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Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Season 2 Episodes

Season 2 Episode Guide

26 Episodes 2016 - 2016

Len Goodman returns to take more celebrities back to the places they spent their childhood holidays.

Episode 1

Episode 1

Mon, Feb 1, 2016 45 mins

Len travels with BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood to St Helier, Jersey, which Carol visited in 1973 as an 11-year-old. They tour the island's war tunnels and the zoo and meet the winner of the Battle of the Flowers parade from the year of her stay.

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Episode 2

Episode 2

Tue, Feb 2, 2016 45 mins

Len travels with his Strictly pal Anton Du Beke to Blackpool - in a vintage coach, similar to the one Anton would have taken on the journey from Sevenoaks in 1981 for a dancing competition. The pair tuck into the food Anton loved from back in the day, take a ride on the vintage Blackpool trams, and visit the winter gardens, amusement arcades and of course the Tower.

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Episode 3

Episode 3

Wed, Feb 3, 2016 45 mins

Len travels with TV presenter and former footballer Dion Dublin to Great Yarmouth. Driving a 1970s Morris Marina Coupe, similar to the one Dion travelled in from Leicester to the seaside in 1979, they begin by visiting the caravan park where Dion stayed as a boy.

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Episode 4

Episode 4

Thu, Feb 4, 2016 45 mins

Len travels with TV presenter and actress Lisa Riley to Haworth, West Yorkshire, which Lisa used to visit with her mother. The pair visit the Bronte museum, take high tea in a cafe just like the one Lisa visited back in 1992, and take a trip on a steam train.

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Episode 5

Episode 5

Fri, Feb 5, 2016 45 mins

Len travels with former EastEnders actor Pam St Clement to Dartmoor in Devon to relive a holiday that Pam took in 1953 that changed her life. Pam travelled alone from her boarding school to a farm in Dartmoor to visit two ladies who became like an extended family for her.

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Episode 6

Episode 6

Mon, Feb 8, 2016 45 mins

Len takes singer Daniel O'Donnell back to Arranmore and Owey Islands off the coast of Donegal to relive the childhood holiday he took back in 1968. Len and Daniel travel to the Island by boat and instantly the memories come flooding back. On this holiday Daniel stayed with his Granny and so first stop is the house he stayed in back in 1968.

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Episode 7

Episode 7

Tue, Feb 9, 2016 45 mins

Len takes television, stage and film actor Jimi Mistry back to Castleton in the Peak District to relive the childhood holiday he took back in 1979. Straight away Len surprises Jimi by picking him up in the most immaculate Ford Capri, just like the one the Mistry family would have travelled in all those years ago.

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Episode 8

Episode 8

Wed, Feb 10, 2016 45 mins

Len takes Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson to Somerset to relive her childhood holiday of 1980. Len has Tanni in tears of joy when he picks her up in a bright yellow Rover, just like her family car back in the day. First up is a visit to the charming Cameley Lakes, where Tanni and her family would have stayed.

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Episode 9

Episode 9

Thu, Feb 11, 2016 45 mins

Len takes natural historian, presenter and writer Steve Backshall back to the wilds of Dorset to reminisce about his adventure holiday from 1982. First up Len surprises Steve by picking him up in an Austin Princess - similar to the one he would have travelled in back in 1982 and that's where the memories start flooding back.

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Episode 10

Episode 10

Fri, Feb 12, 2016 45 mins

Len takes singer, actress and presenter Toyah Willcox back to the Llangollen Canal in North Wales to reminisce about a wonderful narrow boat holiday she had back in 1968. First up Len surprises Toyah by picking her up in the Golden Lark - a beautiful narrow boat similar to the one she would have holidayed in back in 1968.

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Episode 11

Episode 11

Mon, Feb 15, 2016 45 mins

Len Goodman takes comedian Jasper Carrott to South Wales and Barry Island to relive his holiday of 1958. Len picks Jasper up in a beautiful 1950s bus, and they head off. Jasper's old holiday accommodation might have been bulldozed, but that doesn't stop Len from lining up a special guest for Jasper to meet.

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Episode 12

Episode 12

Tue, Feb 16, 2016 45 mins

Len Goodman takes model, actress and cook Lisa Faulkner back to West Wittering in West Sussex to relive the favourite childhood holiday she took in 1980. Len surprises Lisa by picking her up in a Ford Fiesta, just like the one she curled up in the back of on her way to the coast. On this holiday she stayed at her grandma and grandad's house.

