When Holidays Go Horribly Wrong

Glynis Barber narrates first-hand accounts of what happens when dream vacations turn into nightmares. A cruise to the Bahamas got caught in a cyclone, a diving trip in Indonesia resulted in life-changing spinal injuries, and a honeymooning couple survive the infamous Las Vegas shootings of October 2017.

We hear from unlucky punters who booked what they thought would be the trip of a lifetime, only to find themselves in the middle of a holiday nightmare.

A selection of disastrous excursions, featuring a visit to the zoo that ended in horror when a young family encountered an escaped chimpanzee. Plus, a day at a safari park turns to a walk on the wild side as two duelling camels cause £6,000 of damage to a car, rendering it a write-off, while a tourist soon regretted going on a hang-gliding day trip in the Swiss Alps when his pilot failed to attach the safety cord.

Glynis Barber narrates a documentary featuring first-hand interviews with people whose hotel holidays ended in disaster, including a newlywed couple's horror when their honeymoon accommodation turned out to be a half-built Mexican building site. A trip to Zante took a surreal turn when one guest found herself the only person staying in the hotel, while a high-end break to Cuba hit the skids when Hurricane Irma struck.