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00:01The Great Escapers, brought to you by Jet 2 Holidays.
00:05Ahoy there, ladies!
00:08Stars from Britain's best-loved shows are jetting off for a holiday showdown.
00:13Is anyone else nervous? Yeah.
00:15Legends of Corrie, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here,
00:18Loose Women and The Chase are competing against their fellow castmates.
00:24Hey, no road rage, please.
00:26To prove they can deliver the best holiday adventure.
00:30You like that break a bit too much. I'm not even pressing the break.
00:33Each famous face...
00:34Can we get back to coronation, please?
00:36O-M-G.
00:37DJ Destroyer!
00:38...will plan their dream day in the sun.
00:40We are Loose Women. Together we can do anything.
00:43And at the end of the week...
00:45They'll vote to decide who will be crowned the greatest escaper.
00:50Are we all thinking, I want to win? Yes.
00:53Only one of us can be the greatest escaper.
00:56Who is it gonna be?
01:00Malta, the jewel of the Mediterranean.
01:09Blue skies, ancient ruins and a stunning coastline.
01:13The island is the perfect backdrop to crown this week's greatest escaper.
01:17Waiting in the wings are three lucky stars from the nation's favourite soap.
01:22Coronation Street.
01:25First to check in is Salford's Finest.
01:28Good morning. Where are you flying to today?
01:30Malta.
01:31Malta.
01:32Corrie legend, Andy Wyman.
01:34My perfect day on a holiday, having a few drinks.
01:37And then if there's a football game on, watch that out for Man United.
01:41There you go. Thank you.
01:42This is a competition and I'd like to say I am competitive.
01:45I think my day will be the best and hopefully I'll end up a winner.
01:49Also escaping the cobbles in search of that winning feeling is national treasure.
01:54That's the back gun. No, no, I'm kidding.
01:57Dame Maureen Lipman.
01:59I wouldn't dream of lying on a beach all day and just sunning myself.
02:03I'd much rather see the sights.
02:06You're playing from getting 18 this morning.
02:08I am competitive.
02:09I'll play dirty if after.
02:10The others will obviously think that mine was the best day.
02:14Hello, what time do you call this?
02:16Good to see you.
02:17And fashionably late to the contest is our final Great Escaper.
02:22Oh.
02:23Yeah, it's somewhere around here.
02:25One of Corrie's youngest stars, Tanisha Gorey.
02:29Buzzing, can't wait to get there.
02:31I love a chill holiday, but although staying by the pool is lovely,
02:34I do think I want to see a little bit of what's going on around me.
02:37It's just very fancy.
02:39Technology.
02:40Everyone's idea of a perfect day is so different.
02:43I want to say I might have what it takes to win.
02:46Hello, darling.
02:47Hello.
02:48How are you doing?
02:49Hello.
02:50You OK?
02:51Looking forward to our little trip.
02:53Remember, what happens in Malta stays in Malta.
02:56Stays in Malta.
02:57Right.
02:58OK, well, those shorts should stay in Malta.
03:01Take a selfie.
03:05It's a three and a half hour flight from the UK to Malta.
03:08Enjoying 300 days of sun a year,
03:10it's one of the sunniest countries in Europe.
03:12Well, this is very posh.
03:14A bit too posh for me.
03:17Battle lines drawn.
03:19And the hatch.
03:21The gang prepare for the biggest showdown since the Rovers put up the price of a pint.
03:26Your day tomorrow.
03:27It is my day.
03:28Big day.
03:29Big day.
03:30Big day.
03:31Yeah.
03:32I've got a feeling your day is going to be not something that I would certainly do.
03:34What, the strip club is not going to appeal to you?
03:36Oh!
03:37I think it would, you know.
03:39Obviously, the A's cap as well.
03:41Cheeky.
03:42No, no.
03:43Ever.
03:44It's a bad day.
03:45She's not that young.
03:46But that's what I mean.
03:47That's what's going to be so interesting.
03:49Yes, to tomorrow.
03:50Yeah.
03:51I mean, because Wednesday we won't be speaking, will we?
03:53It's day one of the competition.
03:59And like true Brits abroad, Andy and Tanisha have played it safe at the buffet.
04:04Cup of tea.
04:05Cup of tea.
04:06What more can you ask for?
04:07And a croissant.
04:08A croissant.
04:09A pan of chocolat.
04:10While Andy gets to grips with a continental breakfast.
04:14Morning.
04:15Good morning.
04:16Maureen has a date with customer helper Gio to help her plan a more cosmopolitan day.
04:21OK, so here, because I know it's historic, I would like to see the main sights of Malta
04:28and understand the influences, really.
04:31I wouldn't want to have been walking all day.
04:33Is there modes of transport to save my feet?
04:36So I've got these fabulous little buggies that you can hire.
04:39Take you around, see some of the sights.
04:41What do you think Maureen's got in store for us?
04:44She'll have a bit of walking, a bit of facts learning, a bit of history.
04:48No, I don't mind walking.
04:49What, in your sliders?
04:51There's nothing more comfortable than sliders.
04:53From the plane, this is the most extraordinary sight, isn't it?
04:57Absolutely.
04:58So I think you can't obviously get that from being on Malta, but you could certainly get it on a boat.
05:04You want the kind of breeze and you want the best vantage point.
05:06I mean, look at where we are.
05:07The sea's absolutely, absolutely gorgeous out there.
05:10So we do have, as well, gondolas.
05:13Do you?
05:14Absolutely.
05:15So you could...
05:16Maltese gondola?
05:17Yes, Maltese gondola.
05:18Like a Malteser?
05:19I'm worried it's going to be my idea of help.
05:21If I'm not enjoying myself, I'd say you'll probably be able to sell it by my face anyway.
05:25Great.
05:26If only life were always like this, you know.
05:28I think he got all the right notes about, you know, don't walk me for 18 miles uphill because you don't want to, you know, a cadaver is not a good thing to have.
05:39So this is the start of what we in show business call the Winning Day.
