5 episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Adventure | 20010910 | 20020611 | Vijay Shah sets out with the British Schools Expeditionary Service for 6 weeks in a tent on the Arctic tundra. |
| 02 | Homeless | 20010911 | 20011011 | 19-year-old Catriona Mahoney has opted to work as a volunteer at the Dinas Fechan Homeless Hostel in Swansea. |
| 03 | Connected | 20010912 | Madeleine Tobert e-mails her father, telling of a Guatemalan language school, a Mexican turtle rescue centre, a visit to a Hollywood film set and a Tongan island paradise. | |
| 04 | Ambition | 20010913 | Jo Grieg, a talented skier, is using her year off to find out if she can make it in the British Junior Team. | |
| 05 LAST | Harmony | 20010914 | 20020618 | Jon Mendelsohn-Malik spends his year off as a volunteer with the remarkable Mathieson Music School, teaching Purcell to Indian street children in a paddy field outside Calcutta |