The Trip (2010)

The series is a largely improvised sitcom in which Coogan plays a food critic for the UK's Observer who is joined on a working road trip by his friend (Brydon) who fills in at the last minute when Coogan's romantic relationship falls apart.

The Trip was first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD in the United Kingdom. It stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves undertaking a restaurant tour of northern England.

The six-episode series, which is partly improvised, was first broadcast on BBC Two starting on 1 November 2010. The series was also edited into a feature film which premiered at the Toronto International Film festival in September 2010 and is set for release in the US by IFC Films in 2011.

In an effort to impress his gourmand American girlfriend, Misha, Steve Coogan has accepted a commission from The Observer newspaper to go on a restaurant tour of the north of England. However, when Misha (who was meant to accompany him on the trip) insists that they take a break from their relationship and returns to America, Steve is forced to invite colleague and friend-of-sorts Rob Brydon.

Throughout the series the two constantly bicker and attempt to undermine and outdo each other, especially in the presence of any attractive women they encounter. Steve has a number of one-night stands but is increasingly revealed to be in a rut both professionally and personally, with Rob at one point – as Steve gets stuck attempting to cross a river using a series of stepping stones – shouting out to him, "You're stuck in a metaphor!"

The competitive atmosphere between the two is occasionally broken by passages of amicable and spontaneous comic improvisation, with each riffing off the other's ideas.

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The British Comedy Guide

Episode 1: The Inn at Whitewell
Original Air Date—1 November 2010
Steve has been asked to write reviews of six restaurants for a Sunday supplement and plans to use it as a holiday with his girl-friend Mischa. However she dumps him and returns to America so he asks his friend Rob to come with him instead. It becomes clear that Mischa is the real food expert and Steve needs Rob's expert advise. However,at the Inn at Whitewell,they spend their dinner-time trying to outdo each other with film star impressions,though at least a last minute cancellation means they do not have to share a double bed as Steve had feared.

Episode 2: L'Enclume
Original Air Date—8 November 2010
Steve wakes from his dream that he is in Hollywood with Ben Stiller to find he is in bed with the Polish receptionist before he and Rob move on to L'Enclume at Cartmel,singing Kate Bush's song 'Wuthering Heights'. On arrival they sample the starter menu,read of Warren Beatty's sexual exploits in the paper and have another duel of impressions,ranging from Ray Winstone to Liam Neeson,over dinner. Afterwards Rob phones his wife for a loving chat whilst Steve rings Mischa in Las Vegas,where she is writing about prostitutes,and has a gloomy conversation with his American agent over his - lack of - a Hollywood career.

Episode 3: Holbeck Ghyll
Original Air Date—15 November 2010
Arriving in the lake District Rob and Steve visit Greta Hall,formerly occupied by Coleridge - with whom Steve identifies - and the Wordsworths' home,Dove Cottage. Steve is annoyed as it's about to close and they only get in as the lady on the door is a fan of Rob's. Over dinner at the Holbeck Ghyll hotel there is the inevitable round of impressions - from Alan Bennett to Ken Bruce. No wonder Rob astutely notes that they "have the same conversation in every restaurant."

Episode 4: Hipping Hall
Original Air Date—22 November 2010
After Steve has had another nightmare he and Rob move on to Hipping Hall,self-indulgence as ever ruling on the impersonation-filled drive . At their destination they meet two young women and Steve is convinced he has met one of them,Yolanda, before. He takes her for a drive where nothing happens but he does get a call to say he has won a part in American show 'Pathological',involving a seven year contract.
Episode 5: The Yorke Arms

Original Air Date—29 November 2010
The duo visit the Malham limestone pavement,where Rob quotes 'Tintern Abbey' and Steve ends up rock climbing with a boring geologist.At the Yorke Arms in the Nidderdale Valley they discuss Abba's 'The Winner Takes It All',Welsh actors and film roles they took which ended up in the cutting room. When Steve admits to writer's block on his reviews Rob suggests he take the women they have met on the trip as his inspiration,after which Steve rings his son.

Episode 6: The Angel at Hetton
Original Air Date—1 November 2010
Following a visit to Bolton abbey - an excuse for Rob to quote Wordsworth =- and an outdoor breakfast at the Angel at Hetton,the guys drop in on Steve's parents,who seem to be far bigger fans of Rob than of their son. After an operatic contest in the car they return home - Rob to his welcoming family,Steve to his lonely flat. He does,however,phone his agent to turn down the American offer.

This year the funniest, most endearing film at the Tribeca Film Festival has been Michael Winterbottom’s meta buddy road comedy, The Trip, which opens this June in America. Adapted from the BBC series of the same name, British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon star as slightly fictionalized versions of themselves, thrown together on a romantic tour of England’s poetic north country after Coogan’s girlfriend decamps for the states. Feeling lonely and more than a bit neurotic about his career, Coogan begrudgingly asks the happily married Brydon along in her stead, and the result is one of the best comic odd couplings since Matthau and Lemon went mano a mano in a Riverside Drive apartment.

John Lopez, Vanity Fair

Words cannot describe how wonderful this comedy is. Steve Coogan has moved up to genius with his wonderful portrayal of 'himself?'. Sad and bitter he feels the world still doesn't appreciate him for the genius he is. The self depreciation is wonderful as is his partner in these adventures Rob whose everlasting cheerfulness and wish to truly help Steve stop worrying about things and just enjoy the comedy he can give to people. I will never tire of 'Whaddyagot' Pacino and 'Mr Chrissssstian' Hopkins from Rob and Steve's bored look as he delivers these lines week in week out.

Finest comedy moment - almost to a Chaplin level of pathos - Steve Coogan's vain attempts to recreate in a hotel room mirror Robs 'Man in a Box'. True genius. 30 minutes each week of unbelievable terrific comedy snuck away on BBC2 at 10pm. I have rewatched each episode several times on iplayer and will get the DVD when released. This is one to mention up there with the best and please please watch as many episodes whilst you can. Genius - nothing more or less. Congratulations to all concerned.

IMDB Reviewer

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