05:45Maureen is kicking off her Winning Day in the medieval city of Birgu, perched just across Malta's Grand Harbour from the capital Valletta,
05:53where she'll be combining her love of history with low step counts.
05:57Oh!
05:58Oh, look at this!
06:00Are we getting in?
06:01This for you, darling, so you can...
06:03You're getting in the back.
06:04You can sit in the back.
06:05Armed with a handbag full of wiki printouts, Maureen's hired a self-drive tuk-tuk that can double up as a mobile library.
06:13I like a working holiday.
06:15I like romance and history, so I'm trying to shoehorn in culture.
06:20I think it'll work fine, and I think they will rise to the post.
06:24Have you ever done the dodgums, Andy?
06:26Yeah, I have.
06:27There you go.
06:28You'll be all right, then.
06:29Yeah.
06:30Yeah.
06:31Oh!
06:32You can't even see if I fell off the back!
06:34Are you all right, then?
06:35Yeah, I'm all right.
06:38Are you all right going backwards?
06:39No, I'm not.
06:40No, Andy, I'm not all right going backwards, to be honest.
06:42Keep going!
06:43It's just as you throwing up on the back.
06:44He was ragging me around in the back.
06:46It was awful.
06:47I thought I'm going to fall out of it.
06:48I felt a bit sick.
06:49It wasn't great.
06:50Look in the wall underneath and you'll see lots of bullet holes with a cannonball.
06:55Oh, wow.
06:56It'll feel great.
06:57That'll take your mind off your belly.
06:58Yeah, don't worry about your belly.
07:00Right, you like that brake a bit too much.
07:02I'm not even pressing the brake.
07:04It's just the accelerator.
07:08Going left, yeah.
07:09What do you mean?
07:10We're going left.
07:11We're going left.
07:12Oh, oh.
07:13Thank you very much.
07:15Safety belt's just cut off my left breast, so I'll be like...
07:19It's going to be something historical, something like that with Maureen.
07:22Anything historic, it's probably going to bore me.
07:24This particular island that we are on has been invaded more times than Jerusalem.
07:30It's got influences, and I'm not talking about, you know, TikTok.
07:34This is tuk-tuk.
07:36The TikTok tuk-tuk.
07:38These influences included the Order of St John,
07:41a religious and military group granted Malta in the 16th century.
07:45They were given this place by King Charles V.
07:48He gave them Tripoli, Malta, and he gave them Gozo.
07:52Right.
07:53In exchange for what? Does anybody know?
07:55A melon.
07:56A falcon.
07:57A falcon?
07:58Oh, a Maltese falcon.
07:59Ah!
08:00See, there you go.
08:01I can't lie.
08:02I'm not one for history.
08:03That is not me.
08:04Manners!
08:05Whoa!
08:08We're from England!
08:11I think I might have been sick in my mouth a little bit.
08:13She didn't actually vomit on her friends.
08:16You've got to be grateful for small mercies, really.
08:19So then we had the British coming in and getting rid of the French.
08:24Malta gained independence in 1964, but they've kept the British shop signs and street furniture.
08:31British post box there.
08:32Oh, yeah.
08:33Isn't that bad?
08:34Oh, yeah.
08:35British post box.
08:36Oh, yeah!
08:37We left all the good things.
08:38I wasn't feeling too great in the back of that.
08:39But Maureen tells us everything on the tour.
08:41She loves it.
08:42She's brilliant.
08:44I really, really enjoyed that.
08:46Well, put it there, mate.
08:47Don't give it up.
08:48Oh, there you go.
08:49You did me there.
08:50Seriously.
08:51You did me there.
08:52I've got to be honest.
08:53History and all that kind of thing, not for me.
08:56But driving the electric coal, for y'all, whatever you want to call it, is amazing.
09:01I'm worried now.
09:02I think she could have pulled it out of the bag.
09:04I think you've definitely pulled it out of the bag, Maureen.
09:06I was concerned that I didn't have enough information to really arouse your curiosity, both of you.
09:13Yeah.
09:14Well, I've got the idea to drive.
09:15Definitely.
09:16Have you ever drove a bra before, Maureen?
09:18I have driven in Zakintos, and I had to drive because it was the first holiday I'd ever gone on alone,
09:25because my husband had died.
09:27And I was very scared, even just to drive to the shops on the wrong side of the road.
09:33Just a bit sort of angry.
09:35I agree.
09:36Yes, you do get angry when someone dies, you know.
09:39Yeah.
09:40But there was a great sense of achievement.
09:43Everyone was a bit worried about me.
09:45After Jack died, and I was in such a state, but I was so proud of myself that I had achieved a holiday.
09:54And looking after myself, I came back like a kind of footballer going, yes, I did it.
10:00You have to challenge yourself in life and just keep going.
10:05But then I found someone else to lean on.
10:07I just went on a circuit of marriage and happiness and children and then came back.
10:14I'm with my partner now, David, and I've moved in and thinking about getting married.
10:19Thank you for sharing that story, Maureen.
10:20Thank you, Maureen.
10:21Thank you, Maureen.
10:22It was really nice to have Maureen opened up about her past, because obviously, I say,
10:26we don't really get to see that side of her at work.
10:28Just to get to know her a bit more as Maureen Littman is really, really nice.
10:32Green, green, green, green after our first activity.
10:35Maureen's day is going fantastic.
10:37And I think I'm a little bit worried now about mine.
10:42Unpack then swim or jump right in.
10:48Darling, hold my hand.
10:51The Great Escapers, brought to you by Jet 2 Holidays.
10:55Sunbed snoozing or speedboat cruising?
10:58Darling, hold my hand.
11:01The Great Escapers, brought to you by Jet 2 Holidays.
11:11Three of Corrie's finest are on holiday in Malta, but it's a trip with a twist,
11:15as they compete with their co-stars to put on the best day,
11:18before deciding who's the winner at the end of the week.
11:22Today, Maureen Littman is in charge, and she's brought the gang to the Grand Harbour,
11:27where she's bringing out the big guns to impress.
11:30Oh!
11:32That'll be it.
11:34That's your gun salute.
