Holiday Hit Squad

Angela Rippon, Helen Skelton and Joe Crowley explore how to make the very best of a holiday break and along with the toughest hotel inspectors in the business investigate how to make sure holidays across the globe live up to their promise. Angela investigates the perils of hotel balconies, hearing from a young man whose fall from a balcony in Thailand left him with horrific head injuries, and is on call with the Turkish police in the holiday resort of Marmaris where she meets a young family who have fallen victim to juvenile pickpockets. Joe calls in expert help to reveal the hidden horrors of a Cyprus hotel which has been slated online by British holidaymakers, while Helen gives tips on how to avoid the holiday crooks and assists Dr Chris van Tulleken in a pop-up beach surgery, helping British holidaymakers with common and not-so-common holiday ailments, including what appears to be a mysterious moving mosquito bite. Plus, reporting on some of the very best holidays at home and abroad, Joe and Helen go head-to-head to find the best city break. In the battle of vacation versus stay-cation, can Bristol ever hope to compete with New York?

Angela investigates the potentially life shattering dangers of water parks, meeting the man whose holiday was brought to a crashing end by a Turkish waterslide, and is on call with medical professionals at a Spanish clinic in Benidorm. Joe calls in top hotel inspector Lisa Ackerly to investigate a hotel in Bodrum in Turkey that has plumbed the depths with its online reviews. Helen checks out how best to use the 15 million bottles of sun cream slapped on by Brits abroad each year and assists Dr Chris Van Tulleken in a pop-up beach surgery, helping British holidaymakers with common and not so common holiday ailments, including swimmers' ear and a suspicious mole. And in a battle of staycation v vacation, Helen goes toe-to-toe with Joe in search of the best family beach holiday - at home on Britain's South coast or abroad on Turkey's Med?

Angela investigates the dangers of safari holidays and is on call with the medics at a Turkish A&E department, where she meets Brits with broken bones. Joe checks into a neglected hotel in Malta whose decline from its glory days has resulted in scathing online reviews, and Helen assists Dr Chris Van Tulleken in a pop-up beach surgery, helping British holidaymakers with common and not-so-common holiday ailments. Helen also investigates how to avoid being weighed down by the costs of excess baggage and, in a battle of staycation versus vacation, goes head-to-head with Joe to find the best adrenalin-fuelled adventure weekend for two. Will it be thrill-seeking at home in Scotland, or adventures abroad in Iceland?