The Trip (2010 TV series)
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Baby Cow Productions
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The Trip is a British television sitcom and feature film directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves on a restaurant tour of northern England. The series was edited into feature film format and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010. The full series was first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD in the United Kingdom in November 2010. Both the TV series and film received very positive reviews.
Three further series followed. The Trip to Italy was broadcast on BBC Two in 2014, The Trip to Spain was filmed in 2016 and broadcast on Sky Atlantic in 2017, and The Trip to Greece was filmed in 2019 and aired on Sky One in 2020.{{cite tweet|number=1224770964120096769|user=babycowLtd|title=New series #Thetrip to Greece 03.03.20 10pm SkyOne 🍷 #Stevecoogan & @RobBrydon |date=4 February 2020}} Like the first series, the second, third and fourth were each edited into feature films.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/feb/15/the-trip-heads-to-spain-steve-coogan-rob-brydon?CMP=share_btn_tw|title=The Trip leaves BBC2 and heads to Spain|first=Mark|last=Brown|date=15 February 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 July 2018}}{{cite tweet|user=RobBrydon|first=Rob |last=Brydon|number=829066470663524352|date=7 February 2017|title=April. Yes.|access-date=18 July 2018}}{{Cite web|date=2019-11-08|title='The Trip to Greece' Acquired by IFC Films for Summer 2020 Release|url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-trip-to-greece-acquired-by-ifc-films-for-summer-2020-release/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=TheWrap|language=en-US}} Winterbottom, Coogan and Brydon stated that The Trip to Greece would be the final series for the show,{{Cite web|date=2020-02-04|title=Steve Coogan says 'The Trip to Greece' will be the final series of the hit show|url=https://www.nme.com/news/steve-coogan-rob-brydon-the-trip-to-greece-final-series-2605145|access-date=2021-08-08|website=NME|language=en-GB}} but a new series was later planned, filming from June 2025.{{cite news| last=Glynn | first=Paul | title=Coogan spared lengthy driving ban to film The Trip| website=BBC News | date=6 February 2025 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9vp24z6qo}}
Origins
Coogan and Brydon's roles as fictionalised versions of themselves are a continuation of their improvised performances in the film A Cock and Bull Story (2005), also directed by Michael Winterbottom.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/oct/26/steve-coogan-rob-brydon |title=Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are'|work=The Guardian |date=26 October 2010 |access-date=7 December 2010|first=Laura|last=Barton}} In an interview with The Guardian, Coogan said he and Brydon exaggerated "the aspects of ourselves that help the comedy ... I like playing with the fact that it might be me, to give it a bit more edge. So some of the conversations with Rob are funny, but some of them are very uncomfortable. They're sort of genuine arguments. It's a sort of an exaggeration of real life."
Cast
- Steve Coogan as Steve Coogan
- Rob Brydon as Rob Brydon
- Claire Keelan as Emma, Steve's assistant who joins each of the trips for at least a few days
- Rebecca Johnson as Sally, Rob's wife
- Tim Leach as Joe, Steve's son, with whom he has a distant relationship that they gradually mend throughout the series
- Marta Barrio as Yolanda, a photographer who accompanies Emma, and has a casual relationship with Steve
- Margo Stilley as Mischa, Steve's American girlfriend who breaks up with him in the first series
- Ben Stiller appears in a cameo as himself in one of Steve’s dreams
Plot
In an effort to save his relationship with his gourmet girlfriend, Mischa (Margo Stilley), actor Steve Coogan accepts a commission from The Observer to go on a restaurant tour of northern England. When Mischa insists they take a break from their relationship, Steve invites colleague and frenemy Rob Brydon. On the trip, Coogan has a number of one-night stands, but is miserable professionally and personally, despite being the bigger star; Brydon, with his young family, is more content and laid-back. The two argue and attempt to one-up and humiliate each other with their impersonations of celebrities including Michael Caine and Sean Connery.
In the second series, Rob and Steve are commissioned to do another restaurant tour, this time in Italy from Piedmont to Capri, following in the footsteps of the great Romantic poets in the early 19th century on the Grand Tour.{{cite web|title=The Trip series 2 will shoot in Italy|publisher=Baby Cow Productions|date=22 May 2013|access-date=12 May 2014|url=http://www.babycow.co.uk/?p=2469|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203125641/http://www.babycow.co.uk/?p=2469|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2014}}{{cite web|title=Steve Coogan to publish his autobiography|work=British Comedy Guide|date=21 June 2013|access-date=12 May 2014|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/shop/steve_coogan_autobiography/}} While on the tour, Rob wins a part in an American Michael Mann film. Steve reconnects with his estranged son, Joe, who briefly joins the two towards the end of their trip.