11:36A tradition since the 19th century, Malta's twice-daily gun salute
11:40helped ship captains keep the correct time.
11:42Taking you now on something a little more romantic,
11:47a different view of Malta, perhaps.
11:51Maureen is hoping to seduce her co-stars by making the harbour crossing
11:55to the Maltese capital, Valletta, on a traditional gondola.
11:59Very romantic.
12:05I like the trappings of romance, so it'll be interesting to see what the young ones think of my rather sedate choice.
12:13Oh!
12:19Oh, it was so close to the wall, isn't it?
12:21Behind you, that is the fortified city of Valletta, which became the capital.
12:27I was thinking it's such a lovely thing to come into a city from the sea.
12:33You can't beat it.
12:35Yeah.
12:36Very romantic.
12:38Oh, there's a swell here, there's a swell.
12:40It was a good idea to put my swim shorts on.
12:42I don't like the sea.
12:44I really don't like the sea.
12:46I wasn't a fan of how close we physically were to the water,
12:49and I was feeling a little bit seasick when it got a bit rocky.
12:52Come on me.
12:53Woo!
12:54There goes my sobbing hat.
12:55Oh, no!
12:59I did watch it drown, and I liked that hat.
13:02It was particularly fine with this outfit.
13:05I do feel a bit more like I should be on a gondola with my wife,
13:08because they are quite romantic.
13:10I think all kinds of different vehicles are...
13:14You know, a train is very romantic.
13:16So it was on a train that David told me
13:19that it was a particular day in the Jewish calendar
13:23where a woman can ask a man to marry.
13:26So we were sitting with a table between us, and I just slid down.
13:30You slid down under the table?
13:31Yeah, it's not what you think.
13:32And I said, will you marry me?
13:34He said, yes.
13:35I couldn't get out.
13:36Before you could...
13:38No, I mean, I couldn't get back out from under the table.
13:42What a romantic proposal.
13:44I suppose, like, you know...
13:47Like, couldn't I get out?
13:50I've lived with the consequences of that since,
13:52because wherever I go, there are people saying,
13:55when's the happy day?
13:57So it's made me a bit scared of the happy day.
14:01We're in Valletta.
14:03The gondola has taken the gang across the harbour
14:06to the fortified city of Valletta.
14:09As well as being one of Europe's smallest capitals,
14:12it's also one of the hilliest.
14:15You need some oxygen at the top of here.
14:18I am feeling a bit out of breath, you know, Andy.
14:21Can we get back to Coronation Street, please?
14:23Oh.
14:24I forget that I'm going to be 80 next year,
14:28although the newspapers don't.
14:30Maureen Lipman's 79.
14:32Many, many steps later,
14:34a flustered Team Corrie eventually reach Upper Baraka Gardens,
14:38one of Valletta's highest points,
14:40and the spot for Maureen's final cultural activity.
14:43At least there's somewhere to sit down.
14:46So, my children, I brought you to the square
14:55to see some traditional Maltese dancing.
14:58It's a peasant dance from the 30s.
15:01I never get to dance.
15:03I never had a man friend who danced.
15:08My husband was older.
15:11Dance was not his thing.
15:13Go on, you get off.
15:14I don't think my sliders will go on with this.
15:16I've learnt flamenco in my time.
15:19I've learnt tango.
15:21But I don't have an opportunity to use them.
15:23Woo!
15:25Bravo!
15:26Bravo!
15:27Do you like the dance?
15:29Yes, yes, we'd love to, wouldn't we?
15:31Come on.
15:32I can't do the smiddy bit.
15:33I'm going to be OK doing this in sliders.
15:35Yeah.
15:36So, what we'll be doing is we'll be going round.
15:39Oh!
15:40And going to your face, don't worry.
15:42OK, OK.
15:43OK, OK.
15:44Here we go.
15:45OK.
15:46Has that caught an idea?
15:47It's been a surreal day.
15:48I did not expect the day to end like that.
15:50No, I didn't.
15:51I did not expect us to all be dancing together.
15:52Yeah.
15:53But what a way to end it.
15:54What a brilliant way.
15:55Perfect.
15:56It's been gorgeous, I think.
15:57I think it's really brought us together.
15:58Yeah.
15:59I think it's been a really, really lovely day.
16:00That's the one.
16:01I love that boy.
16:02Woo!
16:03We're going into tomato now.
16:04What are you doing?
16:05Oh, so sorry.
16:06I love you.
16:08Yay!
16:09Thank you very much.
16:11I've passed the age of...
16:16You know, you can't do it.
16:18You can't do it.
16:19You just look like a tit.
16:20So...
16:21So, it's good to have some steps.
16:23So, that was lovely.
16:24I've got to say, I was worried about your day, Maureen.
16:29But I've got to be honest.
16:30I've had a fantastic time.
16:31Have you?
16:32I have too.
16:33Me too.
16:34I think we have bonded today.
16:35Obviously, we're all at different times in our lives.
16:37We all have different experiences.
16:38We all like different things.
16:40But at the same time, I do think there's a bit of common ground
16:42for the three of us.
16:43The end of my day.
16:50It's day two of the competition.
16:52And it's Tanisha's turn to show her co-stars a good time.
16:55But with today's host still feeling queasy from yesterday's Rocky Rides,
16:59she's planning something more stationary.
17:02I'm wanting to book a day.
17:04A perfect day.
17:05So, a couple of activities.
17:06Just doing what's really lovely in Malta.
17:08Something a bit arts and crafts-y.
17:11Well, we can absolutely do something along those lines then.
17:14I'm thinking maybe a glass blowing class.
17:16We'd be able to get involved and we'd be able to...
17:17100%.
17:18100% you can get involved.
17:19Amazing.
17:20Get me in the furnace.
17:21It's pretty cool.
17:22Absolutely, absolutely.
17:23You'll want to get hands on with it.
17:24Do you think that Tanisha is confident about the day she's providing for us?
17:31To be honest, I think because your day went so well yesterday,
17:35I think you made her nervous about her day today.
17:37Also thinking...
