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Scotsman
5 days ago
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Destination X cast: who has left so far? Full BBC cast
The Destination X journey is already over for quite a few players - see who has left the show 👀📺 Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Destination X is the BBC's newest game show. Rob Brydon hosts the series which mixes The Traitors and Coach Trip. But who is still on the journey right now? The Destination X bus is about to hit the road again, but where will it end up? No-one knows, at least until 10pm anyway. Rob Brydon is on hosting duty for the brand new game show which debuted on BBC One last week. It is back for two more episodes and more hopeful guesses. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But who has already left the Destination X bus and which players are still in the game? Here's all you need to know: When is Destination X on next? Rob Brydon gets ready for take-off as the host of Destination X, the new BBC game show (Picture: BBC/TwoFour) The wheels on the Destination X bus will be turning again tonight (August 6) as the show returns for its second week. It is due to start at 9pm on BBC once again, following MasterChef's controversial return. Destination X will then be back tomorrow (August 7) for another episode. Episodes will be broadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Who has left Destination X so far? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Rob Brydon host new BBC competition show Destination X. | BBC/TwoFour The first episode proved to be particularly brutal as a number of players were culled before they could even reach the Destination X bus. Chloe-Anne, Ashvin and Claire were knocked out in the initial challenge. Mahidi made it to the bus but decided to leave the bus voluntarily after one night, craving a home-cooked meal. Deborah was eliminated after being the player whose map guess was the furthest away, despite getting a clue for winning the box challenge. The second episode saw just one player leave, after the five departures in episode one. Dawn was eliminated after her guess of the location was revealed to be the furthest away. The full list before episode three on August 6 looks like this: Chloe-Anne - episode 1 Ashvin - episode 1 Claire - episode 1 Mahidi - walked episode 1 Deborah - episode 1 Dawn - episode 2 Who is still in the cast of Destination X? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Destination X starts on BBC One on July 30 | BBC The show did initially feature 13 contestants, but after just two episodes that has already been cut to seven with six people leaving so far. The players left in with a chance to win the life-changing £100,000 jackpot includes: Ben - 42, South Wales - Surf School Director Daren - 58, London - Taxi Driver James - 23, Manchester - e-Commerce manager Josh - 26, Dartford - Pilot Judith - 28, Bristol - Nuclear Engineer Nick - 35, Cornwall - Endurance Athlete Saskia - 25, Birmingham - Marketing Executive Who is the host of Destination X on BBC? Rob Brydon is the 'gamemaster' for the Beeb's newest competition show. Destination X will premiere this evening and will broadcast two episodes per week, through to the end of August. Speaking about the show, the host said: 'I've never done a TV show on this scale before. I loved the idea of it, the combination of having to work out clues as to where you are and having to get on with each other. It struck me as the best bits of The Traitors with the best bits of Race Across the World. 'The other thing that attracted me was the scale of it and being a part of a show as ambitious as this, with as huge a crew and as huge a team. I knew it would be a real challenge to see if I could steer that ship.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He continued: 'I don't want to give anything away but when they start out, they are very much in a team mentality, they are keen to remind me that they are a team - and then things evolve.' Discussing what surprised him the most about the show, Rob Brydon added: 'The surprising things were watching the relationships develop between the players. I say in the first episode it's all about alliances, but then ultimately only one person can win £100,000. So, it was watching the dynamic of the group change over the course of the series in ways that you didn't see coming.' Where do you know the Destination X host from? Rob Brydon is a name that needs no introduction, but we might as well do it anyways. The Welsh actor and comedian might be best known for playing Uncle Bryn (Bryn West) on the BBC's Gavin and Stacey. He played the character across all three of the original series as well as returning for the 2019 and 2024 Christmas specials. He also starred in The Trip films with Steve Coogan - the most recent of which as The Trip to Greece. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Rob also had a small role in the 2023 blockbuster film Barbie. He played Sugar Daddy Ken in the Margot Robbie movie. If you love TV, check out our Screen Babble podcast to get the latest in TV and film.
