Northern Irish Holidays

Families and friends share their most treasured holiday memories through the decades using photos, personal film, newsreel, movie and drama clips.

From daytrips to Portrush to the advent of the package holiday, from caravanning in Ballycastle to backpacking in Bolivia, from thrill seekers hitting the ski slopes to searching out secret, unspoilt destinations – this documentary tells the story of how the people of Northern Ireland love to holiday.

Stories also include holiday romance, how a trip to Portugal helped one woman recover from a serious illness, a summer spent learning French in the Alps, and a mum and daughter revisiting a holiday spent in Butlins twenty years ago, when they took part in the BBC’s popular series Holiday Swaps.