take gondola lessons and relax at the beach. But who will get the yellow card?

En route from Venice to Llubljana, the group go through some spectacular caves and ride a hovercraft.

The group arrive in the Slovenian city of Maribor, where they have fun dancing on a river raft and rope swinging above a valley. Brendan also has his feathers ruffled by a local guide who is more popu…

The tourists try milking cows on a farm in Styria, Austria. Brendan enjoys the visit to the local chocolate factory. Later, there is another surprise exit from the trip.

In Zagreb, Croatia, an edible flower-making class ends in disgrace for three of the boys. A visit to the zoo goes better and two new couples join the trip.

Brendan leads the group on a day of country pursuits in Slavonski Brod, Croatia. A new 'celebrity' couple join the tour, and settle in with the group instantly.

One of the tour party takes a shine to the local guide on a museum visit in Belgrade and also impresses everyone with his incredible water-skiing skills. The four original tourists still on board do t…

In Nis in Serbia the group are joined by a new couple whose relationship raises a few eyebrows. Two of the remaining original tourists get a nasty surprise at vote time.

The group heads further east into Serbia, where everyone is underwhelmed by a world heritage site ranked as the 77th wonder of the world. Later, at a local spa, Luke and his girlfriend's mum, Trish,…

Two new couples join the coach as the group heads into Bulgaria, where they enjoy a pottery class and a traditional bagpipe lesson.

The group are still in Bulgaria, where they learn how to cook local delicacies such as cow's brain. After an afternoon of medieval fighting, the battle continues at the next vote.

The tour arrives in Turkey, where they take a trip to a traditional steam bath.

The group visit the Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.

The group continue their journey around Istanbul, visiting a spice market and taking a boat across the Bosphorus.

The group head along the Turkish coast to Tekirdag, indulging in a golf lesson and olive oil wrestling.

The coach crosses the border into Greece and stops off at the Evros national park, where the group goes bird-watching and gets a painting lesson.

The Greek adventure continues in Xanthi as the group enjoy a canoeing trip and a visit to a local mud bath.

In Thessaloniki the group learn to make cocktails, but later on things get a bit heated when it's time to vote.

The group get lost in Greece, finally arriving in Volos for an afternoon of canyoning.

The group are joined by two noisy tourists as they travel to the famous oracle at Delphi.

The group arrive in Athens, where they brave a visit to a theme park in the middle of a lightning storm. A huge falling out leads to a shock departure at vote time.

New arrivals Eileen and Jake are thrown straight in at the deep end with a bungee jump in Corinth.

In Nafplion in Greece, Nathan and Romane join the tour and immediately annoy Brendan.

In the ancient city of Olympia the travellers are almost arrested for taking their shirts off.

In Patras, Greece, the group go for a spin at a go-kart track and make souvlaki before boarding the night ferry bound for southern Italy.

After a boozy ferry crossing, the party land in Italy and try their hand at zip wiring.

A trip to a paper museum in Amalfi gets a lukewarm response, but the afternoon spent making limoncello proves to be more popular.

The tour party arrives in Rome. After a session in leather at gladiator school, two of the recent additions to the group get a nasty surprise at the vote.

The tour bus arrives in the Italian city of Caserta. Two of the younger tourists drive Brendan mad by mucking about at an olive oil farm. The afternoon is spent at a mozzarella factory, where the smel…

The group try their hand at making pizzas in Naples. Two of the tourists are rude to a local waiter.

The coach rolls into Palermo and the group visit the spooky local catacombs and make the local creamy dessert, cannoli.

In Malta Brendan ditches the coach in favour of a vintage tour bus and the group pay a visit to a honey farm where they meet some fiesty bees.

The behaviour of two of the younger members of the party spoils a trip to Mount Etna in Italy.

The coach lands in Africa and the party descend on Tunis for a day at the luxury spa.

The group have a real taste of Tunisia when they prepare a goats' head stew.

The tourists spend the morning in the desert near Nefta in Tunisia, trying out quad bikes. They also handle snakes and scorpions at a visit to an oasis - with a sting in the tail for one couple at vot…

The Sahara desert is the end of the road for the current series, with the group transported by camels to a Bedouin oasis for a final party with a feast and dancing. At the final vote, the group choo…

A double-episode looking back at the highs and lows of Brendan's longest ever coach trip.