Scotsman
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Destination X cast: who has left so far? Full BBC cast
The Destination X journey is already over for quite a few players - see who has left the show 👀📺 Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Destination X is the BBC's newest game show. Rob Brydon hosts the series which mixes The Traitors and Coach Trip. But who is still on the journey right now? The Destination X bus is about to hit the road again, but where will it end up? No-one knows, at least until 10pm anyway. Rob Brydon is on hosting duty for the brand new game show which debuted on BBC One last week. It is back for two more episodes and more hopeful guesses. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But who has already left the Destination X bus and which players are still in the game? Here's all you need to know: When is Destination X on next? Rob Brydon gets ready for take-off as the host of Destination X, the new BBC game show (Picture: BBC/TwoFour) The wheels on the Destination X bus will be turning again tonight (August 6) as the show returns for its second week. It is due to start at 9pm on BBC once again, following MasterChef's controversial return. Destination X will then be back tomorrow (August 7) for another episode. Episodes will be broadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Who has left Destination X so far? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Rob Brydon host new BBC competition show Destination X. | BBC/TwoFour The first episode proved to be particularly brutal as a number of players were culled before they could even reach the Destination X bus. Chloe-Anne, Ashvin and Claire were knocked out in the initial challenge. Mahidi made it to the bus but decided to leave the bus voluntarily after one night, craving a home-cooked meal. Deborah was eliminated after being the player whose map guess was the furthest away, despite getting a clue for winning the box challenge. The second episode saw just one player leave, after the five departures in episode one. Dawn was eliminated after her guess of the location was revealed to be the furthest away. The full list before episode three on August 6 looks like this: Chloe-Anne - episode 1 Ashvin - episode 1 Claire - episode 1 Mahidi - walked episode 1 Deborah - episode 1 Dawn - episode 2 Who is still in the cast of Destination X? Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Destination X starts on BBC One on July 30 | BBC The show did initially feature 13 contestants, but after just two episodes that has already been cut to seven with six people leaving so far. The players left in with a chance to win the life-changing £100,000 jackpot includes: Ben - 42, South Wales - Surf School Director Daren - 58, London - Taxi Driver James - 23, Manchester - e-Commerce manager Josh - 26, Dartford - Pilot Judith - 28, Bristol - Nuclear Engineer Nick - 35, Cornwall - Endurance Athlete Saskia - 25, Birmingham - Marketing Executive Who is the host of Destination X on BBC? Rob Brydon is the 'gamemaster' for the Beeb's newest competition show. Destination X will premiere this evening and will broadcast two episodes per week, through to the end of August. Speaking about the show, the host said: 'I've never done a TV show on this scale before. I loved the idea of it, the combination of having to work out clues as to where you are and having to get on with each other. It struck me as the best bits of The Traitors with the best bits of Race Across the World. 'The other thing that attracted me was the scale of it and being a part of a show as ambitious as this, with as huge a crew and as huge a team. I knew it would be a real challenge to see if I could steer that ship.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He continued: 'I don't want to give anything away but when they start out, they are very much in a team mentality, they are keen to remind me that they are a team - and then things evolve.' Discussing what surprised him the most about the show, Rob Brydon added: 'The surprising things were watching the relationships develop between the players. I say in the first episode it's all about alliances, but then ultimately only one person can win £100,000. So, it was watching the dynamic of the group change over the course of the series in ways that you didn't see coming.' Where do you know the Destination X host from? Rob Brydon is a name that needs no introduction, but we might as well do it anyways. The Welsh actor and comedian might be best known for playing Uncle Bryn (Bryn West) on the BBC's Gavin and Stacey. He played the character across all three of the original series as well as returning for the 2019 and 2024 Christmas specials. He also starred in The Trip films with Steve Coogan - the most recent of which as The Trip to Greece. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Rob also had a small role in the 2023 blockbuster film Barbie. He played Sugar Daddy Ken in the Margot Robbie movie.