In the third series, Rob and Steve are commissioned to do another restaurant tour, this time in Spain.
The fourth series is set in Greece where Rob and Steve conduct a restaurant tour that follows the path of the Odyssey.
Episodes
=Overview=
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=Series 1: ''The Trip'' (2010)=
{{See also|The Trip (2010 film)}}
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=Series 2: ''The Trip to Italy'' (2014)=
{{See also|The Trip to Italy}}
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=Series 3: ''The Trip to Spain'' (2017)=
{{See also|The Trip to Spain}}
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=Series 4: ''The Trip to Greece'' (2020)=
{{See also|The Trip to Greece}}
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= Other =
The concept was revived for The Big Night In, a 20 April 2020 telethon held during the COVID-19 pandemic, in a skit which had the pair conducting a video call from their homes to discuss making a segment for the telethon.{{Cite AV media|title=The Big Night In |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08b9w1x |publisher= BBC Television|medium=5' video clip|date=23 April 2020 }}
Reception
The Trip received positive reviews. Andrea Mullaney of The Scotsman said that "on paper, The Trip sounds bloody awful: a cosy, luvvie giant in-joke for Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon", but went on to describe it as "completely brilliant" and "hilarious".{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/tvradio/TV-review-Accused--The.6643885.jp |title=TV review: Accused/The Trip|work=The Scotsman|date=1 December 2010|access-date=8 December 2010|publisher=Johnston Publishing}} Brian Viner of The Independent said: "The Trip never fails to oblige. I love it for its originality and its daring."{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv--ian-hislops-age-of-the-dogooders-bbc2-art-of-germany-bbc4-the-trip-bbc2-2146960.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv--ian-hislops-age-of-the-dogooders-bbc2-art-of-germany-bbc4-the-trip-bbc2-2146960.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Last Night's TV - Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders, BBC2; Art of Germany, BBC4; The Trip, BBC2 |work=The Independent|date=30 November 2010|access-date=8 December 2010|first=Brian|last=Viner}} John Crace of The Guardian described the show as "one of the funniest things on TV."{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/nov/23/tv-review-dispatches-city-fear |title=TV review: Dispatches: City of Fear; Accused; The Trip|work=The Guardian|first=John|last=Crace|date=23 November 2010|access-date=8 December 2010}} Director Richard Curtis described the series as one of the greatest television programmes of all time at the 2013 British Comedy Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jan/18/steve-coogan-rob-brydon-trip-to-italy |title=Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon eat again and take The Trip to Italy|date=18 January 2014|access-date=18 July 2018|first=Laura|last=Barton|work=The Guardian}} It was nominated, in 2011, for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Situation Comedy, and Steve Coogan won the award for Best Male Comedy Performance.{{cite web |url = http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/winners-nominees-2011,1766,BA.html |title = Television Awards Nominees and Winners in 2011 |date = 26 April 2011 |access-date = 25 October 2011 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110612170120/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/winners-nominees-2011,1766,BA.html |archive-date = 12 June 2011}} It won the Best New Programme award at the 2012 Broadcast Awards in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16870507|title=Fred West drama Appropriate Adult wins TV award|date=3 February 2012|access-date=3 February 2012|publisher=BBC|work=BBC News}} In 2018, Rob Brydon was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, but lost out to Toby Jones for Detectorists.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43639338|title=Bafta TV Awards 2018: All the nominees and winners|date=4 April 2018|access-date=24 August 2019|publisher=BBC|work=BBC News}}
The second series, The Trip to Italy, also received positive reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 87% of 54 film critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.3 out of 10.{{cite web |title=The Trip To Italy (2014)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_trip_to_italy_2014/|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|access-date=5 May 2014}} Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice wrote that The Trip to Italy "is basically more of the same Trip ... Now we know just what to expect from Coogan and Brydon, although as long as you're willing to settle in for the ride, that's not necessarily a bad thing."{{cite web |title=It's Business as Usual for The Trip Stars, and That's Fine
