JOE & KATHERINE’S BARGAIN HOLIDAYS
Thursday, Channel 4, 10pm
going on holiday with Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan? Well, you’re in luck, because a new series is offering you a chance to do so.
The comedians are friends, although they have very different approaches to taking a break.
“If pushed on it, I’d have to say my three favourite words are: ‘bargain’, ‘holiday’ and ‘voucher’ (and ‘large vacuumed packed portable food bags...’),” claims Joe. “This series gets under the skin of all three. We’re going to uncover the biggest bargain holidays in the world and we’re going to have some fun doing it! And some tears, I well-up at the drop of a hat.”
“Three of my favourite words are: ‘cocktails’, ‘Maldives’ and ‘helicopter’,” adds Katherine. “This series is really going to test my friendship with Joe.”
Nevertheless, the Canadian stand-up star, who has been based in the UK since 2008, is willing to downgrade in the name of entertainment; she’s also keen to help viewers, struggling for inspiration, find places to visit and things to do without busting their budget.
The six-part series begins with a trip to Norfolk. Although they’re not a couple,
the emphasis is on the ‘romantic’ here, with tongues firmly in cheeks while posing for Instagram-perfect photos in the county’s pretty lavender fields.
They also stay in an enchantfancy ing church, sample the ‘delights’ of an alternative spa experience and – in arguably the show’s highlight – serenade each other with poetry.
Look out too for an encounter with owls, couples’ therapy with a difference and a picturesque boat trip on the Norfolk Broads.