Holiday of My Lifetime

Holiday of My Lifetime
Genre	Documentary
Presented by	Len Goodman
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	41
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Raise the Roof for BBC Scotland
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV)
Original release	20 October 2014 – present

Holiday of My Lifetime is a documentary show for BBC One that began on 20 October 2014 and is hosted by Len Goodman.^[1]

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.^[2]

Episodes

Series 1 (2014)

No.	Guest	Location	Original air date
1	Dave Myers	Isle of Man	20 October 2014
2	Esther Rantzen	Isle of Wight	21 October 2014
3	Chris Hollins	Oxford	22 October 2014
4	Ainsley Harriott	Blackpool	23 October 2014
5	Fatima Whitbread	Burnham-on-Crouch	24 October 2014
6	Gyles Brandreth	Broadstairs	27 October 2014
7	Arlene Phillips	Southport	28 October 2014
8	Angela Rippon	Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Cornwall	29 October 2014
9	Anita Manning	Rothesay, Isle of Bute	30 October 2014
10	Eamonn Holmes	Cushendall	31 October 2014
11	Matt Allwright	Teignmouth and Shaldon, Devon	3 November 2014
12	Gloria Hunniford	Newcastle, County Down	4 November 2014
13	Jon Culshaw	Edinburgh and Scottish Highlands	5 November 2014
14	Ann Widdecombe	Lake District	6 November 2014
15	Bill Oddie	Dungeness	7 November 2014

Christmas Special (2014)

No.	Guest	Location	Original air date
16	Ricky Tomlinson Jennie Bond Ainsley Harriott Julia Bradbury	N/A	24 December 2014

Series 2 (2016)

No.	Guest	Location	Original air date
17	Carol Kirkwood	Saint Helier, Jersey	1 February 2016
18	Anton du Beke	Blackpool	2 February 2016
19	Dion Dublin	Great Yarmouth	3 February 2016
20	Lisa Riley	Haworth	4 February 2016
21	Pam St. Clement	Dartmoor	5 February 2016
22	Daniel O'Donnell	Arranmore and Owey Island	8 February 2016
23	Jimi Mistry	Castleton, Derbyshire	9 February 2016
24	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Somerset	10 February 2016
25	Steve Backshall	Dorset	11 February 2016
26	Toyah Willcox	Llangollen Canal, North Wales	12 February 2016
27	Jasper Carrott	South Wales and Barry Island	15 February 2016
28	Lisa Faulkner	West Wittering	16 February 2016
29	Dan Walker	Aberdeen	17 February 2016
30	Edwina Currie	Bournemouth	18 February 2016
31	Valerie Singleton	Ladram Bay	19 February 2016
32	Nigel Planer[3]	Ottery St Mary	22 February 2016
33	Melanie Sykes[4]	Llandudno	23 February 2016
34	Eve Pollard[5]	Margate	24 February 2016
35	Ian Kelsey[6]	Lyme Regis	25 February 2016
36	Janet Ellis[7]	New Forest	26 February 2016
37	Jake Wood[8]	Bude, Cornwall	29 February 2016
38	Lucy Alexander[8]	Herne Bay, Kent	1 March 2016
39	Nicholas Parsons[8]	Studland	2 March 2016
40	Fiona Phillips[8]	Norfolk Broads	3 March 2016
41	Jennie Bond[8]	Pendoggett	4 March 2016

References

1. Knight, Kathryn (30 January 2016). "Postcards from the past: Len Goodman delivers a slice of nostalgia in a second series of Holiday Of My Lifetime - and this time three of his Strictly chums reminisce about their best ever childhood breaks". Mail Online. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
2. Rigby, Sam (28 July 2014). "Strictly's Len Goodman to front new BBC One celebrity travel series". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
3. "Monday, February 22nd, 2016". DigiGuide. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
4. "Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016". DigiGuide. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
5. "Wednesday, February 24th, 2016". DigiGuide. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
6. "Thursday, February 25th, 2016". DigiGuide. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
7. "Friday, February 26th, 2016". DigiGuide. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
8. "Episodes". BBC Online. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

External links

• Holiday of My Lifetime at BBC Programmes