The Booze Cruise

The Booze Cruise

2003
The Booze Cruise
The Booze Cruise

The Booze Cruise

7 | en | Drama

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP3  The Scattering
May. 21,2006
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!

EP2  The Treasure Hunt
Dec. 25,2005
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?

EP1  The Booze Cruise
Sep. 07,2003
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!

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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.

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Martin Clunes , Brian Murphy , Mark Benton

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Reviews

pbroomhead I watched this on TV tonight, remembering with vague fondness its original outing in 2003. It was a delight, with an excellent script supported by a first rate cast. Not subtle, but warm, clean and really rather innocent fun. All Whilst the strongest elements were the combative relationship between Brian Murphy and Neil Pearson the sub stories with Ben Wishaw and Martin Clunes was also strong. Meanwhile back at home the wives (Claire Skinner and Anne Reid) were also enjoying themselves. Some predictable turns but all done with such charm that the 2 hours flew by. A real treat.
ianlouisiana A gentle pleasing comedy,very much of it's era. Excellent Mr B.Murphy is a stroppy Europhobe OAP who with his neighbours goes to Boulogne for that topical subject in 2003,a booze cruise. Except for the lovely Mr M.Benton,all the men involved return to a very different world from the one the had left a few hours previously. Mr Clunes' business has collapsed and his daughter's wedding gone phffft Mr Pearson's beloved West Ham shed had been crushed by Mr Murphy's chainsaw - welding wife(the lovely Miss A.Reid in cahoots with Pearson's own wife after a few bottles of wine,and young Master Wishaw' - Mr Clunes' prospective son - in - law has fallen for the charms of French cyclist . Oh,and the trailer containing the spoils of their trip has caught fire. Those who voted "Bremain" may well watch this with a glow of misty - eyed nostalgia,whilst "Brexiters" will cheer on Mr Murphy's anti - French rant which ends up getting them all arrested.You can't win,Brian old son.
brian38in2004 Sex ? yes ! Violence ? yes ! horror ? yes ! It had all three,yet still managed to pass as a sincerely delightful comedy with actors who complimented each other wonderfully.Once in a lifetime something like this comes along and it's absolutely well worth waiting for.
richteabiscuit This was a one-off 2-hour drama on ITV. It is about a group of miss-matched neighbours going on a booze cruise to France. The script was very good with witty dialogue and strong characters. All the acting by the main and even the supporting cast was of the highest order with the veteran Brian Murphy brilliant as the moaning pensioner. It had plenty of laugh out moments and a clever 4-pronged plot. Though there were a couple of predictable moments on the whole it provided a decent level of entertainment. An enjoyable drama, which I recommend you watch.