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 spect…

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…

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 N…

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…

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 &…

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…

The coach arrives in Jönköping, Sweden, where Brendan's plans for a synchronised swimming lesson were dashed as the pool was closed, so the icy local lake beckons instead. Timo & Val were the only pe…

Amanda & Nikki were almost booted off the coach after being late in the morning, but were let of with a warning as they had timekeeping issues. Amanda lost her precious diamond ring, and it was unknow…

As the tour rolled in to Stockholm goth rockers - and ex-relations - Chris and Lauren joined the travelers before they visited a music museum. Some of the party enjoy a roof top walk round the city a…

After a night ferry crossing, the tour arrived at Nuuksio Park in rural Finland, where the tourists were eaten alive by mosquitoes as they attempted to master local folk dancing. When it came to the v…

The coach departed the woods arrived in the Finnish capital of Helsinki, where the tourists tried a spot of ice hockey at the Hartwall Areena before having a hot and steamy session in a sauna.

In Tallinn, Estonia, Brendan planned a stag party, which began with the coach being ambushed by Soviet soldiers. Later, the ladies got to grips with a butler in the buff.

In Parnu, Estonia, Brendan cast his critical eye over some local glass-making. The afternoon was spent trying Estonia's national sport - with mixed results, including a trip to hospital.

Moving on to Sigulda in Latvia, the group get stuck into some medieval games, before meeting a cheeky new couple and taking to the skies at a skydiving centre. The day started with 4 empty spare seat…

With Martin & Margaret and Teresa & Katie gone the day starts with 4 empty spare seats to be occupied. The remaining tourists round off the week in Riga, Latvia, where they are let loose on a summer b…

In Siauliai, Lithuania, the tourists pay a visit to the spectacular Hill of Crosses, one of the country's major Catholic pilgrimage sites. Later, they party with a local folk group.

In Vilnius, Lithuania, the group pay a harrowing visit to the KGB museum. And, despite Brendan's attempt to cheer everyone up in the afternoon, the day ends in turmoil, with a shock red card at an emo…

Day 18, in Kaunas, Lithuania, brings more new arrivals, a disastrous traditional cookery lesson and a spectacularly unsuccessful raft-building session.

Yet more new arrivals climb onboard at Curonian Spit in Lithuania. It's not long before everyone's getting stuck into the locals' traditional work: gutting and smoking fish - which causes plenty of co…

The Lithuanian love-in continues in Klaipeda, as the group meet dolphins and a huge sea lion at the Sea Museum. Later, they scour the beach for Baltic amber.

The tourists arrive in Sweden and drive to Malmo, where they receive a rap lesson from a local pop star.

In Copenhagen, the tourists try to see the city by kayak, but Brendan falls out of his vessel, and the major city waterways prove too much for the plucky Brits.

In Odense, Denmark, Amanda and Nikki's prayers are answered in the form of hunks Geoff and Jack. On a visit to the Hans Christian Andersen museum, Amanda and Jack flirt heavily.

Glamorous girls Kayley & Helena join the coach in Arhus, Denmark, where the trippers head off to the Sky Tower for a freefall drop which tests their fear of heights. Later in the day new couple Phil &…

In Aalborg, Denmark the rivalry escalates between new girls Kayleigh and Helena, and Amanda and Nikki, with some impromptu dancing on the coach before the group take part in traditional viking games. …

The tour party arrives off the ferry in Norway, where the group learn handball and tackle a 1km zip wire across a river.

The coach trundles into Oslo and Brendan takes the tourists for a spot of culture at the Munch museum.

After a bad night's sleep on the night train, the tourists arrive in Bergen, before boarding a boat to tour the stunning fjords, and then going skiing, with predictable results.

In Voss, Norway, on the last full day of the current trip, the party goes white water rafting and abseil down sheer cliffs, before voting for their favourite couple.

It's the journey home and Brendan reminisces about the best and worst of the last 30 days on the road.

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 coa…

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 disp…

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…

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 ann…

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 Tyrolea…

Former football player Rodney Marsh and ex-Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker join the tour as it heads for the Austrian Alpine resort of Innsbruck. There, they are given a chance to feed the animals at Eur…

With the coach being repaired, the party is late leaving for Trento in Italy, and at vote time another celebrity couple get the axe, but they do not go quietly.

The famous faces visit Juliet's balcony in Verona, before receiving an opera lesson in the city's Roman amphitheatre, where they are joined by Transylvanian pop duo the Cheeky Girls.

