Benidorm Series 5

BENIDORM will return for a fifth season, TV Biz can reveal - and superbitch actress Joan Collins wants to be in it.
Ex-Dynasty star Joan, 77, is a big fan after her sister Jackie got her hooked.

Author Jackie revealed Joan's interest in the ITV1 comedy in a Twitter message to creator and writer Derren Litten.

She wrote: "Benidorm is totally fab. My sis Joan Collins would love to do a guest shot on it. I got her addicted!!!"

Derren had quit the show - but had a change of heart after the last series pulled in eight million viewers. And Joan's interest clinched it.

He tweeted back: "Joan Collins in Benidorm??!! I ain't gonna let ANYONE else write that. Looks like I'm coming back."

Joan, who starred in 1979 film The Bitch, is four years older than Sheila Reid, who plays Madge.

A possible role could be as a cougar conquest for lothario Mateo.

Guests on Benidorm, named Best Comedy at the National Television Awards, have included Cilla Black, Bananarama and X Factor's Danyl Johnson.

A show source said: "We'd welcome Joan with open arms.

I hope Pauline the alcoholic comes back she was priceless. The scene a couple of weeks ago were her mother was singing the recordbrakers tune what pure genius.

Crissy Rock has been axed from 'Benidorm'.

The 51-year-old actress is to depart the sitcom after four years playing Janey York, who is in charge of the run-down Solana Hotel featured in the hit ITV1 show.

The new series is set to start with the hotel having been taken over by new bosses, meaning there is no longer a place for Janey.

A show spokesperson said: "We'd like to thank Crissy for her contribution over the years."

Despite Crissy's departure, show insiders insist the new series will be more exciting than ever.

A source said: "It's sad but we do freshen up 'Benidorm' every year as new holidaymakers or staff come and go.

"The new series will be no exception, so expect lots of exciting new stories and some special guest stars."

While Crissy won't be seen in the new series of the programme, veteran actress Joan Collins could make an appearance after her sister, author Jackie Collins, revealed her to be a huge fan of the show.

Jackie tweeted to the show's creator Derren Litten: "Benidorm is totally fab. My sis Joan Collins would love to do a guest shot on it. I got her addicted!!!"

Derren responded, saying: "Wow! That's amazing! But what about you too?! We want you BOTH!"

Previous guest stars on 'Benidorm' have included Cilla Black and Bananarama.

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Sad to see Janey go i really don't want Madge to go ever though, so comical

Loose Women's Sherrie Hewson will join the cast of ITV1 comedy Benidorm, it has been announced.

The former Coronation Street star will make her debut when the award-winning show returns for a fifth series next year.

Hewson will play forthright, experienced hotel manager Joyce Temple-Savage, who plans to shake up the Solana resort and make it a four-star hotel, much to the surprise of the regular holidaymakers.

"I am absolutely thrilled about joining Benidorm, I have watched and loved it from the very beginning," the actress said. "I am so excited about being part of such an iconic show and working with an amazing cast."

Hewson added: "My character is so brilliantly written that I can't wait to start filming."

The 60-year-old will also return to Loose Women later this year.

I have such mixed feelings....loved Janie but don`t care for Sherrie Hewson. With the brilliant writing though, I`m sure I`ll get to like her.
They`d better not even think of getting rid of Donald and Jacqueline Stewart....ever. They`re my fave couple.

My fav is Mateo

Janice is the best!

i was watching the filming last week at morgans tavern(neptunes), saw sherrie hewson,matthew kelly ,mateo & madge (kissing).the garveys.jacqueline & donald.les/ lesley & liam,gavin & kenneth,sam (with a broken arm this time),noreen. so should be another great series next year cant wait.

no joan collins , but janice looked beautiful ,

Benidorm’s TV holidaymakers are set to stage a rebellion in the brand new series.

The characters who stay at the famous Solaris Hotel are in for a shock when they check in.

They are banned from singing karaoke.

And they are also told to smarten up their appearance and stop wearing tacky beach shorts and bikinis.

Chaos looms when a new boss takes over at the hotel.

Snooty Joyce Temple-Savage (played by Loose Women star Sherrie Hewson, 61) takes over the running of the place from Janey Yorke (I’m A Celebrity’s Crissy Rock).

She is horrified to discover the hotel is not five-star, has a tranny waiter Les (Tim Healy), a sex-mad barman Mateo (Jake Can*uso) and common-as-muck guests.

So she sets about trying to upgrade the Solaris.

Her new rules include banning karaoke nights at the hotel’s club the Neptune and bringing in new dress codes. But her plan quickly backfires.

The guests and staff plot a mutiny to bring her down.

A show source said: “Joyce thinks the Solaris is tacky and wants to make it posh.

“But she has a fight on her hands.

“Expect fireworks right from the start of the new series.”

Newcomer and former Corrie actress Sherrie found herself mobbed by real-life holidaymakers when she joined the Benidorm cast.

