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Find out everything you need to know about these new and exciting cruises.
‘Strictly’ is one of the most popular entertainment shows on British television, filled with glitz and glamour as celebrities join talented professional dancers and learn how to dance.
On two magical cruises, join Strictly professionals, including Luba Mushtuk and Vito Coppola, doing what they do best, delivering showstopping performances in the ship’s Playhouse theatre!
A staple of British television, ‘The Sky at Night’ has brought the world of astronomy and space to our screens for over 65 years. Covering subjects such as black holes, neutron stars, satellites and space missions the show has become a cultural fixture featuring on stamps issued by the Royal Mail and even having a comet named after it.
Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock DBE is a space scientist and science educator. She has presented the programme since 2013 with Chris Lintott. Maggie also undertakes ground-breaking space science research and works to inspire new generations of astronauts, scientists and engineers and is a pioneering figure in communicating science to children.
Over two appearances on board, Maggie will give you an insight into her stellar career, the world of science and space exploration, and how she takes the most complex astrophysics and makes it accessible for the non-scientist. She will also tell you about the making of ‘The Sky at Night’, its long history, and how it continues to engage the audience with astronomy and space science.
Explorer, evolutionary biologist, paleoanthropologist, writer and stand-up comedian, Ella has presented a range of television programmes for BBC Studios. This includes ‘Neanderthals – Meet Your Ancestors’, ‘Horizon – Body Clock’, ‘Waterhole’ and the new flagship science programme ‘Human’ which transmits on BBC Two in 2025. ‘Human’ tells the story of how humanity went from being just one of many hominin species to the dominant form of life of Earth.
Onboard, Ella will give you an insight into her career and work from researching Neanderthal history to exploring for fossils in danger zones around the World. She will also give an insight into the making of the new BBC Studios produced series ‘Human’ and the ground-breaking techniques and research involved to bring the story of mankind to the screen so join Ella for two appearances in the Playhouse theatre.
Millennium FX are a multi award-winning visual effects company who have worked extensively on BBC Studios productions as well as many other TV shows, major Hollywood films, West End-theatre productions and international tours.
From Doctor Who to Silent Witness, Gladiator to Saving Private Ryan, Phantom of the Opera to Stranger Things, The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to Iron Maiden, Millennium FX have made prosthetics, costumes, animatronics and props, bringing the fantastical to the stage and screen.
On board the ship, Millennium FX Director, Kate Walshe, will tell you all about the fascinating world of visual effects, and how some of the weird, wild and wonderful effects used on BBC Studios produced programmes are created. In one of her two talks, Kate will also demonstrate how to turn an ordinary man into a gruesome vampire!
Here are some of the awesome Saga BBC Studios cruises you can join in 2024 and 2025.
6 included panoramic excursions + onboard: BBC Studios (The Sky at Night’ + Millennium FX); Presenter and travel expert Johanna Grove; music specialist Howie Poole; botanical artist Amber Halsall; chocolatier Andrew Cameron; artist Clare Foster; speciality coffee professor in Latin America, Karen Attman; Spanish teacher, Zsuzsi Dingsdale; Colonel David King; and designer Jill Alblas.
Duration: 49 nights
Where: Portsmouth, UK | Funchal, Madeira | Castries, St Lucia | Bridgetown, Barbados | Port Elizabeth, Bequia | Willemstad, Curacao | Oranjestad, Aruba | Cartagena, Colombia | Cólon, Panama | Puerto Limón, Costa Rica | Roatán, Honduras | Belize City, Belize | Progreso, Mexico | Galveston, USA | New Orleans | Miami | Kings Warf, Bermuda | Ponta Delgada, Azores | Portsmouth, UK
Ship: Spirit of Discovery
Price: From £14,999 pp
5 included panoramic excursions + onboard: BBC Studios (Human with Ella Al-Shamahi); chef Phil Vickery; fitness guru Derrick Evans, aka Mr Motivator; Supercrafters; wildlife experts from ORCA; and The Temptations tribute band.
Duration: 29 nights
Where: Portsmouth, UK | Sydney, Canada | Boston, USA | Martha’s Vineyard | New York | Saint John, Canada | Halifax | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | Cap-aux-Meules | Corner Brook, Newfoundland | St John’s | Portsmouth, UK
Ship: Spirit of Adventure
Price: From £7,669 pp
4 included panoramic excursions + BBC Studios (The Sky at Night with scientist Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock) onboard.
Duration: 15 nights
Where: Portsmouth, UK | Cádiz, Spain | Casablanca, Morocco | Las Palma, Gran Canaria | Arrecife, Lanzarote | Sant Cruz, Tenerife | Santa Cruz, La Palma | Funchal, Madeira | Portsmouth, UK
Ship: Spirit of Adventure
Price: £4,650 pp
5 included panoramic excursions + BBC Studios presents Strictly Come Dancing onboard.
Duration: 22 nights
Where: Portsmouth, UK | Malaga, Spain | Valletta, Malta | Dubrovnik, Croatia | Split, Croatia | Bari, Italy | Kotor, Montenegro | Corfu, Greece | Cagliari, Sardinia | Gibraltar | Portsmouth, UK
Ship: Spirit of Adventure
Price: From £6,715 pp
4 included panoramic excursions + BBC presents Strictly Come Dancing + wildlife experts from ORCA onboard.
Duration: 18 nights
Where: Portsmouth, UK | Gibraltar | Cartagena, Spain | Palma, Majorca | Portoferraio, Elba | Livorno, Italy | Portofino | Calvi, Corsica | Cádiz, Spain | Portsmouth, UK
Ship: Spirit of Discovery
Price: From £5,864 pp
