Moreover, how many of those tuning in, week after week, are (like many of us) advocates of this once brilliantly funny show; hoping and praying to ourselves that this week's episode is better than what's been served up since mid-January. Unfortunately, our hopes and prayers continue to disappoint.

Noreen and Geoff try to figure out the father of Pauline's unborn child – cue the Oracle's golden opportunity to hone his sleuthing skills. Billy gets some life changing advice and the staff feel the heat at the Solana Psychic convention. Joey, Rob and Tiger bank on a profitable trip to the casino. Wightman, Catriona (6 February 2015). "Benidorm commissioned for eighth series by ITV". Digitalspy.co.uk . Retrieved 22 February 2016. Joyce becomes suspicious when Blow and Go appears extremely busy, and how young its customers are looking - even an unusually fresh-faced Mateo. Joyce confronts Kenneth, who is forced to offer her free botox sessions to avoid his secret being reported to head office. Still annoyed at his dad, Tiger hides the news that Auntie Terri is on her way to the Solana resort. It’s something I am deliberately nebulous about because I don’t want it to define Tom [the couple’s son] or me, and I don’t want to talk publicly about it.In the third series, all cast members once again returned, though Abigail Cruttenden only returned for the final two episodes, with Sheridan Smith portraying the role of Brandy, as a brief replacement for her character, as a new love interest for Martin. [23] Guest cast members in these series included Keith Barron, playing an English deputy Mayor; Tim Healy, playing Geoff's transvestite blind date Les (Lesley) Conroy; Robin Askwith playing Gary, a conman and a thief who was revealed as Brandy's lover; Una Stubbs made an appearance in the final episode as Martin's mother, Diana; Stuart McGugan played Donald's practical-joking friend Wink McAndrew, who electrocuted himself to death on-stage at Neptune's; whilst Lorraine Bruce appeared as one of Madge's estranged daughters. [23] Healy would go on to make a further guest appearance in the 2010 Christmas special, before becoming a cast regular in the fourth series. [23] Other guest stars in the Christmas special included Louie Spence, portraying the role of Marvin; Brian Murphy played the role of Noreen's love interest Clive Mitchell; whereas Su Pollard, Asa Elliott [ af; arz] and Roy Wood appeared as themselves. [23] Anxious and timid Martin was constantly trying to please his wife Kate. Their marriage seemed to always be going through a rough patch and it took Martin five seconds to realise that the Solana Resort was the very worst place for them to make a fresh start when they arrived in Series 1. Since leaving Benidorm, Johnny has appeared as a regular panellist on BBC quiz show QI and also on the celebrity edition of Gogglebox, along with voicing the character of Asbo in 2018 Aardman Animations film Early Man. Set in the Mediterranean sun, it was ingeniously simply to just make a show where characters were just always on holiday but yet still find problems.

The humor was an intelligent mixture of broad gags and nuanced characterization that always went down smooth (except for when it...didn't, I'll get to that). The plots were engaging and the format of each episode corresponding to the events of a day made the whole thing just feel relaxed no matter what happened. This is a list of cast members and characters from the British sitcom Benidorm, which aired from 2007 to 2018. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Main characters [ edit ] Character

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Note: This episode features the debut of Doreen, played by Elsie Kelly who also plays Noreen in the series. Because there is one actress portraying two characters, Jane Hollington has joined the cast as a double for Noreen and Doreen. Absent: Johnny Vegas as Geoff Maltby, Elsie Kelly as Noreen Maltby, Paul Bazely as Troy Ramsbottom and Selina Griffiths as Pauline Maltby.