Coach Trip is a British reality game show that began airing on Channel 4 on 7 March 2005. The show's premise sees four to seven pairs of tourists undertaking a coach tour principally of continental Europe between twenty and fifty days, whilst accompanied in every episode by tour guide Brendan Sheerin. A vote takes place every evening in which each couple votes for the pair they least enjoy travelling with, and the pair with the most votes receives either a yellow or red card. The show went on hiatus on 30 June 2006, and returned after a three-year break, from 25 May 2009 to 9 March 2012. In early 2013, the show went on hiatus again and was replaced by two new shows, Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour and Brendan's Love Cruise. However, in September 2013, Channel 4 announced that they had renewed Coach Trip for another series in 2014. On 9 April 2014, a further four series were announced following the success of the ninth series in early 2014.
Coach Trip 3 was the third series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom, that was filmed between September and October 2008 and began showing in May 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 end to series 2. David Quantick was the narrator and MT04 MTT was the registration number plate for the first and only time.
Coach Trip 4 was the fourth series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom which that was filmed between 7 September and 27 October 2009, and began airing on Monday 15 February 2010. The length of this series was longer than the previous or future instalments, increased from 30 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 registration number plate.
Coach Trip 2 was the second series of Coach Trip that was filmed from May to July 2005 and aired from 22 May to 30 June 2006. 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.
Coach Trip 5 was the fifth series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom which was filmed from May until June 2010 and aired from 30 August to 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, 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. This was the first series to feature couples that lasted for the entire trip.
Celebrity Coach Trip 1 was the first series of Celebrity Coach Trip which was filmed from 6 to 20 September 2010 and began airing on 8 November 2010. The series featured a variety of celebrity couples on a 10-day tour, the couples get to vote off the other couples that they do not get along with. On the last day of the coach trip the remaining couples vote for the couple that they want to win the £1000 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.
Coach Trip 6 was the sixth series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom. It was filmed from July until August 2010 and aired from 14 February to 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.
Celebrity Coach Trip 6 is the sixth series of Celebrity Coach Trip in the United Kingdom and the last series before the COVID-19 pandemic. The series began airing on E4 on 6 January 2020 for 15 episodes and concluded on 24 January 2020. The series began on Day 1 in Saint-Tropez and ended on Day 15 in Barcelona.
Coach Trip 7 was the seventh series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom. It was filmed from May until June 2011 and aired from 29 August to 7 October 2011. The length of this series was the same as the previous non-celebrity series but with weekends excluded. The 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 5:00pm, a similar start to series 1 and a similar end to series 3.
Christmas Coach Trip was the first and only series of a Christmas-themed version of Coach Trip. Filming for this series took place from 28 November to 12 December 2011 and aired on 12 December 2011. On this 15-day tour, the couples get to vote off the other couples that they do not get along with and on the last day of the coach trip the remaining couples vote for the couple that they want to win. The first day of the coach trip started in Trondheim and the last day of the trip ended in Inari.
Coach Trip 8 aired from 30 January to 9 March 2012 after the third celebrity series finished and is the eighth and final series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom before the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. It was filmed from Monday 29 August until Saturday 1 October 2011. 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 the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and finishing in Turkey. 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 moved to 5:30pm again, a similar start to series 3 and a similar end to series 4.
Coach Trip is a British reality television game show that involves ordinary couples, with a pre-existing relationship, board a coach and travel to destinations around Europe. Those who board the coach must also try to avoid periodic eliminations. The show was renewed for a ninth series following a lengthy hiatus; the eighth series aired back in 2012 before the London 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
Coach Trip 13 was the thirteenth series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom. 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.
Coach Trip is a British reality television game show that involves ordinary couples, with a pre-existing relationship, board a coach and travel to destinations around Europe on a 20-day tour. Those who board the coach have to try to avoid votes from the other couples on board, voting takes place at the end of each day of the trip. Series 10 began on 27 October 2014, airing weekdays at 17:30 on Channel 4, Brendan Sheerin return as tour guide, as in all previous editions. Filming took place between July and August 2014.
Coach Trip 14, also known as Coach Trip: Road to Ibiza, is the fourteenth series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom, the series was moved to E4 compared to previously broadcast on Channel 4. The filming took place between May and July 2015, the series began airing 25 July 2016 for 30 episodes, concluding on 2 September 2016. The first set of seven couples were revealed on 19 July 2016.
Coach Trip 15, also known as Coach Trip: Road to Marbs is the fifteenth series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom. The filming took place between October and November 2016. Production company 12 Yard confirmed that the series is a second "Road to..." version of Coach Trip. The series began airing on E4 on 16 January 2017 for 30 episodes concluding on 24 February 2017.
Coach Trip 16, also known as Coach Trip: Road to Zante is the sixteenth series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom. The series was confirmed by E4 on 14 December 2016. Filming took place between 14 May 2017 and 12 June 2017. The series consists of 40 episodes, an increase of previous series, and follow the "Road to..." format. The series began airing on E4 on 24 July 2017 for 40 episodes and concluded on 15 September 2017.
Coach Trip 17, also known as Coach Trip: Road to Tenerife is the seventeenth series of Coach Trip in the United Kingdom. The series was confirmed by E4 during the last series. Filming took place between 1 September and 22 October 2017. The series once again consists of 40 episodes, the same as the previous series, and follow the "Road to..." format. The series aired on E4 from 8 January to 2 March 2018 for 40 episodes. The first seven couples were confirmed on 29 December 2017.
Celebrity Coach Trip 4, also known as Celebrity Coach Trip: Road to Benidorm was the fourth series of Celebrity Coach Trip in the United Kingdom. On 21 June 2018, It was announced by Channel 4 that Celebrity Coach Trip would return after a seven-year hiatus. The series was filmed in July 2018 immediately after the conclusion of Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona. The series began airing on E4 on 14 January 2019 for 10 episodes and concluded on 25 January 2019 with Lisa Maffia & Mutya Buena winning the series.
Celebrity Coach Trip 5 is the fifth series of Celebrity Coach Trip in the United Kingdom. The series began airing on E4 on 7 October 2019 for 10 episodes and concluded on 18 October 2019. Francis Boulle & Sarah Keyworth won the series.