17:38Yep.
17:39I don't cook very much and I'm not a very good cook.
17:41OK.
17:42If that's something you want to do, you can absolutely arrange a cooking class.
17:45You know, just do exactly that pretty much.
17:46That's what I like to hear.
17:47Yeah?
17:48One last thing if you can help me out.
17:49Absolutely.
17:50So, I'm wanting to get Maureen started on a little bit of social media.
17:54So, I'm really wanting somewhere picturesque.
17:56I've got a suggestion for you.
17:57OK.
17:58So, it's a place called Medina.
18:00You know, you're going to walk in and you do feel like you've just walked into a film set.
18:03Thank you so much.
18:05Not at all.
18:13Hey.
18:14Here we are, guys.
18:15Right.
18:19Oh, Medina class handmaid.
18:21Arts and craft isn't really a thing for me, but this could be different.
18:25Lick your lips before you blow it.
18:27Lick your lips before you blow it?
18:29Is that the, er, that's all we need to do, Maureen?
18:32The gang also need a red hot furnace and molten glass before competing to see who is full of the most hot air.
18:40I grew up doing a lot of arts and crafts with my grandparents, so this is a little bit close to home.
18:45If there's anything like arts and crafty type thing, I've never been any good at that.
18:49Oh, my God.
18:51How hot is it in here?
18:53Now, this is what I want my shower temperature to be.
18:57Would you like to try?
18:59I'm scared.
19:01Oh.
19:02Before testing their lung capacity, a lung pipe picks up molten glass.
19:06So this is the clear glass, OK?
19:08OK.
19:09We are going to apply coloured glass now.
19:10OK.
19:11It's then dipped in coloured shards.
19:13Bit like sherbet.
19:14Now we're warming it up.
19:15Basically, what we're doing is we're warming up the colour so that it melts into the transparent glass, OK?
19:24We're going to shape it here.
19:27Oh, my...
19:30I grew up a lot with my grandparents because my mum was a single mum, so she was at work a lot.
19:34So I grew up with...
19:35I was literally always at my grandparents.
19:36Always doing everything.
19:37Arts and crafts.
19:38I just love it.
19:39When I say stop, let her stop.
19:41Yeah.
19:42It's OK?
19:43Yeah.
19:44Oh, well blown.
19:45Well blown.
19:48Now, basically, he's going to open it into a bowl, OK?
19:50Like that.
19:51Oh, wow.
19:53Oh, my God.
19:54That's amazing.
19:57So you just hold the bite from here and try and roll it over like this.
20:01I'm a little bit nervous, more so, of Andy and Maureen absolutely hating it.
20:06OK.
20:10I think she thinks, what the hell is he doing?
20:13It was a bit hot in there.
20:15If I'm honest, like, I'm not really into it.
20:17Slowly.
20:19That's it, that's it, that's it, that's it.
20:20It felt like I was right next to the sun.
20:22It was that hot.
20:26We'll make a buzz out of this, OK?
20:27Yeah.
20:28Other balls.
20:29In my head, it's lilac and purple.
20:32At the moment, it's red and it's banged.
20:35Like myself.
20:37Well, let's get out of here.
20:38It's absolutely roasted.
20:40I think if you do something indigenous and you learn something in the day,
20:44then it's a day well spent.
20:46When we was making the glass ourselves, quite clumsy,
20:48so I'm quite happy that I've come out there unscathed.
20:51We all had a good blow, didn't we?
20:52We did.
20:53We did have a good blow.
20:54I give us all something to take home,
20:56so it's a win-win for me, I think.
20:57So what made you want to do that, then?
20:59When I was younger, my amazing mother,
21:01she was a young mum, she was 19,
21:03and she was working constantly to provide for us.
21:06So my grandparents, I was with them a lot,
21:08and my grandad loves his arts and crafts.
21:10He's very good at it.
21:11Right.
21:12So keeping me occupied at the weekend,
21:14we would always be building something, you know, boxes, crafts.
21:17Yeah, so it was a really nice childhood memory, memory of that.
21:20I think being around them so much of my younger life,
21:23I do think I can relate quite a lot to how to get on with the older generation.
21:27They do say that friends are God's apology for relatives,
21:31but your family, your family is so important.
21:34Yeah, it really is.
21:35Isn't it?
21:36Yeah, it was nice to hear Tanisha's story about being brought up by her grandparents.
21:39I've worked with her for a long time,
21:40but we don't really speak about stuff like that at work,
21:42so just to hear her speak about grandparents like that was really nice.
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22:59Three Corrie legends are in Malta, where co-stars have become rivals
23:03as they compete for the title of Greatest Escaper.
23:06They'll vote for the winner at the end of the week.
23:08Tanisha is in charge today and she's brought the gang to Imdina,
23:13a 30-minute drive inland from the capital, Valletta.
23:17Despite having just 250 residents, it's the oldest city in Malta
23:22and has seen even more drama than The Rovers Return.
23:25Here we are, guys.
23:27OK.
23:28Welcome.
23:29A lot of very, very famous shows are filmed here.
23:32We've got Game of Thrones.
23:33Gladiators, that's the other one.
23:35Oh, I'm sorry.
23:36No, no, Gladiator.
23:37No, Gladiator.
23:38No, Gladiator.
23:39Gladiator is a TV show.
23:40Gladiator is a TV show.
23:41There's more than one.
23:42More than one.
23:43Brilliant.
23:44There's no shadow or wolf here.
23:45Brilliant.
23:46As one of Europe's most impressive walled cities, Imdina is a major tourist hotspot
23:51and these ancient streets have witnessed knights, nobles and those Game of Thrones dragons.
23:56But today is the backdrop to a different kind of battle, to be crowned the Greatest Escaper.
24:02So, I brought us here because some people say this is the most Instagrammable place in the world.
24:08Well, I'm on Instagram.
24:10Maureen, however, is not yet.
24:13Yet?
24:14Keyword yet.
24:15Why would I want to put my dinner on a picture and send it to people I don't know?
