Trust Me – I'm a Holiday Rep
Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep is a reality television show that was broadcast by Five in the United Kingdom.
The first series ran nightly with 10 programmes over 2 weeks. It chronicles attempts by 6 celebrities to work as holiday reps for tour group Olympic Holidays. The programme was presented by Toby Anstis and Nancy Sorrell.
Series 2 was also broadcast nightly over 10 days from Monday 18th - Wednesday 27 September. Again the celebs were working for Olympic Holidays, this time in Malia in Crete in Greece. The series was presented by Lucy Rusedski and Andy Goldstein.
2005 Series 1: Ayia Napa
The celebrities who took part were:
- Jordan Knight (former New Kids on the Block member)
- Jasmine Lennard (notable entrant in Five's Make Me A Supermodel)
- Syd Little (comedian)
- Jodie Marsh (glamour model)
- Nina Myskow (newspaper columnist)
- Scott Wright (former Coronation Street actor)
- Nadia Almada (Big Brother UK series 5 winner) - Lennard's replacement
Nadia was drafted in to replace Lennard after she was "sacked" half way through the show for continuous breaking of the rules and general bad attitude.
2006 Series 2: Crete
Filmed in July 2006 in the resorts of Malia, Stallis and Sissi in eastern Crete.
The celebrities who took part were:
- Brandon Block - DJ
- Emma Jones - famous for her kiss'n tells on Dwight Yorke and James Hewitt
- Nancy Lam - celebrity chef
- Rowland Rivron - presenter
- Samantha Rowley - actress who had previously come fourth in the Five's Make Me A Supermodel and currently appears on Channel 4's reality show, Seven Days.
- Noel Sullivan - formerly of Hear'Say
- Paul Burrell - former royal butler (Rowley's replacement)
Rowley quit the show on day 5 but was quickly replaced by former royal butler, Paul.
Executive Producer: Claire Zolkwer,
Series Producer: Helen Cooke,
Producer: Simon McKeown & Jane Eames,
Assistant Producer: Rebecca Wilcox,
Researcher: Jason Oates, David Smyth,
Runner: Holly Abey
Both series were amongst the first major TV series to be edited online using FORscene.