When...Goes Horribly Wrong

The holiday industry is worth a jaw-dropping 45 billion pounds a year. And for those choosing to spend big and go luxury, only the best will do. From swanky hotels to high-end adventure holidays, when these holidays go right, they’re perfect paradises and much needed R&R in the lap of luxury. But when they go horribly wrong, they can be catastrophic. Glynis Barber narrates this 90-minute special that features first-hand interviews with people whose holidays ended in disaster.

Camping disasters including swarms of insects, and an encounter with a lion.

Documentary taking a look at some of the most terrifying disasters in recent history, from horrifying dramas at sea to one of the worst air disasters in British aviation history, using eye witness testimony and footage taken by those involved telling the human stories behind the events. A cruise ship sailing off the coast of Norway is caught in a dangerous storm, and a passenger witnesses the casing of an airplane engine being ripped off mid-flight.

Paul Merton narrates this entertaining and eye-opening look at holidays on the road.

Accounts of nightmare vacations from those whose dream break went horribly wrong, including a woman horrified to see her young children paddling in what she believed to be sewage. Plus, the beachgoer who found herself upside down and clinging on for dear life during a parasailing excursion we Horribly Wrong, and a day trip to Brighton that ended up a sunseeker being chased by a hungry flock of seagulls. Jenny Powell narrates, with contributors including broadcaster Dermot Murnaghan, travel journalist Simon Calder and DJ Sonny Jay.

Package Holidays have always been the easy way to travel, with flights and accommodation all taken care of. Ever popular, all you need to do is just fly and flop! So, when these holidays go right, you'll be living la vida loca. But when they go Horribly Wrong, you'll wish you'd never booked.

As more of us seek out affordable holiday options, the popularity of Caravan Holidays is soaring with the industry worth a staggering two billion pounds a year. You get all the comforts of home, along with the freedom to explore whenever and wherever. But sometimes there can be a hitch in your plans as exemplified in this 90-minute special narrated by Helen Lederer.

On a Bahamas honeymoon a newlywed is bitten by a shark. An adventure-loving couple get stranded in the wilds of Asia. And a safari honeymoon is stopped in its tracks by a silverback gorilla.

First-hand accounts from drivers who came to a grinding halt on the road.

John Sergeant narrates a selection of first-hand accounts of nightmare trips on the railway, including passengers stuck on a train that lost power on the hottest day of the year, leaving them without air conditioning in the 38C heat. Plus, the driver whose quick reactions helped save the lives of his passengers when his high-speed train hit a lorry on a level crossing, and the pandemonium underground when a London Tube carriage filled with smoke.

Anita Dobson narrates this look back at some 1980s TV moments that many celebrities would rather forget. Footage includes a halloween stunt that went wrong for magician Paul Daniels, Des O'Connor's bite on the nose from Elaine Paige's pooch, and some less-than-perfect TV-am moments from Chris Tarrant and Timmy Mallett

Dame Penelope Keith narrates this look back at the less-than-perfect 70s TV the stars would rather forget, with moments from Fawlty Towers, Jukebox Jury, The Goodies and Question Time.