The Cruise (1998)

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series follows the staff working on a luxury cruise ship during its first voyage in the Caribbean. It shows the behind-the-scenes lives of crew members and entertainers as they deal with passengers and their jobs.

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What happens

The Cruise is a British observational documentary television series directed by Chris Terrill that aired on BBC One in 1998. The series of 12 episodes followed a group of staff on board the luxury cruise ship Galaxy as it sailed the Caribbean on its maiden voyage. The first episode, Let the Dream Begin, aired at 8pm on 13 January 1998. The series was highly popular, attracting 10.39 million viewers (41 per cent audience share). It made a celebrity of Jane McDonald, a cruise ship entertainer on Galaxy, who went on to become a recording artist and television presenter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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