Sue Lawley
Sue is one of Britain’s best-known broadcasters and journalists but is best known for her 18-year stint as host of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. She has written several features for Telegraph Travel and will be talking about her experiences as a first‑time cruiser.

Saturday midday

Gavin Bell
Gavin is an author and journalist. He is a former foreign correspondent of the Times and a regular contributor to Telegraph Travel. He won the Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book of the Year Award with In Search of Tusitala: Travels in the Pacific after Robert Louis Stevenson. He will be talking about his wide-ranging experiences of adventure cruising, from Antarctica to Zanzibar.

Saturday 1pm

Michael Simkins
Michael is an actor, writer, cricket lover and contributor to Telegraph Travel. He regularly appears in West End theatre productions (Mamma Mia, Chicago) and in television series (Doctors and Foyle’s War). His books include Fatty Batter (shortlisted for Costa’s book prize) and Detour de France: An Englishman in Search of a Continental Education.

He will be talking about his conversion to cruising: he imagined it would be a floating nightmare, but a fortnight in the Med made him think again.

Saturday 2pm

Jane Archer
Jane is a Telegraph Travel writer and one of Britain’s leading cruise experts. She spends much of the year at sea, uncovering the best and worst about ships big and small, low-cost and luxurious. She will be talking about what’s new in cruising this year and hosting a question-and-answer session, offering advice and tips.

Sunday 11am

Sam Llewellyn
Sam is a novelist, columnist, historian and regular contributor to Telegraph Travel. His sea thrillers have been published in 15 languages. His latest book is Black Fish. The first volume of his new venture, The Marine Quarterly: a Journal of the Sea, has just come out (www.themarinequarterly.com).

He will present his unique take on Britain from the sea, a yarn-packed journey around Blighty by ocean, river, lake and canal.

Sunday midday

Douglas Ward
Douglas is considered by many to be the world’s leading expert on cruising. To date he has completed nearly 6,000 days at sea on more than 1,000 cruises. He is the author of the annual Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships.

Douglas will be talking about his life in cruising and offering advice on what makes a perfect ship, and will be on hand to answer all your questions.

Sunday 1pm

Martin Bell
Martin is a former BBC war reporter and foreign correspondent and former independent politician who, in 1997, became the first successful independent parliamentary candidate for 46 years. He is now an ambassador for Unicef and periodically contributes to Telegraph Travel. He will be talking about his recent experiences on the new Queen Elizabeth, on which he was a lecturer.

Sunday 2pm

Ben MacFarlane
Ben graduated in medicine from Imperial College, London in 1998 and started carrying out medical repatriations in 2001, writing a book on his experiences, Holiday SOS. He then spent a year working on the cruise ship circuit. His latest book, Cruise Ship SOS, documents his travels and travails as a ship’s doctor. Ben will be regaling the audience with his dramatic and often eye-watering tales of his year at sea.

Tickets on the door Adults £10, Under-16s free

Opening times Saturday, March 26, 10am-5pm, Sunday, March 27, 10am-4pm

Venue Olympia Grand Hall, London W14 8UX.

For full details about the show see www.cruisingshow.co.uk

Win a Mediterranean cruise worth £2,500

Win a 10-night cruise for two on the new P&O Cruises’ ship, Adonia, (www.pocruises.co.uk) worth £2,500, with calls at Lisbon, Valencia, Barcelona, Marseilles, Monte Carlo, La Spezia and Savona. The cruise departs from Southampton on October 19 and includes an outside cabin and a return flight.

Runners-up prizes

Twenty Telegraph readers will be given the exclusive opportunity to visit the Adonia at Southampton’s Mayflower cruise terminal on May 22. The prize includes a guided tour, three-course lunch and free parking or shuttle from Southampton Central station. Each winner can take a guest.

How to enter

Fill out our online form at www.telegraph.co.uk/travelcompetitions.

The winners will be drawn at random. The competition closes at midnight on March 29 and the winners will be announced on April 9. For full terms and conditions, see www.telegraph.co.uk/travelgiveaway.