The Irish Sun
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
BBC broke TV's golden rule with boring new series Destination X – no wonder a contestant got up and left
SOMETHING odd happened about halfway through episode one of BBC1's heavily trailed new reality show, Destination X. One of the contestants, Mahdi, simply got up and left. 6 Destination X is hosted by the unfortunate Rob Brydon who takes an eternity to explain what's going on to the 13 contestants Credit: PA 6 One of the contestants, Mahdi, simply got up and left - he just seemed a bit bored Credit: BBC He wasn't angry, or upset, let alone put off by the fact, 30 minutes earlier, he'd told everyone: 'I come from Tottenham, da trenches. You know what I'm sayin'.' He just seemed a bit bored. And you know what? I couldn't entirely blame Mahdi. Both of us had probably seen enough, by then, to know we were on to a loser with BBC breaking one of television's golden rules: If you've got a hit as big as The Traitors or Race Across The World, you leave it well alone. Let ITV and Netflix tie themselves in knots with hopeless rip-offs like The very last thing you should do, in the Beeb's position, of course, is weld those two famously successful formats together in one pan-European charabanc, with a 'games-master, guide and guru' who looks like he's been styled by Basil Brush. No prizes for guessing then exactly what they've done with Destination X, hosted by the unfortunate The nuts of it is, though, a 'guess where the f*** you are in Europe ?' contest, with the furthest away contestant being eliminated at the end of each show. Low-level cunning An idea that probably sounded great at the first meeting. The practical issue here, though, is one road sign or chance encounter with a local could blow the entire project out of the water. And so, apart from the brief moments when the contestants are allowed to gawp at a location clue, via an electronically controlled blindfold called the X Goggles, they're just thundering around the continent in two blacked-out coaches, staring at nothing more scenic than each other. Fans stunned as THREE Destination X contestants are immediately axed in brutal opening twist Result? Not only does the show look more like Channel 4's Coach Trip has been hijacked by Hezbollah, during the Beirut leg, it sounds like it as well — especially when Ben and Saskia are left discussing on- board bathroom arrangements. 'I think we have to make a rule. Everyone has to sit down when they go to the toilet.' 'As opposed to what?' If, from that question, you've guessed it's not exactly the Brains Trust BBC1 has assembled here, then I should point out they seem to be a pleasant bunch with a relaxed, happy-go-lucky attitude to life. What they don't appear to have is a second language between them. Nor do they even possess the sort of low-level cunning that would realise, given the BBC is the most snootily middle-class institution in Britain, that Benidorm, Torremolinos, Hamburg's Reeperbahn or anywhere else serviced by EasyJet is probably off limits, but they'll be all over France and Italy like scatter cushions in an Islington townhouse. 6 BBC breaks one of television's golden rules with Destination X: If you've got a hit as big as The Traitors or Race Across The World, you leave it well alone Credit: PA If this process wasn't already disorientating enough, a whole new level of confusion is added by the clues, which are either so vague as to be pointless — 'This was one of the first places in the world to adopt street lighting' (relax, you're not in Tower Hamlets) — or they're questions which offer only two possible responses: 'How many times did Taylor Swift perform her Eras tour in the country you are now in?' A) Don't know. B) Don't care. Ungrateful gesture Occasionally, Rob will also offer to show one of them something 'at the back of the bus', and they can either tell another contestant or BBC1's head of HR, which seems to have been Mahdi's cue for making his excuses and leaving. A spectacularly ungrateful gesture from the lad, no matter how bored he got, if I'm honest. The one person I do actually feel sorry for, though, is Rob Brydon, a huge talent who's one of the very few people left on television capable of transforming a format and making you believe the medium is still some sort of meritocracy. The show may gather some momentum as it proceeds, obviously, but the only real comfort I've got for him at the moment is that Destination X could still make for one hell of a celebrity spin-off, with Terry Waite. Unexpected morons in the bagging area TIPPING Point, Ben Shephard: 'In 2020 Australia introduced a dollar coin design that celebrated which airline?' Liz: 'British Airways.' The Chase, Bradley Walsh: 'The terminal velocity of a free-falling parachutist is 150 miles per what?' Seb: 'Second.' And Impossible, Rick Edwards, offering alternative answers of B) Barron or C) Ivanka to the question: 'Which of Donald Trump's children was appointed an official adviser to the President in 2017?' Pete: 'A) Judd Trump.' Ella is having a giraffe 6 Ella Al- Shamahi starts