SLEUTH OPERATORS

One of television’s favourite investigators, DCI Banks (aka actor Stephen Tompkinson), took his first cruise a few years ago, in the Middle East. “We had an absolute ball,” he said. Tompkinson played Banks in the eponymous ITV series for five years and will be keeping his wily eye on passengers during a crime-themed cruise to the Canaries with Saga. He will talk about his role as the tenacious DCI, as well as his parts in Ballykissangel, Wild at t Heart and his new comedy touring play, Art. Would-be crime solvers on board can also look forward to genre-related book and film clubs, plus a talk by a crime writer.

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Feb 25 2019. From £8,399 per person (02380 682280; rssc.com).

MOVING ON UP Passage to Jaipur, below; Eddie the Eagle, inset