24:21Well, that's the point. It's not dinner, it's you. You're fabulous.
24:23Right, let's go.
24:24Let's go.
24:25Then I'll say no on the inside of the bridge as well.
24:27Rather than the outside.
24:28Perfect.
24:29Just what we like to hear.
24:31I am chronically on my phone, like really, really, really bad.
24:34So, I think I'm going to try and get her on a little bit of social media,
24:37get her a little nice profile picture going on, get her posting some stories.
24:40She has a great fashion sense, great hair.
24:42Go on then, put me on.
24:43This is a big moment in Maureen videos, right?
24:45Right, no, no, this is the biggest moment.
24:49Add a profile picture.
24:51Are you ready?
24:52Can you look at the camera?
24:53Then I won't have a profile, will I?
24:55What do you like?
24:56No.
25:01That's perfect.
25:02Fantastic.
25:03Brilliant, there we go, we got there.
25:04I presume we're not going in the Natural History Museum.
25:07It's a medina.
25:08It was a former capital.
25:10The St. Peter's Monastery.
25:12There is antiquity.
25:14So, they want me to go on, to be on Instagram.
25:18I don't see it, because why don't I just take a picture and send it?
25:24There you go.
25:25You look fabulous.
25:26OK.
25:27Look, you've got no followers, because she's not letting anyone follow you.
25:29Does anyone like to follow me?
25:31I'm following you.
25:32Walk this way.
25:33I'll follow you, Maureen.
25:34Did she have a G&T at lunch?
25:37Or three?
25:38Or five?
25:39Oh, a nice perch.
25:41That's lovely, that's beautiful.
25:42There you go.
25:43There you go.
25:44Oh, Maureen, that is gorgeous.
25:48It's really quiet down here, isn't it?
25:50Nicknamed the Silent City, Imdina became a ghost town after losing its capital status to Valetta in the 16th century.
25:57And it's still pretty tranquil today.
25:59Maureen, this is no good, could we just get in the back of your head?
26:05Pull up.
26:06One.
26:07Now, can we go somewhere interesting?
26:12I mean, this is interesting, really interesting, but we're not seeing it because we're farting about.
26:17If I'm honest, I can't see Maureen starting taking pictures of anything important on Instagram.
26:21OK, I've got 11 friends, so what I'm going to do, I'm going to go in the shop, I'm going to buy 11 postcards.
26:27I am going to write.
26:28I had ravioli for my lunch.
26:30If only there was a quicker way to share holiday memories.
26:34These are painted.
26:35Maureen's just been, she's just gone to another level.
26:40Right, they're postcards now.
26:42Thank you very much.
26:43I am having a lovely time here in Medina on holiday in Malta.
26:49The weather is clement.
26:51I am not sunbathing and not sleeping, but I am still fat.
26:55She's going right now.
26:57She's going home on Friday.
26:59I mean, they probably aren't going to get it till next week.
27:02Oh, I feel very excited because now I can post pictures of my bum on the plus side.
27:11We've seen some great history.
27:14And you could also say you've got an ology in social media.
27:20This is the final bit of my day.
27:27Where are we?
27:28After the chaos of Medina, Tanisha has brought the gang to the sleepy village of Attard.
27:33Andy, don't forget the dame.
27:35No, it's all right, I'll be fine.
27:37Oh, sorry, Maureen.
27:38Come on, love.
27:39There you go.
27:40Come on.
27:42Whose house is this?
27:43Well, we'll find out.
27:45We are going to do a cooking class.
27:48I don't do any cooking at home.
27:50Well, you're going to do it here.
27:52Moving out young, it's a learning experience.
27:55As an adult cooking at home, I'm really trying to widen my horizon, see what's going on.
28:01So I am excited for it.
28:02I really hope they like it as well.
28:05In a break from the usual fare at Roy's Rolls, Tanisha has organised a foodie class
28:10at the home of esteemed Maltese cook Pippa Martai.
28:14Hi.
28:15Hello.
28:16Hello.
28:17Come in.
28:18Welcome to my kitchen.
28:20This is just a simple recipe that I'm doing.
28:23It's an aliotta, which is a Maltese fish soup, Mediterranean fish soup.
28:28Normally, I'd been to...
28:30I like my homemade English food, but I like it.
28:33I was like going to the chipper, just giving me something big.
28:36So shall we get cracking?
28:38Yeah, let's get cracking.
28:39OK.
28:40So what I would like is a little bit of chopped onion.
28:43Peas have to be quartered.
28:45I'm glad I've got the tomatoes anyway, not the garlic.
28:48That's fine.
28:49Probably not chopping my finger off.
28:51Tanisha, do you do any cooking at home?
28:53Hi.
28:54I moved out quite young, and I didn't know what I was doing.
28:57You know, you have to learn.
28:58You have to just figure it out.
29:00I try and it fails, but when it goes really good, I have this...
29:03I feel very proud of myself.
29:04My husband was a very good cook, and my partner's a very good cook,
29:08and now...
29:09So you're all right.
29:10I've been very lucky with my men.
29:13I make a mean pasta that comes in a bag with a sauce that comes in a tin.
29:18I certainly did not think I'd end up in a kitchen, in a cookery class,
29:22making a fish maltese soup.
29:25Never.
29:26It's like, not for me.
29:28So, garlic, onion and tomatoes have gone in,
29:32and now the fish goes in.
29:36Now we need some herbs, quite important.
29:38It's a learning experience, I think, for Andy, out of most of us,
29:42because he doesn't do the cooking at home.
29:44And then just let it simmer.
29:46And...
29:47Yes.
29:48That is it.
29:51What's your food?
29:52Well, growing up, my mum's very traditional English.
29:55Yeah.
29:56So we'd have, like, tater-ash, egg chips and beans,
29:59things like that, casseroles.
30:02Here she comes.
30:03Oh, wow.
30:04And Maureen's that excited.
30:06Here we go.
30:07This is going out to my three or four friends
30:09who would have had a postcard.
30:10My children.
30:11I'll give this one to Maureen.
30:12Oh, OK.
