Booze Britain

S02:E08 - Episode 8

Cheltenham: Tonight we're visiting Cheltenham in the Cotswolds during Festival week, when 230,000 racegoers descend on the town. Across the week the punters spend 2.5 million pounds on booze, nearly as much as the total prize money for the 24 races. We'll be joining a loaded group of playboys who are going to be betting big and boozing bigger. The more they win, the more goes into the booze kitty, so they've got their fingers crossed for the main race of the day. And we're on patrol with the emergency services as the police and ambulance deal with the consequences of thousands of racegoers pouring onto the streets to celebrate their winnings or drown their sorrows.