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Gap Year

Gap Year

Description: Rather than go on a `lads holiday', childhood friends Sean and Dylan decide to embark on a backpacking trip through China. Along the way, they form a rag-tag fellowship of travellers including Greg, who's desperately trying to relive the days of his long-gone youth and escape his failing marriage, Chinese-American student May, who's intent on linking up with her long-lost family, and party girl Ashley, recruited by May's mother as her travel buddy. Soon, the trip spills over into the rest of the continent, with the group engaging in adventures across Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Nepal. The five companions inevitably discover that this isn't merely a regular holiday: it's a voyage of self-discovery.
Genre: Mystery
Year Released: 2021
First episode air date: October 13, 2021
Network: E4
Program Creators: Tom Basden, Jamie Campbell
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