30:13And I'll pass over.
30:15I'm going to eat like a horse,
30:16and no doubt look like one when I leave.
30:17Bon appetit.
30:18Bon appetit.
30:19Thank you very much.
30:20Mmm.
30:21Beautiful.
30:22Very delicate.
30:23This is a good one.
30:24This will be very hard for Andy to top.
30:26You did well, kid.
30:27That's just a great thing to do on holiday.
30:29But it's not quite everyone's meat and tooth edge.
30:32Got a lovely bone.
30:33Do you want some more?
30:34All right, thank you.
30:35Save myself for a steak.
30:37It's just for me, like,
30:38she just put the whole fish in there,
30:40so the eyes are in there and everything on me.
30:42This kind of, like, put me off a little bit.
30:46So you moved out from your home at...
30:48Just turned 18, I was.
30:50I live with my grandparents for two years,
30:51and now I live with Lucas.
30:53Do you think Lucas is the one?
30:54Lucas is the one.
30:55Of course he is.
30:56Is there a moment, Andy, where you knew Nick was the one?
30:59As soon as I got with her,
31:00I just kind of...
31:02I just got this feeling that she was the right one for me.
31:05She's just the perfect lady.
31:07She looks after me and I look after her.
31:09Don't cry.
31:10Don't cry.
31:11I just feel very, very lucky that...
31:13I met someone like Nick.
31:14Oh, I see!
31:15Cos who else would have you, let's face it.
31:17Who else would have you?
31:18And she's an amazing mum.
31:20I get really emotional when people are so, like,
31:23open about the people that they love,
31:25and I don't know why.
31:28I just think it was really lovely.
31:30You know, the way that we all speak about our lives
31:33and our partners and how grateful we all are.
31:35I do think we have a lot more common ground
31:37than we might have thought.
31:39But it's been really nice.
31:41I really enjoyed it.
31:42Cheers.
31:43Cheers.
31:44She's an impressive girl.
31:46This day is fabulous.
31:53Now Maureen and Tanisha's days are done and dusted,
31:56it's all sunshine, snacks and suspiciously coordinated outfits.
32:00I have so much admiration for you for yesterday,
32:03that I've actually dressed as you today.
32:05Well, this is it, and we didn't even plan it.
32:07No, it's like women in a group.
32:08I love that.
32:09We just sing.
32:10Glasses, earrings, hats.
32:13Andy, who clearly didn't get the matchy-matchy memo,
32:16is keen to pull out all the stops today.
32:18See, the last couple of days have been, like, good,
32:22but it's been very, very cultural.
32:24Yeah.
32:25I want to have a bit of fun.
32:26I want to get on the water.
32:27I love being on the water, so...
32:28Have you ever driven a vessel before?
32:30I would love to have captain me own boat.
32:32So there's a great little company here
32:33that actually hires out little speedboats, if you like.
32:35Oh, brilliant.
32:36Yeah, yeah.
32:37What do we think Andy's going to do?
32:38I notice the scuba diving machine thing.
32:40You know, I'm not great on the water.
32:42I want to hear it and not feel it.
32:43I don't think I'd go in the sea.
32:45I'm too frightened of things.
32:47So Maureen got some traditional Maltese dancers,
32:49but I'm after something a bit more modern.
32:51I actually know the perfect place, Andy.
32:53I might have stumbled there myself on my night off,
32:55so from experience, I can definitely tell you it's fabulous.
32:58Leave that with me. I'll get that sorted for you.
33:00Hoping he's on to a winner,
33:02Andy's asked Maureen and Tanisha to meet him at St George's Bay.
33:05It's a 20-minute drive from Valletta
33:07along Malta's rugged north-east coast,
33:09a popular spot for beach clubs and water sports,
33:11right up their streets.
33:13Oh, God, look.
33:17Look.
33:19Oh, hi-ho, ladies!
33:21Let's have a ride with Captain Andy!
33:23Andy.
33:24Oh, Captain Andy!
33:25Captain, what are you wearing?
33:27Ta-da!
33:28Are we on that really rocky boat behind him?
33:30Yes.
33:31You'll be all right.
33:32You'll be all right.
33:33I saw it and wasn't a fan.
33:35Of course it's going to be a boat.
33:36Of course it is. It's Andy.
33:37We've done all the cultural stuff and today
33:39it's all about having fun.
33:41I love me cruising.
33:42Yeah.
33:43And I never ever get to be a captain of a cruise ship.
33:45But today, I get to be a captain.
33:48When it comes to, like, holidays,
33:50anything on the water I quite enjoy.
33:52Come on, Maureen, let me help you on.
33:54Right.
33:55Family, for me, is everything.
33:57Making memories is most important to us.
34:00I'm not doing very well here.
34:02Are we stuck?
34:03It's not going to reverse.
34:05We're stuck, aren't we?
34:08Despite wanting to show the girls a good time,
34:11things are off to a rocky start for Captain Andy.
34:14Are we going to crash?
34:15I don't know.
34:16We're going to crash into one of these boats.
34:20Captain Andy.
34:21I won't say he was the best captain in the world.
34:23I thought he was going to crash into the jetty.
34:25Erm...
34:26I need to go back again.
34:27I know we'll be all right.
34:30There you go.
34:31All right, here we go, guys.
34:33Yeah.
34:36This is your Captain Andrew speaking.
34:38What is the weather report for today, Captain?
34:41It looks very clear.
34:45Oh!
34:48How quick are we going to go?
34:49Yeah, I'm not too sure.
34:51All right.
34:52Oh, we're going out to sea.
34:53We're going full, yeah.
34:54I think we're going to the left.
34:55All right.
34:56I feel like I'm having a shower.
34:59I felt a bit sick.
35:00I was a little bit scared.
35:01I thought it's going to end up with him wanting us in the sea.
35:04And that is what I was most nervous for.
35:06Has it been worrying?
35:07I'm not really thinking at present, Andy.
35:09I'm just praying.
35:10This is really nice, Andy.
35:11You're praying.
35:15Can you hear me now?
35:16I'm on board.