The well-known tourists finish their journey in Venice, where they enjoy a creative morning making masks. Brendan causes a stir when he gets mobbed by fans in St Mark's Square and the afternoon is spe…

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…

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 t…

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 Sa…

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 d…

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 t…

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. …

The day begins with a shock departure that upsets the group. Brendan attempts a cultural morning touring the city's sights, but all the tourists want to do is shop. A lunch of a Paris cuisine snails …

The second week begins with the group enjoying a morning's truffle hunting, but Brendan gets increasingly annoyed with the behaviour of the younger tourists. The afternoon is spent on a relationship …

Brendan takes the group to an exclusive restaurant for some oyster tasting. Later the party is joined by two plucky new tourists before an afternoon of catamaran sailing. Meanwhile the make up row ru…

Brendan is forced to take drastic action against one couple after complaints from the hotel management. Once on the road a bizarre morning is spent at a medieval eco-museum where the group have a les…

As the coach rolls Mediterranean country bound into Spain a new couple of outdoor adventurists join the tour. Brendan tests the group's language skills with a Basque lesson before testing their physi…

The tour visits Pamplona, home of the world-famous bull run, but unfortunately they're a week late, so must settle for making some churros instead. In an attempt to further Anglo-Spanish relations Br…

In Bilbao there's more Basque-country fun with some rural sports before the group hit the beach for an afternoon's surfing.

The tour moves on to Santander where Brendan organises a golf tournament, and once again his refereeing ability is called into serious question. One couple are increasingly distant from the rest of t…

One of the older tourists pays for overindulging the night before and is filled with horror at the first of the day's excursions - a cider farm. It gets worse in the afternoon as Brendan takes them o…

Members of the group have a chance to rejuvenate themselves at a health spa in Viveiro, Spain, where they are joined by a mischievous new couple. One of the older tourists shows the youngsters how it …

The group arrives in A Coruna, Spain, where Brendan arranges Picasso-inspired Cubist art lesson The afternoon is spent with some Galician folk musicians, and two new passengers join the coach. However…

The tourists arrive in Santiago de Compostela, north-west Spain, to visit one of Christianity's holiest pilgrimage sites, but conflict erupts when one of the newer couples tries to manipulate the voti…

Brendan organises a lesson in tripe cooking and port tasting for the group in Porto, Portugal, but the behaviour of one couple annoys the other tourists, with the divide between new and old contestant…

In Aveiro, Portugal, Brendan challenges the tourists to make and sell traditional sweet eggs, before they enjoy local folk dancing. However, the sun's effects help hospitalise one of the group, before…

The tourists take part in a seaside yoga lesson before enjoying a medieval adventure in the picturesque town of Obidos, Portugal. One member of the group overdoes it in the heat, and her continued lou…

Two attractive newcomers cause a stir on the bus, before Brendan provides the tourists with electric buggies and lets them loose on Lisbon. However, they end up getting in trouble without their trusty…

The tourists head to Evora, where they enjoy a treasure hunt on Portugal's largest lake before visiting an ostrich farm. Voting time brings a few surprises for the participants.

The tourists spend the morning dolphin watching in the Algarve, before visiting a waterpark. However, there is a shock in store at the end of the day when two previously popular members receive the mo…

In Seville, Spain, the group spends the day flamenco dancing and receiving lessons in bullfighting. Brendan is then forced to hand out a red card, leaving the tourists with a tough decision at vote ti…

Brendan gets the tourists to cook his favourite dish, paella, before more cookery-related fun takes place at a bowl-making class

The tourists take an archery lesson in Tarifa, Spain, that leaves one of their number with a few bruises. Later they compete in a sand sculpture contest on the beach, and Brendan reveals their next de…

A new couple joins the participants for the last three days of the trip as the tourists arrive in Tangier, Morocco, where they enjoy the city's souk, its open-air marketplace. Brendan also allows the …

The final day of the tour turns into a disaster for Brendan when he is forced to abandon the planned activities and take the group back to Tangier for a belly dancing lesson and a trip to the funfair,…

Brendan recalls his favourite activities and contestants from the past 30 days, as the tourists travel back to Spain to catch their flight home. Last in the series

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 traveller…

Brendan sends two contestants home early as he aims to bring an end to the late-night partying. Stunned by their team leader's actions, the remaining tourists travel into the Black Forest for a day of…

One couple tell Brendan they are not enjoying their holiday anymore, so he tries to keep the rest of the group happy by moving the coach swiftly on to Switzerland. There the tourists take a trip aroun…

No freebie is left uneaten as as the group heads to a Swiss chocolate factory. In the afternoon the Brits throw themselves into an indoor skydiving lesson.