|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-08-13/film/the-trip-to-italy-movie-review//|first=Stephanie|last=Zacharek|work=The Village Voice|date=13 August 2014|access-date=13 August 2014}} Scott Foundas of Variety found the series a "warmly enjoyable continuation of their improvised cultural and culinary adventures."{{cite web |title=Sundance Film Review: 'The Trip to Italy'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/sundance-film-review-michael-winterbottoms-the-trip-to-italy-1201065905/|first=Scott|last=Foundas|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|access-date=14 April 2014|date=21 January 2014}} William Goss of Film.com wrote: "Plenty enjoyable for fans of the first one, but by the end, it also has the consistency of reheated comfort food."{{cite web |title=Sundance Review: 'The Trip to Italy'|url=http://www.film.com/movies/sundance-review-the-trip-to-italy|access-date=14 April 2014|first=William|last=Goss|work=Film.com|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505002203/http://www.film.com/movies/sundance-review-the-trip-to-italy|publisher=MTV Networks|date=24 January 2014}} Amber Wilkinson of The Daily Telegraph gave the film version of The Trip to Italy a grade B score, writing that Coogan and Brydon's "improvisation has been honed to the point where the jokes land solidly without losing naturalism and the pair of them are clearly enjoying la dolce vita."{{cite web |title=Sundance 2014: The Trip to Italy, review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10590462/Sundance-2014-The-Trip-to-Italy-review.html|access-date=14 April 2014|first=Amber|last=Wilkinson|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 January 2014}}
A review article of the series was published in the online quarterly film journal Senses of Cinema in 2015, which reflects upon its relationships to poetry, the work of Walter Benjamin, allegory, tragedy, mourning, Italian neorealism, Romanticism, and The Gravediggers scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet.{{Cite web|url=http://sensesofcinema.com/2015/feature-articles/the-trip-as-mourning-comedy/|title='The Trip' as Mourning Comedy|last=Underwood|first=Adam|date=March 2015|website=Senses of Cinema|access-date=24 October 2016}} In 2019, The Trip was ranked 95th on The Guardian{{'s}} list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century.{{cite web |title= The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/16/100-best-tv-shows-of-the-21st-century |website=The Guardian |date=16 September 2019 |access-date=23 September 2019}}
International broadcast
In Australia, the programme was first screened Wednesday nights at 10:00pm on ABC1 starting on 14 December 2011, six months after the feature film edit of The Trip was released.{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc1/201112/programs/ZX6066A001D2011-12-14T220547.htm?program=The%20Trip | title =The Trip - The Inn at Whitewell| publisher=ABC Television | access-date=15 December 2011}}
DVD releases
The first series of The Trip was released on 13 December 2010. The second series was released on 12 May 2014, as well as a boxset featuring all 12 TV episodes, and a boxset of the film versions.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
Future
In 2023, Coogan mentioned wanting to do a fifth season, perhaps in the two men's ancestral homes of Wales and Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/steve-coogan-says-he-and-rob-brydon-should-make-another-season-of-the-trip-3453720|title=Steve Coogan says he and Rob Brydon "should" make another season of 'The Trip'|first=Chris|last=Edwards|date=9 June 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/fyi/262/the-trip-should-return-says-steve-coogan-rob-brydon/|title=Steve Coogan wants another series of The Trip, reveals more Partridge|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|date=25 May 2023|website=British Comedy Guide}} However, in 2024 Michael Winterbottom stated in an interview that there would be no more films in the series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/michael-winterbottom-says-no-more-trips-even-though-rob-brydon-and-steve-coogan-want-to-do-america-3589554|title=Michael Winterbottom says "no more Trips" even though Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan want to do America|first=Damian|last=Jones|date=19 February 2024}}
In February 2025, Coogan again had a driving ban reduced from six points and six months to five points and two months, saying that the longer disqualification would disrupt forthcoming filming and affect many people.{{Cite news|url= https://news.sky.com/story/amp/steve-coogan-avoids-driving-ban-after-plea-to-save-new-tv-show-the-trip-with-rob-brydon-13303955|title= Steve Coogan avoids driving ban after plea to save new TV show The Trip with Rob Brydon|publisher=Sky News|date=6 February 2025}} In a letter to Birmingham Magistrates Court, Coogan cited a new instalment of The Trip as one such commitment, saying that filming was to start in June 2025.{{Cite web|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/steve-coogan-the-trip-rob-bryson-driving-ban-court-b1209278.html |title= Steve Coogan spared driving ban after plea to save new series of The Trip with Rob Brydon|first=Tristan|last=Kirk|date=6 February 2025}} He had been caught speeding at 97mph on a motorway in July 2024, and faced the prospect of a six-month ban as another six penalty points on his driving licence would have taken it to the twelve-point limit incurring the ban.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0406q2d BBC programme - The Trip To Italy]
- {{British Comedy Guide|tv|the_trip|The Trip}}
- {{IMDb title|1698441|The Trip}}
- Review article: '[http://sensesofcinema.com/2015/feature-articles/the-trip-as-mourning-comedy/ 'The Trip' as Mourning Comedy] at Senses of Cinema
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Category:2010s British comedy television series
Category:2020s British sitcoms
Category:2010 British television series debuts
Category:2020 British television series endings
Category:BBC television sitcoms
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:Films directed by Michael Winterbottom
Category:Television shows set in the Lake District
Category:Television shows set in Italy
Category:Television shows set in Lancashire
Category:Television shows set in Spain
Category:Television shows set in Yorkshire