| The Cruise | |
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| Starring | Jane McDonald |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (+ 2 specials) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Chris Terrill Olivia Lichtenstein |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 13 January – 31 December 1998 |
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The Cruise is a British observational documentary television series directed by Chris Terrill that aired on BBC 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.[1] The first episode, Let the Dream Begin, aired at 8pm on 13 January 1998.[2] The series was highly popular, attracting 10.39 million viewers (41 per cent audience share).[3] It made a celebrity of Jane McDonald, a cruise ship entertainer on Galaxy, who went on to become a recording artist and television presenter.[4]
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- ^ "The Cruise - BBC One London - 13 January 1998". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ Bruce Carson; Margaret Llewellyn-Jones (2000). Frames and Fictions on Television: The Politics of Identity Within Drama. Intellect Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-84150-050-8.
- ^ Misha Kavka (15 February 2012). Reality TV. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 69–71. ISBN 978-0-7486-5435-2.