this series in east Africa, where the scale of our development and migration cannot be fully understood unless you go on a safari and stare at some giraffes, apparently Credit: BBC BBC2'S grand new anthropology series Human marks ground-breaking territory for television. The first time the entire history of mankind has been told via the medium of bucket list holiday locations. You can only marvel then at the luck of presenter Ella Al- Shamahi who starts this series, like mankind itself, in east Africa, where the scale of our development and migration cannot be fully understood unless you go on a safari and stare at some giraffes, apparently. From there, Ella wafts her way round the globe via a waterfall in Sri Lanka, Morocco , Botswana, France's Rhone Valley, the Alps and a beach on the paradise island of Flores, in Indonesia, where our ancestors may (or may not) have first set off for Australia . Because these great milestones in evolution never seem to take place behind a shopping precinct in Grimsby, do they? Whatever exotic resort Ella wafts into, though, someone else has done the leg work for her already. In Flores it's Dr Thomas Sutikna, who discovered the 70,000-year-old skeleton of 'an adult woman, the size of a child, with a very small brain', yet somehow resisted the temptation to name her Homo Jimmykrankieus. For all the BBC's breathtaking extravagance, though, the most annoying thing about Human is the underlying political agenda of Ella, who was gazing into some beautiful European mountain valley, this week, wondering if the first homo sapiens to leave Africa, thousands of years ago, were driven by 'the same forces that drive migrants today?' A four-star hotel, Universal Credit and an Uber Eats bike? It seems unlikely, Ella. So just crack on with your gap year and spare us the lecture. TV gold AMAZON Prime's slow-moving but brilliant One Night In Idaho. Senior investigating officer Mick Pope, from the National Crime Agency, proving to be the break-out star of Channel 4's fascinating documentary series Operation Dark Phone: Murder By Text. Sky Comedy repeating the Palestinian Chicken episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which says more about the Middle East conflict, in one unbeatable episode of comedy, than most news reports. And ITV's ever- enthusiastic Ian Wright, who was the one Euros 2025 pundit who didn't hand his or her critical faculties in at passport control in Geneva – and certainly the only expert with the wit to check the England team's inappropriate Queen celebration music on account of the fact: 'Spain are actually Champions of the World.' Random irritations 6 C4 gave Bonnie Blue the oxygen of publicity Credit: Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 CHANNEL 4 giving the cold, dead eyes of Bonnie Blue the oxygen of publicity. Any show involving a QR code. Mastermind featuring the most clumsily worded questions on television. And a single caption on Good Morning Britain probably revealing exactly how much of a toss its rictus-grinning presenters and a lot of other people really gave about 'our Lionesses' at 8.21 on Monday morning. It's spelt Wiegman, not 'Weigman'. Great sporting insights ELLEN WHITE: 'I'm sure they have some strings up their sleeves.' Rachel Brown-Finnis: 'I initially thought it was nothing. But on the replay, it was less than that.' Karen Carney: 'Lucy Bronze has her hands in her head.' Lookalike of the week 6 Attorney General Lord Hermer and Corrie's Norris Cole Credit: supplied THIS week's winner is Attorney General Lord Hermer, the right-on cretin who helped land Britain with a multi-billion- pound bill for handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, and Corrie's Norris Cole. Emailed in by Steve Davis. EXCUSE of the week? Nigerian-born Ade Adepitan explaining his reluctance to get in the water on ITV Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters: 'When black people were taken as slaves from Africa to the Caribbean and the West, they were taken on boats and they saw people die on those boats. They saw people thrown into the ocean and they saw the ocean as a bridge taking them to hell. 'This trauma goes on through generations from family after family after family. 'It's stayed with us and we have to overcome it.' Which reminds me. Due to the Highland Clearances of 1750 to 1860, I am unable to review episode four, series 22, of Escape To The Country (Perth and Kinross). It's just too raw. LORRAINE , Tuesday, Nicola Thorp: 'What does it say to women that our PM is going to meet Donald Trump , considering what he thinks of women, rather than meet the Lionesses?' It probably says ending the war in Ukraine , signing international trade agreements and establishing a ceasefire in Gaza are a bit more important than a ball-kicking contest. Unless they're all as imperiously thick as yourself, Nicola. MEANWHILE, on Channel 5's Police: Suspect No1, DI Jim Clarke: 'In relation to these indecent exposures that have been happening on the track between Hull and Hornsea, the suspect's quite prolific, so we need to get a grip of it.' I wouldn't.
