Original version

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman

Factual: Travel

Len Goodman travels with celebrities to revisit the places of their childhood holidays.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman travels with celebrities to revisit the places of their childhood holidays.

BBC Two

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One London

London

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

BBC Two Scotland

BBC Two Northern Ireland

Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

BBC Two Wales

BBC Two England

England

Simulcast of network BBC Two in high definition.

BBC Two HD

Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman: Series 1

Len Goodman

Gloria Hunniford

Andrew Jackson

Deborah Dunnett

Graham Dixon

Raise the Roof Productions

Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman: Series 1: Episode 12

holiday-of-my-lifetime_gloria-hunniford_031114_ep11_pp.jpg

Episode 12

Series 1

BBC One - Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman, Series 1, Episode 12

Gloria Hunniford goes back to the town of Newcastle in Northern Ireland.

Famous faces recreate their childhood holidays. Len Goodman takes Gloria Hunniford back to Newcastle in Northern Ireland to reminisce about her seaside holiday from 1948.

In today's journey through time Len Goodman takes presenter and journalist Gloria Hunniford back to the town of Newcastle in Northern Ireland to reminisce about her seaside holiday from 1948.

Len surprises Gloria by picking her up aboard a restored steam train in Portadown similar to the one she travelled in back in '48 - this train has been restored by volunteers from the Downpatrick and County Down Railway, but sadly the track doesn't stretch all the way to Newcastle. 

On this particular holiday Gloria and her family stayed in a hotel (usually they stayed in a caravan) so Len takes her back to the exact rooms she stayed in. They talk about Gloria's time at the hotel and what it meant to spend time with her family - they also waste no time in singing a song, as singing was the start of Gloria's career in entertainment. She even had an Irish top 10 hit before she started her time presenting on television and the radio.

They also take a walk amongst the Mountains of Mourne, which again inspire a singsong. This is a stunning part of the world, with the mountains that drop dramatically to the coast. Len and Gloria talk about how this area is so special and somewhere she brought her own children including her late daughter, Caron Keating, who went on to present Blue Peter. 

In a day packed with memories they also tuck into the calorific Ulster fry-up, have high tea at a posh hotel and play a game of rounders on the beach. Along with the layers of nostalgia, we also get some real insights into Gloria's career as a singer, radio presenter and now consumer journalist, and we have some fun along the way.

BBC One

Len Goodman takes celebrities back to the sites of their childhood holidays.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman takes celebrities back to the sites of their childhood holidays.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman

Series 1

Episode 12

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

About BBC One