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Episode 13

Episode 13

Wed, Feb 17, 2016 45 mins

Len Goodman takes BBC sports presenter Dan Walker back to Aberdeen in Scotland to relive one of the most memorable holidays he took as a child in 1991. Dan tells Len about the journey from Crawley all the way north, and how his father would drive slowly to save fuel. Len takes up the mantle of Dan's father by providing a tour of the granite city packed with facts about the stunning architecture.

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Episode 14

Episode 14

Thu, Feb 18, 2016 45 mins

Len Goodman takes TV personality, author and former MP Edwina Currie to sunny Bournemouth to relive her childhood holiday of 1957. Len picks her up in a sparkling vintage Vauxhall, just like the one her dad had back in the fifties, and they head off to the coast. On arrival, Edwina helps Len conquer his fear of heights in the beach lift.

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Episode 15

Episode 15

Fri, Feb 19, 2016 45 mins

Len Goodman takes journalist and presenter Valerie Singleton back to Ladram Bay in Devon to relive her favourite childhood holiday, which she took in 1952. Straightaway Len surprises Valerie by picking her up in a beautiful Morris Eight, just like the one she would have travelled in back of in 52.

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Episode 16

Episode 16

Mon, Feb 22, 2016 45 mins

Len Goodman takes actor, writer and comedian Nigel Planer back to Ottery-St-Mary in Devon to relive his favourite childhood holiday, which he took back in 1960. Straightaway Len surprises Nigel by picking him up in a Ford Anglia, just like the one he would have travelled in all those years ago. On this holiday he stayed at his grandparents' house, and Len gets access to the actual house he stayed in.

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Episode 17

Episode 17

Tue, Feb 23, 2016 45 mins

Len Goodman takes model and presenter Melanie Sykes back to Llandudno in north Wales to reminisce about her 1980 holiday. Len surprises Melanie by picking her up in a Skoda 105 just like the one her family had back in 1980. As they drive down the coast the memories start flooding back, and that's just the beginning of this trip down memory lane.

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Episode 18

Episode 18

Wed, Feb 24, 2016 45 mins

Len takes journalist and broadcaster Eve Pollard back to the seaside town of Margate in Kent to reminisce about her 1955 holiday. He surprises Eve when he picks her up in a beautiful E-type Vauxhall car just like the one her family had. In Margate, they read Girl magazine on the sand - a magazine that started Eve out on the road to becoming a successful journalist.

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Episode 19

Episode 19

Thu, Feb 25, 2016 45 mins

Len takes actor Ian Kelsey back to Lyme Regis on the border of Dorset and Devon to relive his 1973 holiday. Len surprises Ian by picking him up in a vintage Cortina, and on the journey down to the seaside Ian explains to Len that his family never booked a hotel - they just arrived and checked in to the first B&B that had a vacancies sign.

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Episode 20

Episode 20

Fri, Feb 26, 2016 45 mins

Len takes television presenter and actress Janet Ellis back to the New Forest to reminisce about her 1963 holiday. Len surprises Janet by picking her up in a Ford Anglia Saloon just like the one her family had. As they drive down to the New Forest the memories start flooding back. In a packed holiday, they visit the world-famous New Forest ponies, ride a rollercoaster and visit a farm.

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Episode 21

Jake Wood

Mon, Feb 29, 2016 45 mins

In this journey through time, Len takes EastEnders bad boy Jake Wood, aka Max Branning, to the stunning Cornish coast to relive his school adventure holiday of 1980.

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Episode 22

Lucy Alexander

Tue, Mar 1, 2016 45 mins

Len takes Homes Under the Hammer presenter Lucy Alexander to Herne Bay in Kent to reminisce about the holiday of her lifetime back in 1979.

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Episode 23

Nicholas Parsons

Wed, Mar 2, 2016 45 mins

This time, Len takes national treasure Nicholas Parsons back to 1939 and the stunning area of Studland in Dorset for an old-school caravan holiday.

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Episode 24

Fiona Phillips

Thu, Mar 3, 2016 45 mins

Len journeys with broadcaster, columnist and avid campaigner Fiona Phillips back to the Norfolk Broads to relive her teenage holiday from 1975.

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Episode 25

Jennie Bond

Fri, Mar 4, 2016 45 mins

Here, Len goes to Pendoggett in Cornwall with broadcaster Jennie Bond.

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Episode 26

Gyles Brandreth

Sat, Jul 27, 2019 45 mins

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