Benidorm (2007)Benidorm, created and written by award-winning writer Derren Litten, returns for second series to the delights of the all inclusive Solana Resort in Benidorm, bringing together fiesta of bullfighting, arm wrestling, romance, night-time beach activities and... 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.
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