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Benidorm (series 5)
The fifth series of the ITV television series ''Benidorm'', which is a sitcom set in an all-inclusive holiday resort ( The Solana) in Benidorm, Spain, began broadcasting on 24 February 2012, consisting of seven episodes. The series was directed by both John Henderson and Sandy Johnson, though was written by Derren Litten, Steve Pemberton and Neil Fitzmaurice. The series saw the returns of Garvey family, consisting of Mick (Steve Pemberton), Janice ( Siobhan Finneran), Michael Garvey (Oliver Stokes) and Janice's mother Madge Barron ( Sheila Reid); swingers Donald ( Kenny Ireland) and Jacqueline Stewart ( Janine Duvitski); Noreen Maltby (Elsie Kelly); hairdressers Gavin Ramsbottom (Hugh Sachs) and Kenneth Du Beke (Tony Maudsley); Sam Wood ( Shelley Longworth) and Solana staff Mateo Castellanos ( Jake Canuso), Les/Lesley Conroy ( Tim Healy) and Liam Conroy ( Adam Gillen). Sherrie Hewson and Michelle Butterly joined the cast of Joyce Temple-Savage, the new Solana mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Canuso
Jake Canuso is a Swiss actor, who is known for his role in the ITV (TV channel), ITV comedy series ''Benidorm (British TV series), Benidorm'', in which he played the Solana barman List of Benidorm cast and characters#Past characters, Mateo Castellanos from 2007 until 2018. He also played Tony Peroni in the TV comedy series ''Scarborough'' alongside comedian Jason Manford in 2019. Personal life Canuso was born near Zurich, Switzerland, to immigrants from southern Italy. He moved to the UK when he was 18 years old. Canuso survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004, whilst on holiday in Ko Phra Thong, Thailand. He climbed a tree after seeing the first waves, and was trapped underwater after the tree snapped. He developed aquaphobia and did not swim in water for several years. Career Previously a dancer, Canuso appeared dressed as a ballet dancer in the music video for "No More I Love You's" by Annie Lennox. He also appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-inclusive
An all-inclusive resort is a holiday resort that includes at a minimum lodging, three meals daily, soft drinks, most alcoholic drinks, gratuities, and possibly other services in the price. Many also offer sports and non-motorized watersports and other activities that are included in the price as well. They are often located in warmer regions of the world, particularly in Mexico and the Caribbean. Though some Butlin's holiday camps in the U.K. had offered a similar concept in the 1930s, the modern all-inclusive resort has its origins in the 1950s with the foundation of the Club Med company by Belgian entrepreneur Gérard Blitz (entrepreneur), Gérard Blitz. Their very first resort was opened in Alcúdia, Majorca, Spain in 1950, where guests stayed in tents and basic straw huts along the beach. The concept has evolved over the decades. All-inclusives in the 1980s and 1990s were generally heavily marketed towards singles, whereas nowadays they are more popular with couples and famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madge Harvey
This is a list of cast members and characters from the British sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ... '' Benidorm'', which aired from 2007 to 2018. Main characters Recurring characters References {{reflist Benidorm Benidorm (TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Garvey
This is a list of cast members and characters from the British sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ... '' Benidorm'', which aired from 2007 to 2018. Main characters Recurring characters References {{reflist Benidorm Benidorm (TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Garvey (Benidorm)
''Benidorm'' is a British sitcom written and created by Derren Litten and produced by Tiger Aspect for ITV that aired for ten series from 1 February 2007 until 2 May 2018. The series features an ensemble cast of holiday makers and staff at the Solana all-inclusive hotel in Benidorm, Spain over the course of a week each year. On 5 July 2018, series creator and writer Derren Litten confirmed that series 10 would be the last after the series was axed by ITV. '' Benidorm Live'', a stage adaption written by Litten, was announced with 250 shows scheduled in theatres across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Plot The series follows holidaymakers who spend a week at the Solana Resort Benidorm, Spain. It is usually the same people who go at the same time of year, usually by coincidence. As people say, those who come to Benidorm "can never stay away" or "never come back". Some higher-class people who come to the Solana are not satisfied with its facilities or the holidaymakers who go th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Benidorm Characters
This is a list of cast members and characters from the British sitcom ''Benidorm'', which aired from 2007 to 2018. Main characters Recurring characters References {{reflist Benidorm Benidorm is a town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built, though ... Benidorm (TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Fitzmaurice