The Brits demonstrate how not to cook as they attempt to create a local delicacy in a Lichtenstein kitchen. Later, Brendan sends the tourists up into the trees and on a rope course.

The tourists are uncertain which country they have woken up in, and Brendan Sheerin sends them to a pretzel factory in Germany, where some of the travellers make rude snacks. Meanwhile, inappropriate …

There are tantrums from some of the tourists, and Brendan organises a party in a brewery.

Its childish giggles all round as the Brits head up a suggestively names mountain in Germany. But the giggles turn to cheers as the group get to tobaggan back down.

The group try their hand at classical Mozart singing, before attempting a lesson in break dancing.

A married couple who are antique dealers join the party on their second day in Austria. The group take part in a cook-off, followed by a chariot race at a local horse racing track.

The coach travelled east to the Austrian capital Vienna where they were introduced to new couple Tina and Monica and then took part in a gold leaf gilding lesson where the group applied gold leaf to t…

The coach heads in to Hungary where Brendan lines up a karate lesson and some wake boarding for the holiday makers.

In Budapest the group experience a nuclear fallout drill at a slightly strange museum. During a trip to a thermal spa in the afternoon Brendan has a close encounter with a masseuse.

The group prepares for a day of fantasy and role play in the old kingdom of Slovakia, picking up two fair maidens waiting for them along the way.

The group goes white-water rafting and then summer bobsleighing in Bratislava. If that isn't enough tension, later on they must vote for who should leave the tour party next.

The coach party is joined by two West Country salsa dancers as it makes its way through the Czech Republic. The Brits get a taste of the high life as they learn to use jumping stilts, before spending …

In Ostrava Brendan introduces the group to a castle abseil followed by some grass skiing. Later on one couple's past comments come back to haunt them at vote time.

As the coach enters Poland the Brits tour a brewery before Brendan takes his happy travellers for a lesson in local dancing.

The coach arrives in Krakow and the tourists visit the local salt mine before exploring the city on bicycles.

Brendan wants the tourists to get a taste of Polish life, so he leads them straight to the kitchen for a lesson in sausage soup and beetroot salads.

It's costume time and Brendan gets his Brits dressed up as gnomes in Wroclaw, Poland, as they hunt for the city's collection of little statues.

The tourists spend the morning at a Polish pottery lesson and the afternoon on a riverboat trip in Germany.

With only a few days of the current tour to go, the last yellow card vote of the trip is due. Paranoia has set in within the group, with nobody wanting to fall at the final hurdle.

In Berlin, the Brits go straight to remnants of the Berlin Wall for a graffiti lesson. The last activity of the trip is cocktail making, where the tourists raise a glass to reaching the end of the roa…

As they pack their bags for home, Brendan and the Brits take a moment to reflect on all the fun they've had over the last six weeks. Having driven through 10 different countries, and having welcomed …

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…

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.

After a morning's snorkelling at Livorno in Italy, the coach heads to Pisa for a language lesson and the celebrities are joined by comedienne Helen Lederer and actress Sandra Dickinson.

In Florence, Brendan announces that he'll only be handing out red cards for the rest of the trip. Comedian Stan Boardman and his daughter, TV presenter Andrea, join the celebrity tourists.

At Orvieto, the last newcomers join the coach - X Factor's Wagner and Britain's Got Talent finalists Demetri and Lagi, aka Stavros Flatley - and the celebrities try to milk goats on a farm.

On the last day, the celebrities learn how to make pizzas and tour the sites of Rome using Brendan's favourite mode of transport - the Segway. At the final vote, the winners are revealed.

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 f…

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 Christma…

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 tour…

Day 7 and the Christmas Coach Trip adventure continues as the tourists arrive in the Swedish town of Umeå. In the morning, the group sample some of Sweden's more adventurous culinary delights. In the…

It's Day 8 of the Christmas trip and the coach heads further north towards the Arctic Circle to Skellefteå in Sweden, where - in true Christmas fashion - the group put on a panto. In the afternoon, t…

On Day 9 of the Christmas trip through Scandinavia, the group head to Luleå on the coast in northern Sweden, where Brendan takes the tourists abseiling off a sheer rock face in terrible weather condit…