Daily Mirror
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Coach Trip's Brendan Sheerin reveals holiday-goer died on 'worst work day' ever
Sometimes more than a postcard gets sent home from a trip abroad, as Coach Trip star Brendan Sheerin knows only too well after his "worst day at work" saw the death of a holidaymaker Coach Trip 's Brendan Sheerin' s sunny personality has made him the nation's favourite tour guide – but there were no smiles the day someone died when he was on duty. The 66-year-old found amassed a cult following when he was appointed the resident holiday rep on Channel 4 reality show Coach Trip, with even the late Queen reportedly a fan of the show. But he wasn't plucked from complete obscurity; he was suggested for the job by a former boss. In 2005 Brendan was working at a seafront spa in Scarborough near his home city of Leeds when TV producer Andrew Brereton started calling around hotels asking for potential stars of a new show he'd sold to Channel 4. Brendan's manager suggested him, and he travelled to London for the interview which would change his life. Speaking to Metro to mark the show's 20th anniversary, he revealed that there was one sticky question which came up, but it got him the job. "These producers were young kids; they looked about seventeen. They asked me about my worst day at work, and I said when a client died. People do die on holiday, you know, it happens." Despite the gruesome anecdote, the team could see Brendan's star quality shining through. "The next day they rang me and said ;We found the person we want; I replied, 'Oh, I'm so happy for you', and they said, 'No, Brendan, it's you, it's got to be you'. My stomach churned. I knew my life was about to change." Coach Trip aired 640 episodes from 2005 until filming was halted by the Coronavirus pandemic in 2021, with Brendan appearing in every episode. No new episodes have been filmed since then, with Channel 4 reportedly confirming that no new episodes were in development. The show saw Brendan visit every European country (bar Russia) and, for special series, parts of North Africa and East Asia. He would be joined by seven couples - who might be pensioners, party animals, students, or other stereotypical British holidaymakers - or, for some specials, celebrities. The show veered between twee and cut throat, with couples voting one another off as the bus made stops at different historical landmarks and beautiful cities. Once a couple received a yellow then red card, they were forced to remove their luggage from the hold and would be left "stranded" by the side of the road. They would then be replaced with a new couple as the bus continued on its journey. While the contestants were a main part of the programme, viewers really tuned into to see Brendan corralling them, tutting and shushhing them and making them sing new countries' national anthems as they crossed the border. There were often some difficult personalities, but Brendan always stayed neutral. He said: "If there were people that I didn't like, then usually the group didn't like them anyway. "When people were on the coach quite a while, they'd get a bit too comfortable and say, 'Oh, are we doing a painting class? Boring!' They would slowly get a bit more non-appreciative, but if start sitting on your laurels, there's always someone behind you waiting to take the place."
Daily Mail
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Coach Trip legend Brendan Sheerin reveals horror moment client DIED mid-holiday on 'worst work day of his life'
Coach Trip legend Brendan Sheerin revealed the horror moment a client died mid-holiday on the 'worst work day of his life'. The Channel 4 holiday programme, hosted by tour guide Brendan, saw teams of twos - either couples, friends or relatives - travel around different locations. Pairs would be eliminated from the trip during a group vote, which saw the least popular get kicked out. With members of the public joining the 66-year-old tour guide for most of the episodes, celebrities also took part in the show for special editions. But before his 14 years on the show, Brendan worked at a spa in Scarborough when TV boss Andrew Brereton thought up the idea of a coach trip themed show, Metro reported. He contacted Brendan's manager and asked if she knew anyone who would be perfect for the role of tour guide. Pairs would be eliminated from the trip during a group vote which saw the least popular get kicked out But before his 14 years on the show, Brendan worked at a spa in Scarborough when TV boss Andrew Brereton thought up the idea of a coach trip themed show, Metro reported She put Brendan forward and soon he was sitting in an interview in London for the job. It was during the interview when Brendan was asked about his worst day at work. He told Metro: 'These producers were young kids; they looked about seventeen. They asked me about my worst day at work, and I said when a client died.' 'People do die on holiday, you know, it happens,' the tour guide added. He was offered the job the next day and admitted his 'stomach churned. I knew my life was about to change'. The Coach Trip first aired in 2005 and has seen 640 episodes since, but the show's future was up in the air back in 2023. Channel 4 reportedly revealed that new episodes were not in development. The Sun previously reported that no new episodes were recorded in the summer of 2022, during the period it is typically filmed in. A spokesperson told the publication: 'A new series of Coach Trip is not in development at the moment, however it would be untrue to say that Coach Trip is not returning to E4.' The Coach Trip also attracted an unlikely fan - the late Queen Elizabeth. Brendan claimed in 2017 the monarch was a huge fan of the game show, so much so that she asked palace aides to record it when she was travelling so that she never had to miss an episode. Speaking to the Sun 's Bizarre column, Sheerin revealed: 'I've heard the Queen has it recorded in when she's away. It makes me so proud as I love the Queen.' He added: 'I think she's an amazing lady, especially all the good things she's done for this country. She's phenomenal.' Sheerin added that Keira Knightley and her husband James Righton are big fans, too.
