| Busman Holiday | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game show |
| Presented by | Julian Pettifer (1985–1988) Sarah Kennedy (1989–1991) Elton Welsby (1993) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 103 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Granada Television |
| Running time | 30mins (inc. comms) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 26 February 1985 – 28 June 1993 |
Busman's Holiday is a British television game show, which was produced by Granada Television and ran on the ITV network from 26 February 1985 to 28 June 1993. Its hosts over the years were Julian Pettifer, Sarah Kennedy and Elton Welsby.
Contestants were divided into competing teams of three based upon career, at first three teams and in later series just two teams. They were dressed in their regular work clothes. The goal was an exotic holiday where they have to work.
The format of the programme consisted of multiple rounds of quizzing: world geography, questions of the other's profession or brain teasers, questions of their own profession—sometimes quite embarrassing, and questions on a final destination— revealing which team had conducted the best research prior to the match. And there was a review of the prior weeks winning contestants holiday.
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 February 1985 | 21 May 1985 | 13 |
| 2 | 7 January 1986 | 1 April 1986 | 13 |
| 3 | 6 January 1987 | 24 March 1987 | 12 |
| 4 | 11 February 1988 | 5 May 1988 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 March 1989 | 31 May 1989 | 13 |
| 6 | 25 April 1990 | 18 July 1990 | 13 |
| 7 | 12 June 1991 | 28 August 1991 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 April 1993 | 28 June 1993 | 13 |