Joe Wilkinson teamed up fellow comedian Katherine Ryan for their brand new Channel 4 travel show that premiered last Thursday.
Joe And Katherine’s Bargain Holidays hilariously chronicles the friends, aged 48 and 40, taking budget trips across the UK and Europe.
It showcases the pair’s different approaches to travel, with Joe wanting to return ‘with cash still on the hip’, while Katherine ‘loves the shinier things in life’.
For Katherine, a good trip involves luxury accommodation, fine dining, and perhaps a spa day. Joe, by contrast, is one of the thriftier among us.
MailOnline takes a look inside Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan’s sweet friendship.
Inside Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan’s friendship as the comedy duo reunite for a budget travel show – Pictured in Mumbles, south Wales, where they went DIY glamping
Joe and Katherine enjoyed a Bulgarian beach break – they differ in that Katherine enjoys the finer things in life on holiday, whereas Joe likes to be thrifty
Despite their travel differences, the two have been friends for years, and have personal projects going on too.
Joe’s podcast Chatabix with comedian David Earl sees him ‘chat utter drivel to each other three days a week’ while Katherine’s podcast, also available on Apple is titled Katherine Ryan: Telling Everybody Everything.
Joe told Heat magazine: ‘We started doing stand-up at a similar time, and then we started doing other shows together, so we’ve been friends for a long time’.
Katherine told the publication that Joe had been one of her favourite comedians for a long time, and described him as ‘authentic’ and ‘certainly unique’, while Joe professed: ‘I’ve always felt like the Karate Kid to her Mr Miyagi’.
Since the two first met, they have made numerous television appearances together, including on BBC’s Taskmaster.
The Canadian comic would be pleased to see Joe take on the high life, because she had to endure his thriftiness.
Like Joe, she is a regular on popular British panel shows and both of them have appeared on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week and Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
But this time the comedians, who are no stranger to Channel 4, have partnered up to deliver a show about how you can make the most of your money while abroad.
The duo took on various budget holiday locations in the UK and Europe, with Joe hilariously trying to get Katherine on board with a less glam lifestyle while abroad
![Joe and Katherine in bed, Champing [church glamping] at St Michael the Archangel, Booton in Norfolk, near Norwich](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/01/11/84309469-13370121-Joe_and_Katherine_in_bed_Champing_church_glamping_at_St_Michael_-a-7_1714558623961.jpg)
Joe and Katherine in bed, Champing [church glamping] at St Michael the Archangel, Booton in Norfolk, near Norwich
This comes after Katherine confessed her ‘marriage had taken a backseat’ as she opened up about her relationship with childhood sweetheart Bobby Kootstra on Lorraine in February.
The mother-of-three admitted her children come first and she likes to spend as much time as possible with them, which includes co-sleeping.
Katherine shares two children Fenna Grace, 14 months and Fred, two, with her partner as well as Violet 14, with ex-boyfriend Alex Edelman.
Speaking on the ITV daytime show, ahead of the release of her new docu-series, Katherine Ryan: Parental Guidance, she said she was still ‘navigating’ parenthood and struggles with mum guilt.
She told Lorraine Kelly: ‘I have a wonderful life because I do exactly what is right for family and I welcome the haters’.
