Benidorm discussion: Filming begins this week for S5!
 

Benidorm
A Tiger Aspect productction for ITV1

Benidorm, creatated and written by award-winning writer Darren Little , returns for a second series to the delights of the all inclusive Solana Resort in Benidorm, bringing together a fiestata of bullfighting, arm wrestling, romance, night-time beacach actactactivities and... a cucumber.
Back at the popular resort are The Garveys: Mick (Steve Pemberton), Janice (Siobhan Finneran), kids Telle and Michael, and outspoken grandma Madge (Sheila Reid). There’s also two new arrivals to the family: Mel (Geoffrey Hutchings) – owner of five sun bed shops
and Didsbury’s answer to Julio Inglesias – and 17 year old Telle’s new baby, Coolio.
Jonny Vegas returns as The Oracle who, at 37, is still determined to make the big break from his mum, or PA as he calls her (Elsie Kelly), and Kate (Abigail Cruttenden) and Martin (Nicholas Burns) who are never, ever coming back to Benidorm.
Also returning are gay couple Gavin (Hugh Sachs) and Troy (Paul Bazely) who got engaged at the Solana last year and return a year later to ‘the scene of the crime’, and good-hearted swingers Donald (Kenny Ireland) and Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) with the happy reminiscences of Big Donna and the MSA (Middlesborough Swingers Association).

Guest star appearances include Wendy Richard, playing Sylvia - a wheelchair riding love rival for Madge - and Margi Clarke playing Dorothy, Gavin’s estranged mother.

woop thanks for that chewy i loved benidorm

haha I watched it was well funny

Aye, Im glad Madge and The Oracle are returning

lol yeah madge was funny i agree when that couple thought she was a swinger

I can't wait to see Wendy Richards on Benidorm, they ruined Pauline on EE and it will be great seeing her going back to her comedy roots.

Aye, and she will be a brilliant rival for Madge

Its coming back this month

yay )dances)

and its "Pauline Fowler" vs Madge!!!!!

hehe intresting

I think there was picture of Madge getting out of her scooter and pushing "Pauline" into the swimming pool:laugh:

rofl that should be funny

Aye hope "The Oracle" and his mum are back:laugh:

Can't wait for this, series 1 was very funny

Aye, I think this one will be hilarious

I think Wendy Richards will be great in it

lol! yeah especially with Madge after her :laugh3:

I love Madge she is the best in it

Just saw the ad LOL:elephant:

yeah same "You dont speak english":laugh2:

lol! The Oracle was funny too!

yeah hes funny ^_^

Theres a preview on the ITV website

www.itv.com/benidorm

Looks good :bigsmile:

cool!
hehe
here is the hotels website
http://www.solanaapartments.co.uk/

This is an absolutely hilarious show. Hope this series is as good as the first.

Starts next Friday at 9 p.m. on ITV

:cheer2:

Can't wait for it to start hope it is as good as the first series. The adverts which are clips from the show are so funny.

my fave advert is when telle forgets the baby that makes me laugh so much. Cant wait for friday

That makes me laugh especially- its pretty much exactly what my mum did to me :laugh: She left me in the post office :joker:

I can't wait for this, first series was great and by the looks of it the second is better :spin2::spin2::spin::spin:

First episode was BRILLIANT! :hello::hello::hello::dance::dance::dance:

Great first episode I think it will get better because tonights episode was just getting eveyone back at the hotel.

lol yeah it was good
I laughed when they saw the swingers at the same hotel that was funny

Really enjoyed this last night. Was worried it was not going to be as good as the first series. Friday night TV has just got better......:cheer2:

i know Di ^_^. cant wait for next weeks. kate has to babysit coolio

Last nights was good !
I never raelly watched the last series closely!!

I love it =D x

The first episode of series 2 got 6.5m (28%) which is the programmes highest ratings ever. I'm glad it did great because it is such a funny and brilliant programme.

6.5m would also be ITV's highest 9pm weekday slot of the year? Very impressive. It will be interesting to see how much it can hold on to.

Yeah it is ITV's 9pm weekday slot this year so far, it's up against My Family next week so it could lose some viewers.

It will lose some but I don't think My Family will dent Benidorm that much and vice versa.

Benidorm I would say on the whole appeals to the working class and the younger 16-34 audience, but My Family IMO appeals to the middle class, and families with children.

My Family doesn't actually start until a week on Friday, not this Friday (:thumbs:) so Benidorm will have a fortnights headstart to build up a fan base and with My Family you need to take into account its established slot is 8.30pm.

This was really funny again this week. Makes me laugh out loud!!!