P&O Cruises, the UK focused contemporary market unit of Carnival Corporation & plc, said it would revamp its sports, entertainment and dining offerings in the coming year.

Available on several cruises in 2017, Olympian and six times world champion swimmer Mark Foster will be hosting fitness and swimming sessions on Britannia, with dates to be announced shortly.

Children or adults can have daily swimming lessons in which they will learn from one of this country’s most successful ever swimmers. At the end of the holiday, after demonstrating their new-found skills, there will be a medal ceremony and special certificate signed by Mark Foster.

Popular television presenter, theatre actor and singer, Jonathan Wilkes is launching a visually explosive new stage production on Azura, featuring some of the most iconic musical tracks of a generation.

Evolution is a show combining dancers, singers and stunning techno-visuals that explores the diversity between two tribes, the Fabricators and the Humanoids. The Fabricators have evolved from the industrial revolution and embrace mechanical construction and masculine characteristics while the Humanoids are un-worldly fantasy creatures with bird and animal traits. Their two worlds collide as the lead Fabricator and female Humanoid fall in love and the two tribes eventually come together to create a utopian world.

Renowned chef and P&O Cruises Food Hero, Marco Pierre White, has created a series of new gala dinner menus combining British tradition with a sense of occasion, using local and speciality ingredients.

The new menus, which will be available across the fleet on the black tie evenings, comprise some of Marco Pierre White’s favourite dishes prepared in a fresh and exciting way in order to provide a flavour of the most popular ports of call.

Finally, Eric Lanlard’s Pavé Royal will be an addition to the cruise line’s special Chef’s Dinner, which takes place in the main dining room once every cruise. Comprising a velvety smooth, dark chocolate mousse layered with soft hazelnut dacquoise meringue and crunchy praline wafers and then coated with a gold dusted mirror glaze, this delicious dessert is the perfect way to round off dinner and is sure to be a big hit with guests.