On Day 10 of the Christmas tour the coach finally arrives in Lapland. But Santa's grotto seems a long way off when the tourists spend the morning white-water rafting in ice-cold water. In the afterno…

It's Day 11 on Christmas Coach Trip and the ultimate festive experience finally takes place in Lapland. First there's a visit to Santa's workshop, where the group enrol in Elf training. In the aftern…

Day 12 of the Christmas trip and the coach is in the Finnish town of Rovaniemi, from where the group will be making a special journey across the Arctic Circle for the first time. In the morning, the …

The 13th day of the Christmas tour sees the coach inside the Arctic Circle as it heads further north and today there's a birthday boy on board. Brendan has to get tough when the tourists are underwhe…

On the 15th and final day of a very special Christmas Coach Trip, the tourists are in the Finnish town of Inari and wake after a night spent in special glass igloos. In the morning, they go on a trip…

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 come…

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.

In Stuttgart the group enjoy a spot of beer tasting, before getting on a big bike for a boozy tour of the city. And after lunch there's a wobbly boat race down the river Neckar.

En route to Friedrichshafen the coach picks up a new couple. Later the group is split for a Segway race - Brendan's favourite! In the afternoon they explore a Zeppelin museum.

Austria, and perhaps a lesson in the ancient art of tai chi will put some positivity back into the group - followed by a terrifying bungee jump.

It's Day 10 and the coach rolls in to the Italian town Val Gardena, where the tourists have a wood-carving lesson from a flirty Italian before spending the afternoon llama racing.

It's the11th day of the trip and there are tears, tantrums and shock exits in the Italian holiday hot spot of Lake Garda.

The coach stops in Padua, where the group enjoy a morning of biblical history. They later try their hand at painting frescoes, before an afternoon of pure luxury at a top local spa.

In Treviso in northern Italy the tourists make rabbit pasta before hitting the golf course - and driving and crashing the golf buggies. They later catch a ferry from Venice and enjoy some fine dining …

The group spend the day sailing the Adriatic with limbo dancing and taking a turn as the ship's cabaret act. But it all ends in disaster...

The tourists land on Greece soil and spend an uncomfortable morning olive picking in the blazing sun. Even an afternoon on the beach fails to lighten the mood.

It's Day 16 and the coach is in the Greek town of Arta. The tourists spend the morning fishing, before getting hot and steamy in a dance class.

The tourists visit the ancient theatre of Dodoni where they perform their own Greek tragedy. Later they head for the hills to compete in a goat-milking competition.

The coach heads for the Greek mainland and Ioannina, where the group go on a rafting trip. In the afternoon Brendan introduces a new couple at a jewellery workshop - but the biggest shock of the day c…

The coach picks up a new couple on route to the Greek town of Grevena, where the gang go truffle hunting. Following this, the tourists try their hand at a spot of painting in a church yard.

The coach arrives in Thessaloniki on the shores of the Aegean Sea. A new couple joins the group for a snorkel race, and cocktail making in the afternoon leaves the tourists a little shaken.

It's Day 21 and the coach-trippers pull up in Kavadarci, where they enjoy a traditional Bulgarian dance lesson. Tthings get messy later on when they whip off their shoes for some grape squashing - and…

It's a day of surprise confessions and catastrophic kite-flying as the coach arrives in Skopje. The tourists spend a spiritual morning at Mother Teresa's birthplace before a language lesson with the l…

It's Day 23 and the coach crosses the Bulgarian border to arrive in the town of Kyustendil. The group aren't particularly impressed by the local baths, but everyone gets their hands dirty in the after…

The coach arrives in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, where the tourists become zoo keepers for the day. Later the group are joined by a new couple for some Zorbing, and emotions run high at the vote.

It's the 25th day on the road and the coach is in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Brendan's planned a sporty day of gymnastics and rowing for the group. But all sportsmanship quickly disappears at the vote.

