The Cruise (2016 TV series)

The Cruise is a British reality television series that debuted on ITV on 3 March 2016.^[1] It is narrated by Hugh Bonneville. The series includes behind the scenes operations of the Regal Princess, Royal Princess, and Star Princess, all owned by Princess Cruises.

The Cruise
Genre	Reality television
Narrated by	Hugh Bonneville
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	24
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	3 March 2016 (2016-03-03) – 10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)

The Cast Emma Morgan, Timothy Gallant and Scott Grayson

Premise

Aired on a weekly basis, the show follows passengers and crew aboard. The series has many reoccurring staff detailing the experiences of their day to day life on board, such as Timothy Gallant, Emma Morgan, Scott Grayson and David McDonald.

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Start date	End date
1	6	3 March 2016	7 April 2016
2	6	12 January 2017	10 February 2017
3	6[2]	11 January 2018	15 February 2018
4	3[2]	1 March 2018	15 March 2018
5	3[2]	10 April 2018	2018

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)

Episode no.	Airdate	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly rating
1	3 March 2016	4.05	15
2	10 March 2016	2.99	21
3	17 March 2016	2.87	17
4	24 March 2016	3.05	17
5	31 March 2016	2.98	19
6	7 April 2016	2.74	18

Series 2 – Sailing the Mediterranean (2017)

Episode no.	Airdate	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly rating
1	12 January 2017	4.22	19
2	19 January 2017	3.84	24
3	26 January 2017	3.57	28
4	2 February 2017	3.43	29
5	9 February 2017	3.72	22
6	10 February 2017	Under 3.25	Outside Top 30

Series 3 – Return to the Mediterranean (2018)

Episode no.	Airdate	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly rating
1	11 January 2018	3.82	26
2	18 January 2018	3.90	28
3	25 January 2018	3.68	28
4	1 February 2018	3.69	28
5	8 February 2018	Under 3.63	Outside Top 30
6	15 February 2018	3.72	23

Series 4 – Voyage to Alaska (2018)

Episode no.	Airdate	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly rating
1	1 March 2018
2	8 March 2018
3	15 March 2018