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SET SAIL FOR TV NOSTALGIA
PLAYSCHOOL’S Floella Benjamin, Blue Peter’s Peter Purves and Magpie’s Mick Robertson will be sailing on a cruise to the Canaries in October aboard Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ flagship, Columbus.
The trio, who were famous TV faces for people who grew up in the 1970s, will be taking part in lectures, talks, and meet-and-greets on the 15-night cruise.
The Childhood TV Legends cruise takes passengers to Madeira, Lanzarote, Tenerife and Gran Canaria, together with Amsterdam, Gibraltar and Lisbon. Departure from Tilbury is on October 14.
See cruiseandmaritime.com
BEACH BLOCKBUSTERS
A SURVEY conducted by beach holiday specialist On the Beach has revealed Mamma Mia!, the 2008 blockbuster starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan (pictured), with Colin Firth and Julie Walters, as the nation’s favourite beach holiday film, with more than a third of the vote.
The movie, which was filmed in London and on the Greek island of Skopelos, gained a whopping 34% of the vote from the 1,000 people surveyed. Danny Boyle’s The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, came second.
AMERICAN ROAD TRIP
PRICES start from £1259 per person, based on two sharing, for a seven-night self-drive holiday from Atlanta to Memphis with Ocean Florida.
This includes return flights from Heathrow departing on November 8, three nights’ room-only accommodation at the Sheraton Atlanta and four nights’ roomonly at the Doubletree by Hilton Memphis. Price includes free car hire. To book see ocean-florida. co.uk or call 020 3816 0977.