Holiday Showdown Extreme
In the second programme of the series a tee-total, Egyptian loving family team up with a partying, patriotic family who love nothing better than a right old booze up in Tenerife.
The Wilson family from the Isle of Mann love to holiday in Egypt, and away from other tourists they immerse themselves in the ancient Egyptian culture. There is step dad Tony, mum Joanne, and 15-year-old Terrance.
They live their lives with the view to always helping others, and they carry this abroad with them too. They think Egypt is a wonderful place for a holiday because of the warm and friendly Egyptian people, and they return year after year to enjoy the culture and visit the friends they have made.
“All the fun of going to Egypt is to meet the people, eat the food and enjoy all their customs,” says Tony, and that means there won’t be a burger or chips in sight. Joanne says going to a foreign country and hitting the booze “is an absolute waste of time”.
Sharing their holiday is the party-loving Kent family from Dover – dad Paul, mum Audra and teenagers Tully, 16, and Lucy, 14. They love British food, plenty of drink, bars and clubs, and find the sun-soaked island of Tenerife the perfect holiday experience. And they only eat English food abroad.
“Tenerife is a home from home for us, everything we love about Britain – the fry ups, the roast dinners, the culture is there but with the sunshine,” says Audra.
In the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, the Kents are shocked by what they see. Away from the resort centre they visit villages and markets deep in the heart of the ‘real’ Egypt, and the Kents are disgusted by the poverty and general poor conditions that surround them: “You really would think you’re back in the days of Jesus,” says Paul.
But it’s the traditional Egyptian food and no beer to wash it down with that pushes the Kents to breaking point causing a confrontational final breakfast. As tears flow the Wilson family are subjected to a torrent of abuse.
“The thought of getting up and eating this sh*t for breakfast is making me heave,” says Audra. “I think it’s the most stupid place on earth, I think it’s disease-ridden and skanky.”
After a tense final day, it’s time to leave the desert and party on in Tenerife. Paul and Audra are finally able to do things their way, and Paul quickly downs a pint of Guinness in record time. A trip to the local supermarket to stock up on provisions means one thing to Paul Kent…alcohol. The sheer amount of booze he buys astounds teetotal Tony Wilson in particular:
“I don’t begrudge anyone having a drink but he has bought enough to sink a battle ship,” he says. “I think it’s a recipe for disaster.”
After yet another night out when Audra and Paul get well and truly merry downing six shots of sambuca in a row, the Wilson’s are shocked by their parenting skills when 16-year-old Tully is just as drunk as her mum and dad.
The next morning, Tony refuses to carry on with the Kents’ holiday unless he can confront Paul about his drinking.
After the chat, Paul feels that he was unable to defend himself against Tony’s comments about him as a parent and heavy drinker, and begins to break down. With the last evening meal ahead, will everyone air their true opinions to each other in a boisterous final showdown?
Thursday 5 July 2007 9:00pm – 10:00pm on ITV1.
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Is the Kent family for real!!!
absolutely hilarious
Having watched holiday showdown tonight 5th July, I hope your proud of yourselves for the disgusting language plus how different the couples are you are putting together.
What do you get out of this and what has happened to the bleeps, who do you think your viewing public are. From the gutter.
Disgusted Eveline Jones
the kents lol,jeremy kyle would love them,very sad family very sad.
They dont call it holiday showdown extreme for nothing.I enjoyed this program and if the couples enjoyed each others holiday it defeats the object dont you think.
Eveline your not related to the wilsons are you.What do you think extreme means.
Everline, the programme made for wonderful viewing. I never knew that people like the Kent’s existed
the kents remind me of dean an mandy heap who are drug dealers,wouldnt suprise me if the kents are into drugs aswell
if i was with them i would have give that kent mother a mouthful back!! i came bk frm luxor last week n i have been goin since i was 6 n i still love it now im 18! the kents are the sort of people who give brits a bad name!!
The Kents are one scary family!
Where are their teeth??
What a bunch of rogues and pissheads!
Quite alarming that the kids are just as bad as the parents.
God help us all !!!
We watched a repeat of the program and whilst the Kents were a bit of a good example of what they were the Wilson lot were amazingly awful.
A woman with a built in sneer, a father who needed to be introduced into the real world and a snivelling oversize brat who needs to be placed with a proper family, not the mealy mouthed patronising pair of creeps that he is stuck with.
OK the Kents were typical “Costa – Brits” but they knew what a holiday was all about, relaxation and enjoyment in a bit of comfort, not playing a latter-day ‘lady bountiful’ to a bunch of underprivileged camel jockeys.
If I was to go on a holiday then not only would I shun the Wilsons but if they are typical of the Isle of Man, and I suspect they are, I would give that place a very wide berth as well.
I was so shocked by the Kents behaviour! If I were the wilsons i would not have survived that long! I feel it badly for them and i think they were brave to go on a holiday with such a horrible family!
The best Holiday Showdown by far! The Kent Family were hilarious especially Paul Kent. “I usually like to savour it (Guiness) but that one just went whack…gone, bartender thanks very much!” Then he said he had to have ‘the hair of the FROG’ after 12 shots the night before. Comedy gold. The Wilson’s were boring beyond belief. Does anyone know where I can find this on the internet?
Oh my god! I cannot believe how incredibly disgusting the Kents are. Their inconsiderations, speech, lack of manners. They allowed their 16 year-old to smoke and drink. The dirtiest mouths and the parents are alcoholics. They have incredibly closed minds. I could not watch the complete show it was horrible, the Kents were absolutely horrible and should not be allowed to parent, actually they don’t parent, they should not be allowed to have their children. Their children would be better in homes. People like them give the British a very, very bad name.
PMSL!!! HA WHO IS IT THA BARBARA HARRIS OO NOO SHE DNT EVEN HAVE A CLU DUZ SHE LMAO!! THIS WAS LIKE THE FUNNIEST HOLIDAII SHOWDOWN EVER … THE KENTS REEELI AINT GOT A DRINKIN PROBLEM … THEY DRINK … THEY GET DRUNK … NO PROBLEM !! I FINK THEY R FUNNI FUNNI PEOPLE WHO ACTUALI KNOW HOW TO HAVE A GD HOLIDAII N THEIR CHILDREN FOLLOW IN STYLE … GERRIN LEATHERD HAHA . PEOPLE LIKE THEM MAKE US KNOWN FOR WHAT WE ARE UNLIKE THE OVA FAMILY. THEIR HOLIDAII WAS MINGIN .. PRATICALLII EATIN FLIES N THEIR KID WAS PATHETIC CRYIN LIKE A LIL BABY OO NOOO … GOTTA SEY WAS ACTUALII THE BEST SHOWDOWN IVE EVER WATCHED … WUDD BEEN BETTER WIVOUT THE BORIN FAMILY