35:17HMS, frightened to death.
35:19I'm not that bad, Andy.
35:20I'm not that bad, Andy.
35:21No, you're fine, you're fine.
35:22I'm not that bad.
35:32What is it that draws you to the sea?
35:34You're a Manchester lad.
35:35Yeah.
35:36Well, to be honest with you, we went on our first cruise in 2016.
35:40And we absolutely loved it.
35:41In a week, in a week, you can go to like four different countries.
35:44Obviously getting nice weather, you get lovely food.
35:46And on the ones that we go on, sometimes there's got slides for the kids.
35:49And there's just so much to do.
35:51It really is like a floating hotel.
35:53I do admire Andy.
35:55I sound like a lovey.
35:56Forgive me.
35:57But he's sort of sorted.
35:58He's got his wife and his kids.
36:00He's a lovely lad.
36:01I've got to get in the water and have a bit of a dip.
36:03Denise, do you fancy getting in and having a little swim?
36:06The sea really makes me nervous.
36:08Does it?
36:16I'm really not a fan of going in the sea.
36:21It is the fact that you can't touch the floor.
36:23And if you can touch the floor, I don't know what's around me.
36:25Oh, your heart is literally pounding.
36:27Oh.
36:28I'm going to get in.
36:29OK, right.
36:30I'm going to pound three really, really quickly and get in.
36:31Three, two, one!
36:37I'm glad that I did it.
36:39It was an achievement.
36:40Wait a minute.
36:41It's the security of it, isn't it?
36:43It's just...
36:44People do this.
36:46Oh, boy!
36:47I had no idea if I was going to get in or not.
36:49I mean, it seems like absolutely nothing, but I'm not a good swimmer.
36:53I am either 78 or 79.
36:55I've forgotten.
36:56Thank you very much.
36:57Oh, you've enjoyed my first part of the day?
36:59No, not very much, no.
37:01No?
37:02It was lovely, refreshing.
37:03So, yeah, I'm quite pleased with myself about that.
37:05I'm not a very brave person.
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38:02Three Corrie favourites have swapped Weatherfield for Malta,
38:05where they're trying to outdo each other to put on the best holiday adventure.
38:09Today, host Andy is hitting the tourist town of Sleema,
38:13just 15 minutes from Valletta, for some gift shopping,
38:16which is in no way a bribe for votes.
38:19I always like to buy something when I'm on my holiday,
38:22so I've got to get Maureen a present, and I think tomorrow.
38:25I think when we start discussing whose day was the best.
38:28Hopefully, it'll be mine.
38:31So, what I want to do is I just want to go into a shop,
38:34get Maureen a nice little present.
38:36Wow, OK.
38:37This one looks all right.
38:38Oh, look at these.
38:41Vacation?
38:42No, get away from that, Andy.
38:43No.
38:44OK.
38:45I do, I do like that one, but if Maureen...
38:48It's 5.5 euros.
38:49That's not bad, that.
38:50But if Maureen's wearing that, she doesn't know
38:51that she's just going to keep standing next to me.
38:53What do you think of this?
38:54Because we know that she likes the tipple.
38:56Andy, that's awful.
38:57It's awful, right?
38:58I hope that's awful.
39:03This is the one.
39:04What happens in Malta stays in Malta.
39:06Yeah?
39:07I think when I give her that, I think she'll be very, very happy with it.
39:09As well as being a great spot for shopping,
39:11the Sleema Promenade also gives uninterrupted views of Valletta.
39:16It's amazing.
39:18A view often seen on a postcard.
39:20Not many seaside resorts.
39:22I'll give you that.
39:23Certainly not Bridlington.
39:29Hello, Maureen.
39:30While you've been busy taking selfies, you and Tunisia have been shopping.
39:33Have you now?
39:34This is for you, Maureen.
39:35And I would like you to wear it with pride.
39:38With pride.
39:39With pride.
39:40With pride.
39:41Look at it.
39:42There it is.
39:43Maureen.
39:44Wow.
39:45You're an absolute star.
39:46Look at it.
39:47I knew you'd like it.
39:48A vision in pink.
39:49I knew you'd like it.
39:50It's lovely that you should buy me anything, let alone anything as exquisite as this.
39:56Go with the flow, you know.
39:58These are gorgeous people and they've wasted a whole afternoon.
40:03In the words of Mel Brooks, you can improve on perfection.
40:06So I've got one more surprise for you.
40:09Is it something cultural?
40:11Unfortunately not.
40:13But I think you're going to enjoy yourself.
40:15Shall we go?
40:16Let's go.
40:17It's extraordinary that in three days you can feel so close to people.
40:23Are you?
40:24Just new.
40:25As in a morning, do you want a brew?
40:28Nice.
40:29A very salubrious area here.
40:32It is.
40:33Beginning to...
40:34Do you know what I really, really feel like?
40:36A drink.
40:37So, if you take a seat, ladies.
40:39What do you want to drink?
40:40What are you having?
40:41Something strong.
40:42While Andy's hoping his final activity will see him win the title, Maureen is planning
40:50her own great escape.
40:52So, do you not want to be here?
40:55I don't know.
40:56I'm just admiring the plastic foliage.
40:58Such a snob.
40:59Is this not your vibe?
41:01I don't know.
41:02I'll, you know, I'll give it the time of day.
41:04Here we go, ladies.
41:05Oh, here's the main map.
41:06Wow.
41:07I'm sorry, they didn't have any champagne books.
41:09Oh, it'll do.
41:10They've got you a parrot punch.
41:11What is that?
41:14Cheers.
41:15And I don't want to sound like a spoilt brass, but late night bopping.
41:20It's not a natural state for me, put it that way.
41:23What you might not know about me, last two years of high school and college, I used
41:28to go busking in Manchester to earn a bit of, like, dinner money for college and stuff.
41:31Did you?
41:32Yeah, yeah.
41:33I can just picture a small Andy.
41:35Yeah.
41:36The mad thing was, a couple of lads came up to me and said, we're in a band, would
41:40you like to join?
