The Booze Cruise

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2003•2h

The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. The first episode in the series was first shown on ITV in 2003. The three episodes have received mixed reviews, with the Radio Times describing it as "like comedy in 1973" and also "you can see each joke a mile off", but generally liking the show.

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2003

1. The Booze Cruise

Martin Clunes and Neil Pearson star as unlikely travelling companions on a cross channel jaunt to find cheap booze. Their journey to a French hypermarket hits stormy waters and a simple shopping expedition turns into a nightmare - never mind all the shenanigans that are going on at home in their absence!

2. The Treasure Hunt

The Booze Cruisers are back and have swapped the choppy waters of the English Channel for the winding roads of the English countryside... Taking to the road on a two day charity treasure hunt, Mark Benton returns as the team's organiser Dave along with Karen Henthorn as his wife Cath. With a baby on the way, fraught egos and a persistent mistress - chaos inevitably ensues. However the most pressing question of all is: will the gang survive without killing each other?

3. The Scattering

Anne Reid returns as Grace, who is trying to fulfil the last wish of her deceased mother by scattering her ashes upon the Yorkshire Moors. As Dave (Mark Benton) has business in Yorkshire it seems the ideal opportunity to combine both events and he gathers his Booze Cruise team together for a fun weekend away... Another chaotic trip for the gang in which many lessons are learned, including the fact that there's more than one way to scatter a person's ashes!