1980s Travel | QE2 | Life on board | Danny La Rue | 1980s Spain | Wish you were here? | 1984

'Wish you were here?' Presenter Judith Chalmers takes the QE2 around the Med and stops off in the Spanish city of Barcelona and also enjoys the sumptuous life on board the famous cruise liner - as well as bumping into an old friend entertainer Danny La Rue.
First shown: 19/03/1984
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[@Margarinetaylorgrease]

Met Danny La Rue twice in the late 90's. he told me he was still working, very nice person, polite, happy for a few seconds of chit chat. I recognised him straight away.

[@securityrobot]

Returning home each night to this friendly and familiar piece of Britain, thats a good description of Judith Chalmers.

[@frazzleface753]

Ahhh, all those sailors! 😂God bless Danny La Rue.

[@patrickmcgrath5094]

This was my second trip as crew remember it very well. Danny la Rue was a nice bloke as well

[@martinfitzgerald1605]

I remember the bills and the bar staff said much of the time they were too busy to check names/signatures and 'You wouldn't believe the amount of Mickey Mouses and Donald Ducks leaving big bar bills'.😂

[@trenchantinsight]

Donald Duck always had a big bill!

[@martinfitzgerald1605]

@@trenchantinsight Nice one.

[@iansteel1447]

They were simpler times, they were better times.

[@Alfredromeothatsme]

I cannot emphasize enough how lucky travellers are today compared to years gone by. I was in my twenties when this show was aired and if I did not catch it "live" on the night I probably missed out. Us travellers back then relied on books like Lonely Planet to advise on on the best place to stay on our global adventures. Nowadays there is so much available via social media that if you do your research it's really impossible to go wrong.

[@ajs41]

It takes all the adventure out of it though.

[@PaulEcosse]

Apart from me and Billy Connolly, the finest vessel ever built in Glasgow.

[@hilaryepstein6013]

Danny La Rue seems like such a nice person. A real old school entertainer.

[@regplasma7906]

The type of holiday I have nightmares about.

[@rob_lightbody]

Fantastic

[@Fsrjtyttzma]

It’s lovely Danny!

[@tina5203]

Just an excuse to eat and drink as much as possible but the scenery is lovely !!

[@jasonayres]

As an Aussie, it was quite a sight to see ships like this, "parked" between The Bridge and the Opera House, in Sydney. You could see them on your day to day commute, passing through Circular Quay railway station. They look a bit lonely, without the ships, in my opinion.

[@ivanahavitoff7308]

I knew Judith Chalmers before she was brown.

[@angelicupstart1977]

I knew mrs brown before she had boys.

[@cycleSCUBA]

I once met Holly from Red Dwarf. It was Hattie Hayridge.

[@PeteretePeter]

It’s hard to believe that that was considered to be supremely luxurious

[@ajs41]

I've never been on a cruise so this still looks quite luxurious to me.

[@mikeoas]

For her time she was, she had refits every year and has a huge following you have to remember fashion and interior design was very different have a look at photos her queens room and double down room were incredible

[@cashcrop70]

@@mikeoas Judith or the QE2??

[@normanmunns4743]

My nightmare of a holiday No thank you

[@cycleSCUBA]

In the days before the gay cruise!

[@Bill-cv1xu]

Uno ,

[@jasonayres]

🚢Cruising!