41:41Actually, we had about, probably had about 20 of our own songs.
41:44Wow.
41:45But we never, unfortunately, we never got signed.
41:47So that's when I just thought, I need to just concentrate on my acting now.
41:50So, top and tail of it is, this pub happens to have karaoke.
41:54Oh, shock, horror.
41:55So I thought we'd have a drink.
41:57Yeah.
41:58I love it.
41:59We'd go inside and have a little sing on the karaoke.
42:01What do you reckon?
42:02How about you sing first, second and third?
42:04Remember?
42:05Yeah.
42:06What happens in Malta stays in Malta.
42:08Stay in Malta.
42:09Don't forget the rest of your drink.
42:10No, I won't.
42:11Don't worry.
42:12I will need something very strong to get me through this, Andy.
42:15There we go.
42:16Oh, yes.
42:17Oh, happy day!
42:20Do you know, there's a lot going on in that man.
42:24He's full of soul.
42:26Andy's turn.
42:27Andy.
42:28Come on.
42:29Oh, here he is.
42:30What's he going to sing?
42:31Andy.
42:32All the way from Manchester to Malta, it's Mr Brightside himself, Andy Wyman.
42:37Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine.
42:41God, it gotta be down because I want it all.
42:44Started out with a kiss.
42:46How did it end up like this?
42:47It was only a kiss.
42:49It was only a kiss.
42:51Sometimes you can be a bit sniffy about things, but actually if you just go with the flow, go with the moment and admire.
43:00I never...
43:04And again.
43:06I never...
43:10And then one more time.
43:12I never thought my life would see me singing karaoke with Maureen Litman.
43:16No.
43:17I never...
43:22There you go!
43:23Thank you very much!
43:24I got to sing a bit of Mr Brightside.
43:27The one song that I never thought I would see her sing, which is brilliant.
43:30Really?
43:31Fabulous, Andy.
43:32Very good.
43:33I've never felt so antiquated, but I loved it.
43:38Amazing!
43:39Thank you, ladies.
43:40So good.
43:41Thank you very much.
43:42Oh, I forgot my drink.
43:43Oh, don't forget that.
43:44I'm really, really pleased with my day.
43:46Even if I don't win, I've enjoyed it and I think the girls have enjoyed it as well.
43:50I've had a great time.
43:51Thank you for sharing my day.
43:52Yeah.
43:53It's the final morning for the Corrie gang and after sharing their idea of a perfect day
44:05in Malta with a few bribes along the way, all that remains is to decide the winner.
44:10I did do a lot to charm the ladies yesterday and I am quite confident that I'll win.
44:15I don't think I deserve to win, but that's not what this is about.
44:19This is actually about friendship and being buddies.
44:22Here you go, Tanisha.
44:23Thank you very much.
44:24Oh, look at that.
44:26I think we've all got a little bit of a smidge chance of winning.
44:29To the entire...
44:30Before we get all serious.
44:31Yeah.
44:32I have a little something.
44:33I have sorted out getting our items that we blow on from the glassblowing class.
44:39Did I blow that?
44:40Yes.
44:41You did blow that.
44:42That's what you made, Maureen.
44:43With your very own lips.
44:44That's fantastic.
44:45Oh, look at this.
44:46Oh.
44:47Oh, wow.
44:48Look at the colours.
44:49Look at that.
44:50I will show you mine as well.
44:52Oh, I saw.
44:53My bowl.
44:54I like that.
44:55I did want a bit of a bribe to cast a vote over to my side.
44:58Day one, Maureen's day.
45:00How did we find it, Tanisha?
45:01We went on the gondolas.
45:02Oh, how romantic.
45:04How romantic, the three of us.
45:06Thought I was going to be sick.
45:07You mostly thought you were going to be sick every day, didn't you?
45:09Yeah.
45:10Pretty much.
45:11But we can look past that.
45:12Yeah.
45:13Because I really did enjoy it.
45:14We spoke a lot about you and your life, which was very, very good to know.
45:19I've got to say, I'm not really into the historical side of a holiday, but I think I've learnt that you are.
45:25I think you taught us very well about the history.
45:28History doesn't have to be dull, does it?
45:30If you took, took your time, which you did.
45:32If you took, took your time, very true, very true.
45:34And the speedboat, you showed your skills off as a leader, and I've loved, absolutely loved spending time with you.
45:41Tanisha, the pièce de résistance, the soup, what's not to like?
45:45We got to know a little bit more about how, like, you know, the way we think of the people that we love.
45:50I love that.
45:51I love that.
45:52So come on and put me out of my misery.
45:53Yeah.
45:54Who are you voting for?
45:55Who are you voting for?
45:56Especially on what I would like to do on holiday and enjoy more.
46:00We're going to have to vote for my grandmother, mother and sister.
46:03So, I can't vote for myself.
46:05So, I will be voting for you.
46:09With special commendation for the light of both of our lives.
46:13So that automatically means that I've got no votes.
46:17So, thank you both.
46:18I enjoyed both days, but I have to go for Maureen's day.
46:21Oh!
46:22Well done.
46:23Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
46:25Chicken dinner.
46:26That's fantastic.
46:27Lipman wins another award.
46:29I'm very happy that I did win.
46:30I will treasure this lack of award for the rest of my life.
46:34I'd like to thank my maker.
46:35Next time I see you in the green room, you say to me, do you want to brew?
46:40I'll try to remember who you are.
46:42I think we've definitely bonded this week.
46:44I really do think that we'll be making the effort to see each other outside of work,
46:47because we've never really done that before.
46:49I just can't help but look at us as a very dysfunctional family.
46:53Us being very different ages, I've learnt so much.
46:57I feel like Maureen's learnt a little bit from me about the younger generation,
47:00so I'll take that one.
47:01I've let you into the secrets of my insanity.
47:04I think we have bonded, and I think we will meet up over the remaining years that I have,
47:10and I think we'll have something special that we didn't have before.
47:14Would we do it again?
47:15No.
47:16Oh, sorry, was that a rhetorical question?
47:21Bye.
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