• 2011
Paul Merton's Adventures

Summary British comedian 'Paul Merton' keeps his comically-critical attitude while tasting some popular holiday types that never appealed to him, unlike millions of Britons. They range from cruises and 'extreme' holidays overseas (Ibiza, Florida) to English coastal resorts and adventurous Scotland. View more details

  • 2011

Paul Merton's Adventures

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Stephen Frost Paul Merton Peter Anderson Duncan Shore

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5.8

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 18, 2011

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Tiger Aspect Productions

Summary British comedian 'Paul Merton' keeps his comically-critical attitude while tasting some popular holiday types that never appealed to him, unlike millions of Britons. They range from cruises and 'extreme' holidays overseas (Ibiza, Florida) to English coastal resorts and adventurous Scotland. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 18, 2011

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Tiger Aspect Productions

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 18, 2011
Cruise
British comedian Paul Merton's first extreme holiday is a Caribbean cruise aboard the Allure of the Sea, the world's largest holiday ship. he feels hardly at ease among what seems an international luxury mall crowd and their mindless entertainment. Island visits start promising, but are too short to properly find out about the real county and people behind the standardized luxury tourist resorts.
Episode 2 • Oct 25, 2011
Ibiza
Paul visits hot Balearic (Spanish Mediterranean) island Ibiza. The party culture isn't his thing, even when he tries a costume party it soon goes wrong. He prefers the locals' traditional fiesta and the lavish villa complete with attendant. Long-term residents tells him their different views on the good life, from a retired and a popular DJ (with whom Paul enjoys making a song) to a former opera singers agent turned horse sanctuary manager.
Episode 3 • Nov 01, 2011
Florida
Visiting Florida, mass tourism destination for seniors and families with children in the US, Paul isn't to impressed with generic entertainment like theme parks or dog mania event Woofstock. In Key West, Paul discusses with Paul Anderson the Cuban immigrants' Conch Republic, an absurd pseudo-state pretending to have torn away from the US, and is recruited as its latest ambassador, to the UK.
Episode 4 • Nov 08, 2011
Caravan
Paul starts in Kingston-upon-Hull, where British caravans are made, to experience the most popular mode of transport for domestic holidays in England, which annually receives 30 million tourists. Learning the practicalities of a caravan proves quite a challenge. On his tour of England, Paul discovers such quaint traditions as competitive egg throwing. In tiny Weston, the joys of sleepy beach resorts, such as sand castles and Punch & Judy puppet shows, where guest performer Paul introduces as character football star Wayne Rooney. Then a rustic music festival with ancient DJ. Pure countryside charm in the Cotswolds, yet a circus passes by, an boyish dream of Paul's, part of which finally comes true thanks to the clown. In Cornwall, where he picks a huge, self-contained caravan park which even includes a golf course. Feklow comedian Syteve Frost shows him the real Cornish country, which traditionally feels different from Engeland, some even preach separatism,a nd a heritage reaching back to Celtic paganism.
Episode 5 • Nov 15, 2011
The Alps
Paul tries out 'healthy' tourism in three Alpne countries. In Switzerland's wellness resort Bad Radaz, it's strife for a perfect body, and Olympic athletes' condition tests, basically altogether a rather unsavory diet and gym experience and rather pointless in his eyes. In Austria's capital Vienna it's mental sanity, or rather absurdity in a specialized museum and body-painting to instantly change personality. In Italian Duranham, he joins a community of over 1000 who seek to enlighten the soul in dubious ways, but enjoys their temple deep inside a mountain.
Episode 6 • Nov 22, 2011
Scotland
Paul visits Scotland, famous for active holidays in Britain. Hunting isn't his thing, not even for the gray 'tree rat' squirrel. Nothing macho in the Cairgorns Mountains either, so he abandons mountain bike champion Shore for carts, even if these go down terribly fast. Movie stars coach and combat expert Charlie is asked to 'man up' of Paul, strangely in medieval armor. Paul hates leaving his castle hotel for 'activities', so he sneaks off to a farmer who 'diversified' into training 'stunt drakes' (ducks). Next the highland games. Finally a woodland hunting course.
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