The brilliantly funny Mark Benton narrated this equally brilliant and funny look back at how foreign travel has changed from being available only to the wealthy to then include us commoners, and it was hilarious viewing.

Mark introduced the programme saying, “Until the sixties, thrilling meant a ride on a donkey, exotic was a slice of lemon with your fish and chips and extreme sports means going to the beach without a windbreak.”

That set the tone for the rest of the show and with archive footage, very funny one liners and quotes from various poets, he took us by the hand on a trip through the history of the Brits on holiday abroad, and especially the discovery of Spain by the working classes, which, Mark told us was a bold move from the donkeys and tornado like conditions of Blackpool beach…. Read more & comment »