Holiday of My Lifetime

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Holiday of My Lifetime
Genre Documentary
Presented by Len Goodman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes41
Production
Running time45 minutes
Production companyRaise the Roof for BBC Scotland
Original release
Network BBC One
Release20 October 2014 (2014-10-20) 
4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)

Holiday of My Lifetime is a documentary series hosted by Len Goodman. It began on 20 October 2014, and concluded on 4 March 2016.

Contents

Format

Goodman and a celebrity guest travel to a favourite childhood holiday location of that guest within the United Kingdom. Goodman meets with local historians and residents to get an insight into how the places have changed over the decades. [1]

Episodes

Series 1 (2014)

No. Guest Location Original air date
1 Dave Myers 20 October 2014 (2014-10-20)
2 Esther Rantzen 21 October 2014 (2014-10-21)
3 Chris Hollins 22 October 2014 (2014-10-22)
4 Ainsley Harriott 23 October 2014 (2014-10-23)
5 Fatima Whitbread 24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
6 Gyles Brandreth 27 October 2014 (2014-10-27)
7 Arlene Phillips 28 October 2014 (2014-10-28)
8 Angela Rippon 29 October 2014 (2014-10-29)
9 Anita Manning 30 October 2014 (2014-10-30)
10 Eamonn Holmes 31 October 2014 (2014-10-31)
11 Matt Allwright 3 November 2014 (2014-11-03)
12 Gloria Hunniford 4 November 2014 (2014-11-04)
13 Jon Culshaw 5 November 2014 (2014-11-05)
14 Ann Widdecombe 6 November 2014 (2014-11-06)
15 Bill Oddie 7 November 2014 (2014-11-07)

Christmas Special (2014)

No. Guests Location Original air date
16
N/A
24 December 2014 (2014-12-24)

Series 2 (2016)

No. Guest Location Original air date
17 Carol Kirkwood 1 February 2016 (2016-02-01)
18 Anton du Beke 2 February 2016 (2016-02-02)
19 Dion Dublin 3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)
20 Lisa Riley 4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)
21 Pam St. Clement 5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)
22 Daniel O'Donnell 8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)
23 Jimi Mistry 9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)
24 Tanni Grey-Thompson 10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)
25 Steve Backshall 11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)
26 Toyah Willcox 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
27 Jasper Carrott 15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)
28 Lisa Faulkner 16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)
29 Dan Walker 17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)
30 Edwina Currie 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)
31 Valerie Singleton 19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)
32 Nigel Planer [2] 22 February 2016 (2016-02-22)
33 Melanie Sykes [3] 23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)
34 Eve Pollard [4] 24 February 2016 (2016-02-24)
35 Ian Kelsey [5] 25 February 2016 (2016-02-25)
36 Janet Ellis [6] 26 February 2016 (2016-02-26)
37 Jake Wood [7] 29 February 2016 (2016-02-29)
38 Lucy Alexander [7] 1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)
39 Nicholas Parsons [7] 2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)
40 Fiona Phillips [7] 3 March 2016 (2016-03-03)
41 Jennie Bond [7] 4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)

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