Neil Simon Fitzmaurice (born 20 August 1969) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as Jeff, the love rival of protagonist Mark Corrigan, in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Peep Show''. He has written for a number of other shows, including ''Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights'' (in which he also starred) and ''Benidorm''. Career Writing Fitzmaurice's writing projects include ''That Peter Kay Thing'', for which he received a British Comedy Award, and the critically acclaimed ''Phoenix Nights'', in which he also appeared as "Ray-Von". He has also written two feature films: ''Going Off Big Time'', in 1999, which was nominated for four BIFA awards and is part of Film Four's Best of British, and more recently ''Charlie Noades R.I.P''. Acting As an actor, Fitzmaurice has appeared in ''Going off Big Time'' (which he also wrote), played Jeff in the Channel 4 comedy series ''Peep Show'', and starred in the prison drama series '' Buried''. He appeared on the first episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Pemberton
Steven James Pemberton (born 1 September 1967) is a British actor, comedian, director and writer. He is best known as a member of ''The League of Gentlemen'' with Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. Pemberton and Shearsmith also co-wrote and starred in the black comedy ''Psychoville'' and the anthology series ''Inside No. 9''. His other television credits include '' Doctor Who'', '' Benidorm'', '' Blackpool'', '' Shameless'', ''Whitechapel'', '' Happy Valley'' and ''Mapp and Lucia''. Early life Steve Pemberton is originally from Blackburn, Lancashire and attended Saint Michaels Church of England High School, Chorley. Career Film and television Pemberton’s television performance credits include ''Whitechapel'', '' Doctor Who'', '' Benidorm'', ''Under the Greenwood Tree'', '' Hotel Babylon'', ''The Last Detective'', '' Randall and Hopkirk'', '' Blackpool'' and '' Shameless''. In 2004, he portrayed Dr Bessner in ''Death on the Nile'' and Harry Secombe in ''The Life a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derren Litten
Derren Ronald Litten (born 21 December 1970) is an English comedy writer and actor, best known as the creator and writer of the sitcom ''Benidorm''. Litten also co-wrote ''The Catherine Tate Show'', for which he both wrote and appeared as several different characters in the first two series and the 2005 Christmas Special. He has also acted in many comedy and drama series including '' Perfect World'', ''French and Saunders'', ''Spaced'', ''EastEnders'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Pie in the Sky'' with Richard Griffiths. Litten's first sitcom was ''Benidorm'', which began airing on ITV in 2007. The series follows various groups of holiday makers and staff in the all-inclusive Solana resort located in Benidorm. The series received strong ratings and later extended its runtime, running for 10 series ending in 2018. He wrote an episode of ''Not Going Out'' and is also the credited writer of an episode of the ''Only Fools and Horses'' spin-off ''The Green Green Grass''. In 2000, he app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Johnson
Sandy Johnson (born July 7, 1954) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the June 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. (A cropped image from this centerfold was used as a top-sheet graphic for the Burton Love 52 snowboard in 2008). Johnson was born into a family that included four older sisters in San Antonio, Texas. She attended Santa Monica Community College, then proceeded to obtain her Master's degree and Ph.D degree in Texas. After she appeared in ''Playboy'' Johnson went into acting. Her credits include ''Halloween'' (1978) as Judith Myers, the sister and first victim of murderer Michael Myers, ''Gas Pump Girls'' (1979) and '' H.O.T.S.'' (1979), alongside fellow Playmate Pamela Jean Bryant and eventual ''Playboy'' model K.C. Winkler. Filmography * ''Surfer Girls'' (1978) * ''Jokes My Folks Never Told Me'' (1978) – Various roles * ''Halloween'' (1978) – Judith Myers * '' H.O.T.S.'' (1979) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henderson (director)
John Henderson is an English film director, film and television director (born in England, 1949) After leaving advertising, Henderson's first directing job was for ''Spitting Image'' on ITV (TV network), ITV, which won him a British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA nomination. Henderson's other television credits include the multi award-winning double series ''The Borrowers (TV miniseries), The Borrowers'', winner of two BAFTAs, the 1999 Comic Relief ''Doctor Who'' skit ''The Curse of Fatal Death'' (no credit was given to him upon broadcast however he was credited and interviewed when the story was released on VHS later that year); two series of the comedy ''How Do You Want Me?'' starring Dylan Moran two series of the BBC's Sci-fi comedy ''Hyperdrive'', Saxondale, Benidorm and Shameless amongst others. He has also directed several feature films including ''Loch Ness (film), Loch Ness'', ''Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis'', ''Two Men Went to War'', and ''Mee-Shee: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
