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''Westbeach'' is a British
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series produced by Witzend Productions for the
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in 1993. The series was set in the fictional seaside town of Westbeach (filmed on location in
Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
) and dealt with two rival families, the Cromers and the Prestons, who controlled the local businesses. The Preston family owned an upmarket seafront hotel, while the Cromers ran an amusement arcade and a fish-and-chip shop. One series of ten episodes was produced. ''The Times'' described the "dismal performance" of the BBC's three new flagships dramas which included ''Westbeach'', the programme only achieved 6.27 million viewers and was ranked 69th.


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Oliver Cotton Oliver Charles Cotton (born 20 June 1944) is an English actor, comedian and playwright, known for his prolific work on stage, TV and film. He remains best known for his role as Cesare Borgia in the BBC's 1981 drama series '' The Borgias''. Early ...
– Alan Cromer *
Deborah Grant Deborah Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress. Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series '' Bergerac''. Since 2007, she has appeared in the sitcom ''Not Going ...
– Sarah Preston *
Michael Attwell Michael John Attwell (16 January 1943 – 18 March 2006) was an English film and television actor. He is possibly best known for his role as Kenny Beale in the television soap opera ''EastEnders''. After training at RADA (studying Stage Manage ...
– Ray Cromer *
Debby Bishop Debby Bishop (also credited as Debbie Bishop) is a British actress. She appeared in the second series of the television crime drama '' Widows 2'', having taken over the part of Bella O'Reilly from Eva Mottley who died before production began. B ...
– Yola Cromer * Lesley Duff – Maggie Cromer *
David Horovitch David Horovitch (born 11 August 1945) is an English actor, perhaps best known for playing the character of Inspector Slack in ''Miss Marple''. He stars in the '' Game of Thrones'' prequel series ''House of the Dragon'' as Grand Maester Mellos. ...
– Hugo Preston *
Annie Lambert Annie Lambert (born 3 January 1946) is a British actress, best known to fans of the science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' for her role as Enlightenment in the 1982 serial '' Four to Doomsday''. She grew up in East Sussex and her ...
– Alex Preston * Imogen Boorman – Hannah Preston *
Tony Caunter Anthony Patrick Caunter (born 22 September 1937) is a Retired British actor best known for his role as Jack Shepherd in the Yorkshire TV sitcom ''Queenie's Castle'' and also his portrayal of Roy Evans in ''EastEnders'' from 1994 to 2003. The s ...
– Bill Cromer *
Lee Ross Lee David Ross (August 25, 1942 – May 14, 2021) was a Canadian-American professor. He held the title of the Stanford Federal Credit Union Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University and was an influential social psychologist wh ...
– Chris Cromer *
Ricco Ross Ricco Ross is an American actor. Life and career Born at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, he is the fifth of eight children, and in addition has three step sisters and another brother from his father's first marriage. He first acted ...
– Greg Dacosta *
Edna Doré Edna Lillian Doré (née Gorring; 31 May 1921 – 11 April 2014) was a British actress. She was known for her bit-part roles in sitcoms and for playing the character of Mo Butcher in '' EastEnders'' from 1988 to 1990. Career Doré began her c ...
– Iris Cromer *
Jo Warne Josephine Margaret Warne (2 January 1938 – 13 January 2017), better known as Jo Warne, was an English actress, who briefly played Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', making her first appearance on 30 April 1991. She appeared ...
– Betty Cromer * Cherith Mellor – Jean Cromer * Ben Porter – Simon Cromer * Siobhan Burke – Jan Cromer *
Pat Keen Patricia Margaret "Pat" Keen (21 October 1933 – 1 March 2013) was an English actress whose career on stage, television and film ran from the 1950s to the 2000s. Born in Willesden, Brent, London, Keen trained at the Central School of Spee ...
– Florrie Dawson * Alison Lomas – Angela


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