It's the 26th day on the road and the coach stops in the ancient Bulgarian city of Haskovo, where a famous chef serves the tourists a dish they find hard to stomach. Later, the group takes to the trac…

Day 27 and the group disembark in the delightful Turkish city of Edirne, where they enjoy a lesson in the traditional craft of soap moulding. Later, they are left black and blue after a visit to the l…

It's the penultimate day and the coach-trippers stop in Silivri. The group make a hopeless attempt at belly dancing, and later oil themselves up for some traditional Turkish wrestling. In the final ye…

It's the final day and a spectacular end to the trip as the coach pulls up in the colourful city of Istanbul. The group visit one of the city's most impressive spice markets, and fulfil lifelong dream…

It's the long journey home for the coach trippers, and Brendan spends the time reminiscing about the last six weeks on the road; his favourite couples, favourite activities - and those he would rather…

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 s…

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, le…

Brendan is forced into hospital, leaving one of the tourists to take charge of the group. There's mayhem at a dairy farm. And it's up, up and away in some microlites. Then back to earth with a bump at…

Brendan returns to introduce the group to the popular Italian sport of hitball, before exploring the delights of ancient Egypt at a world famous museum. Two more new tourists arrive, but how long will…

Brendan has a brush with the law before one tourist wins an invite to the pesto world championships and another is crowned champion at the Coach Trip go-karting championships.

There's a double dose of new arrivals as two new couples join the group to enjoy classic Italian fun at a pizza-making class and then a visit to the Vespa museum.

Two new tourists board the coach in Sardinia. Brendan lets the group loose at a market after an Italian lesson, then they make waves sea kayaking, but who will be in deep water at the vote?

A tree-top assault course leaves one tourist paralysed with fear, a Sardinian delicacy causes an upset stomach, and there's more upset at the vote.

The tourists have a tennis lesson in Nice and play with dolphins at a marine park. But with more waterworks at the vote will someone be waving goodbye to the coach?

The group make their mark in Cannes with a sea-front mime class, Brendan judges a ballroom dance lesson and the tourists learn there's no such thing as a safe vote.

The tourists are on top of the world in Aix-en-Provence after a hot air balloon ride. Brendan proves he's an old master at a painting class, and the vote leaves one couple seething.

Cupid draws back his bow at a violin lesson, but can the tourists make sweet music? And things get messy as Brendan takes the group for a spin on a pottery wheel.

Brendan dishes out a slimy facial at a snail farm, and one tourist is a hero at a dramatic banana boating ride. There's a surprise departure and things get tense at the vote.

Brendan skips down memory lane at the resort where his international tour guiding began. A volleyball game ends uncomfortably for one tourist, and someone storms out of the vote in a huff.

The group are overwhelmed by the majesty of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia before they make a splash at an iconic Olympic venue. And at the vote, will two more tourists' trips come to an end?

After a messy morning gutting fish for lunch, the undesirable sights continue when Brendan takes the group for a pole dancing class. At the vote, one couple is given both barrels.

As the coach arrives in Valencia a new couple rouse the group's curiosity and the competitive juices are flowing in a paella-making class. Brendan takes the delighted tourists for a bungee jump with a…

In Benidorm, the tourists hit the big top as Brendan takes the group circus-training before an afternoon spent clowning around on jet skis. But there's not a dry eye in the house at an emotional and s…

A tense group arrive in Alicante, so Brendan calms proceedings with a yoga class. A synchronised swimming lesson provides an eyeful, in more ways than one, and at the vote an indecisive tourist is lef…

Another new couple climb aboard and hit the bullseye at an archery lesson in Almeria, much to the others' dismay. The group also try their hand at traditional rug-making.

In Sierra Nevada, Spain, Brendan spends the morning talking to a door when one tourist refuses to speak to him. Then the group are shocked while visiting modern-day cave-dwellers at Guadix, before rev…

The group are left surprised by the dancers at a flamenco class, before the alarm is raised after a frightening turn of events at the Alhambra Palace. Brendan's busy day gets no quieter at a feisty vo…

There's fun and games down on the farm as the group go olive picking before they express themselves at a traditional Spanish folk singing class. But after the singsong there's a dingdong at the vote.

Bad behaviour on the golf course leaves Brendan red-faced, and there are some truly remarkable results when the tourists paint each other at a Picasso art class. It's the last chance for a red card at…

Day twenty-nine and the trip comes to an end in Marbella. The group go full-throttle by racing dune buggies and celebrate by creating some unique concoctions at a cocktail making class. But which coup…

As the remaining tourists prepare to make the long journey home, Brendan looks back on his favourite and funniest moments of their six-week trip round Europe.

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,…

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 touris…

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 …

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 co…

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 fros…

After a morning tobogganing one couple's relationship takes a turn for the worse over lunch. The group attempt to learn the tricks of the trade from an expert at a clown museum, but there's much more …

Brendan enjoys himself more than most at a cabaret class before a city beer bike tour is interrupted by rain - as well as an urgent toilet stop. But there's no relief for one couple at the vote.