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Jay Blades became the nation’s favourite furniture upcycler in 2017 when he began hosting BBC1’s heartwarming primetime show The Repair Shop. It follows a workshop filled with expert craftspeople bringing treasured pieces of family history and the memories they hold back to life. In 2021, Jay starred in BBC2’s Jay’s Yorkshire Workshop, where he opened the doors to his brand-new workshop in Bradford to create bespoke pieces of furniture for local heroes nominated by their community.
Nina Wadia won awards and acclaim starring in Eastenders and as a co-founder of hit BBC comedy Goodness Gracious Me. Nina has also appeared in Dr Who, Death in Paradise, Waking The Dead, New Tricks, Holby City, The Vicar Of Dibley and recently in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, Mel & Sue’s Hitmen, Stephen Merchant’s comedy/drama The Offenders and Newark Newark. Her varied film career has seen her work with Michael Winterbottom and Tim Robbins in Code 46, as well as starring in the Bollywood hit Namaste London and Disney favourite Aladdin.
Ross is a BAFTA award-winning documentary maker, actor, and author, who rose to prominence portraying Grant Mitchell in the BBC1 soap Eastenders. Since 2006 he has received international recognition for his award-winning, exciting and hardhitting documentaries, including Ross Kemp: Extreme World, Ross Kemp in Afghanistan and Ross Kemp on Gangs.
Sue Barker is a legend of British tennis. She won Junior Wimbledon at the age of 17, before going on to win the French Open at the age of just 19 in 1976, making the semifinals of Wimbledon the following year. After a career that saw Sue reach number 3 in the world, she retired in 1984, going into broadcasting but it was fronting the BBC’s coverage of Wimbledon from 1993 until her retirement in 2022 that made Sue a sporting TV icon. Her glittering second career saw her cover countless broadcasts, including the Olympics, BBC Sports Personality of the Year and Grandstand.
Phil Tufnell, or ‘Tuffers’ as he’s frequently known, is a former England international cricketer turned TV and radio personality. Having won I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, Phil remains a favourite in the BBC Test Match Special commentary box. His reputation as one of the friendliest, funniest voices in sports broadcasting should help ensure some quality entertainment!
Matt’s early career was spent as a successful professional rugby player, making a total of 290 appearances for the Northampton Saints and London Wasps between 1991 and 2006. He also appeared 77 times for England and was selected three times to tour with the British and Irish Lions. He won his 50th cap for England in their Grand Slam-winning 2003 Six Nations campaign, and played a crucial role in England’s World Cup win. Since retiring, Matt forged a successful career in television and media, with commitments including BBC Radio 5 Live and BT Sport.
Ben Fogle is an award-winning broadcaster and adventurer. He has written nine Sunday Times Bestselling books and is the United Nations Patron of the Wilderness. Ben has climbed Mount Everest, rowed across the Atlantic, raced across Antarctica to the South Pole and crossed the deserts of the Empty Quarter in the Middle East. Ben’s career has spanned over 20 years, having firstly found himself on BBC’s first reality TV show Castaway. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, ambassador to Hearing Dogs for the Deaf and patron of The Red Cross and United Nations.
Simon Calder is Britain’s leading travel commentator and is known as ‘the man who pays his way’, owed to his reputation for supporting his own travel. Simon is travel correspondent for The Independent, and also writes for the Evening Standard, the i newspaper, National Geographic as well many other publications. Simon is a regular guest on national TV and radio, often seen on BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, This Morning, CNN, ITV News, Channel 5 and Sky News, as well as BBC Radio 2, 4, 5, LBC, Times and Talk.
Monty Halls is a broadcaster, speaker, naturalist, marine biologist, travel writer and leadership specialist. He is an ex-Royal Marines officer who worked for Nelson Mandela during the peace process in the early nineties, before leaving to pursue a career in expeditions, travel journalism and biology, eventually becoming a qualified marine biologist. Monty rose to fame after winning the Channel 4 show Superhumans but is best known for his three BBC2 series Great Escapes, where he lived on the west coast of Scotland and Ireland with his dog Reuben.
All entertainment can be booked before your holiday begins via My P&O Cruises. Bookings open from 14 days before you sail and close three days beforehand. Bookings can then be made once you step on board, but we recommend booking as early as possible to avoid any disappointment. All acts and events are included in the price of your holiday.
But please note that unfortunately, due to limited availability, P&O Cruises is unable to guarantee seats for all interested guests on these cruises. Talent acts may be subject to change without notice and some acts will not travel for the duration of each cruise.