Departure Lounge (TV series)

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Departure Lounge is a BBC holiday magazine-style television series based at Manchester Airport. It is broadcast on Fridays at 7:00pm on BBC One and runs for an hour.

It is hosted by Nick Knowles and CBBC presenter, Angellica Bell along with travel expert Simon Calder.

The first series ended on October 7, 2005. In which they visited locations all around the world including New Zealand, Las Vegas, Madagascar, Tokyo and Thailand.

Regular features of the show included "Call Calder", where members of the public asked for Simon Calder to accompany them on their holidays to help liven them up. Also there was the Celebrity Challenge, where a celebrity had a £500 budget, which included all travel costs, accommodation, sights and activities and food. Points were awarded on not only how far they could go, but also the various modes of transport they used, the number countries they visited and sights they saw. The winner was Vanessa Feltz who actually didn't even leave the British Isles.