Coach Trip: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Coach Trip Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Arrival Day and Day 1 of the trip - Hull
Aug 30, 2010
It was all aboard as the tour bus embarked on another adventure, this time from near Leeds. The first port of call was Kingston upon Hull with a spot of maypole dancing, before hea
Day 2 - Amsterdam
Aug 31, 2010
On day two of the trip the group arrived in Amsterdam for the second time in the history of the show. After touring the city's canals by pedalo they learned the exotic art of burle
Day 3 - Rural (Netherlands)
Sep 1, 2010
The coach headed for rural Holland on day three for a life drawing class in Vincent van Gogh's house. The trippers' artistic 'talent' left Brendan crying with laughter. At the vot
Day 4 - Bremen
Sep 2, 2010
The tourists headed to Bremen. But on arrival a dramatic emergency call was made after Marg fell ill, resulting in an unexpected early departure from the trip for her and Mo. Howev
Day 5 - Hamburg
Sep 3, 2010
In Hamburg, some familiar faces from the previous year, Ray & Glenys, returned to the group. After a visit to a submarine, it was all out conflict between two couples. At vote time
Day 6 - Gothenburg
Sep 6, 2010
The tourists woke on the night ferry as it arrived in Gothenburg. Brendan whisked the party off to the city's famous fish market, where rotten fish was on the menu. At the vote, wi
Day 7 - Jönköping
Sep 7, 2010
The coach arrives in Jönköping, Sweden, where Brendan's plans for a synchronised swimming lesson were dashed as the pool was closed, so the icy local lake beckons instead. Timo &
Day 8 - Norrköping
Sep 8, 2010
Amanda & Nikki were almost booted off the coach after being late in the morning, but were let of with a warning as they had timekeeping issues. Amanda lost her precious diamond rin
Day 9 - Stockholm
Sep 9, 2010
As the tour rolled in to Stockholm goth rockers - and ex-relations - Chris and Lauren joined the travelers before they visited a music museum. Some of the party enjoy a roof top w
Day 10 - Nuuksio Park/Rural (Finland)
Sep 10, 2010
After a night ferry crossing, the tour arrived at Nuuksio Park in rural Finland, where the tourists were eaten alive by mosquitoes as they attempted to master local folk dancing. W
Day 11 - Helsinki
Sep 13, 2010
The coach departed the woods arrived in the Finnish capital of Helsinki, where the tourists tried a spot of ice hockey at the Hartwall Areena before having a hot and steamy sessio
Day 12 - Tallinn
Sep 14, 2010
In Tallinn, Estonia, Brendan planned a stag party, which began with the coach being ambushed by Soviet soldiers. Later, the ladies got to grips with a butler in the buff.
Day 13 - Parnu
Sep 15, 2010
In Parnu, Estonia, Brendan cast his critical eye over some local glass-making. The afternoon was spent trying Estonia's national sport - with mixed results, including a trip to hos
Day 14 - Cēsis
Sep 16, 2010
Moving on to Sigulda in Latvia, the group get stuck into some medieval games, before meeting a cheeky new couple and taking to the skies at a skydiving centre. The day started wit
Day 15 - Riga
Sep 17, 2010
With Martin & Margaret and Teresa & Katie gone the day starts with 4 empty spare seats to be occupied. The remaining tourists round off the week in Riga, Latvia, where they are let
Day 16 - Siauliai
Sep 20, 2010
In Siauliai, Lithuania, the tourists pay a visit to the spectacular Hill of Crosses, one of the country's major Catholic pilgrimage sites. Later, they party with a local folk group
Day 17 - Vilnius
Sep 21, 2010
In Vilnius, Lithuania, the group pay a harrowing visit to the KGB museum. And, despite Brendan's attempt to cheer everyone up in the afternoon, the day ends in turmoil, with a shoc
Day 18 - Kaunas
Sep 22, 2010
Day 18, in Kaunas, Lithuania, brings more new arrivals, a disastrous traditional cookery lesson and a spectacularly unsuccessful raft-building session.
Day 19 - Curonian Spit
Sep 23, 2010
Yet more new arrivals climb onboard at Curonian Spit in Lithuania. It's not long before everyone's getting stuck into the locals' traditional work: gutting and smoking fish - which
Day 20 - Klaipeda
Sep 24, 2010
The Lithuanian love-in continues in Klaipeda, as the group meet dolphins and a huge sea lion at the Sea Museum. Later, they scour the beach for Baltic amber.
Day 21 - Malmo
Sep 27, 2010
The tourists arrive in Sweden and drive to Malmo, where they receive a rap lesson from a local pop star.
Day 22 - Copenhagen
Sep 28, 2010
In Copenhagen, the tourists try to see the city by kayak, but Brendan falls out of his vessel, and the major city waterways prove too much for the plucky Brits.
Day 23 - Odense
Sep 29, 2010
In Odense, Denmark, Amanda and Nikki's prayers are answered in the form of hunks Geoff and Jack. On a visit to the Hans Christian Andersen museum, Amanda and Jack flirt heavily.
Day 24 - Arhus
Sep 30, 2010
Glamorous girls Kayley & Helena join the coach in Arhus, Denmark, where the trippers head off to the Sky Tower for a freefall drop which tests their fear of heights. Later in the d
Day 25 - Aalborg
Oct 1, 2010
In Aalborg, Denmark the rivalry escalates between new girls Kayleigh and Helena, and Amanda and Nikki, with some impromptu dancing on the coach before the group take part in tradit
Day 26 - Rural Norway
The tour party arrives off the ferry in Norway, where the group learn handball and tackle a 1km zip wire across a river.
Day 27 - Oslo
The coach trundles into Oslo and Brendan takes the tourists for a spot of culture at the Munch museum.
Day 28 - Bergen
After a bad night's sleep on the night train, the tourists arrive in Bergen, before boarding a boat to tour the stunning fjords, and then going skiing, with predictable results.
Day 29 - Voss
In Voss, Norway, on the last full day of the current trip, the party goes white water rafting and abseil down sheer cliffs, before voting for their favourite couple.
Day 30 - The Last Day
It's the journey home and Brendan reminisces about the best and worst of the last 30 days on the road.