She loved to walk from her hotel to the set each day.

But the 10-minute stroll turned into an hour most days as she was accosted for photos and autographs.

The new series starts on ITV1 next month.

KATE O'MARA is to sharpen her talons for a guest role in Benidorm. The Dynasty star — whose character remains a secret — is one of five actors to have cameos in the fifth series of the ITV sitcom.

Kate is best known for playing Alexis Colby's scheming sister Caress Morrell in the 90s US soap.

She starred alongside Joan Collins who also wants to appear in Benidorm after her writer sister Jackie showed her some episodes.

Matthew Kelly, My Family star Michael Fenton Stevens, Scottish actress Siobhan Redmond and veteran northern TV star Ted Robbins will also take guest roles.

As the show returns later this month, the Solano has a new boss, Joyce Temple-Savage — played by Loose Woman Sherrie Hewson — who wants to turn the resort into a four-star hotel.

Cameo ... Matthew Kelly's guest roleAn insider said: "Sherrie soon learned that the cast are treated like rock stars in Benidorm and was mobbed every day when they filmed on location."

Show star Steve Pemberton — Mick Garvey in the sitcom — has penned three episodes of this season, which also has show creator Derren Little back on board as writer.

Cast and production were thrilled that creator Derren decided to return following a threat to quit after series four.



Loose woman ... Sherrie Hewston also has guest partAn insider said: "Steve was a natural fit to write alongside Derren as he's part of the 'Benidorm family'. Everyone was very pleased."

Show sources said regular Jake Canuso — who plays womanising barman Mateo — spent six weeks in the gym prior to filming the first episode.

And the heat played havoc for transsexual barman Les/Lesley (Tim Healy) who found his make-up sliding off.



They're back ... Benidorm regularsThis series, the Garveys — Mick (Steve Pemberton), Janice (Siobhan Finneran), Michael (Oliver Stokes) and Madge (Sheila Reid) all return to their all-inclusive resort.

But Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) comes back alone following her husband Donald's (Kenny Ireland) faked death.


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Friday 24th February

NEW SERIES: The first day of the holidays, and chaos reigns at the Solana Hotel. Staff regulars Mateo (Jake Canuso) and Les/Lesley (Tim Healy) can barely keep control. Les’s son Liam (Adam Gillen) is now the hotel ‘s hopeless handyman. When will the new manager appear? A coachload of angry holiday-makers arrives – including an irate Gavin (Hugh Sachs) and Noreen (Elsie Kelly): somehow, the travel company has lost all their luggage.

2nd March
The Solana's new manageress - Joyce Temple-Savage (Sherrie Hewson) is organising a dance competition for the guests. Everyone is eager to take part, and rehearsals are supervised by an old flame of Joyce's - TV's Cyril Babcock (Matthew Kelly) - an ageing juve whose impatience with the talent-lite contestants leads to a hilarious dance-off with smouldering Mateo (Jake Canuso).

Kenneth (Tony Maudsley) hires a drab assistant (Carmen) for his salon whose minimal knowledge of hair-dressing and the English language leads to an unfortunate accident with her first client - Solana guest Mr Dixon (Ian Lindsay). Kenneth tries to cheer up Gavin (Hugh Sachs) - who's sorely missing partner Troy, but Gavin's very reluctant to take part in the dance competition (though Kenneth has a good idea who his partner could be .)

Janice (Siobhan Finneran) is shocked to see Jack (Elliott Jordan) at the pool bar. Jack made her heart skip a beat several years before, and nearly ruined Madge's wedding to Mel. When she confronts him, he seems not to know her. What's he playing at? And will Mick (Steve Pemberton) turn up in time to prevent a nasty scene? As Noreen (Elsie Kelly) boogies with Mateo, and Liam (Adam Gillen) jives with Trudy (Michelle Butterly) - the drama unfolds.

With guest star Matthew Kelly.

Cant wait for this. love benidorm

Siobhan Fenneran has said that she supports the idea of a Benidorm movie.

The Janice Garvey actress believes that the success of The Inbetweeners shows that the ITV comedy would suit a film spinoff.

She told What's on TV: "It would be exciting, yes. We don't know if there's a movie in the pipeline but why not? If The Inbetweeners has been a huge success, I'm sure we could be, too."

Meanwhile, she said of the show's continued triumph in the ratings: "I think people who have stuck with it from the beginning are telling their friends and family to watch it, so it's just grown. If you talk to people they say, 'Oh I'd never seen it but then somebody told me to watch it or friends bought me the box set'. And now they've now caught up."

Finneran, who also stars in Downton Abbey, added: "There's nothing else like it on the telly and we go out at a great time of year. We go out in February when everyone's fed up, cold, miserable, and we bring a bit of sunshine into their lives. You can sit and have a good giggle. If it's up your street you can have a good laugh at it."

Benidorm's fourth series, which features guest stars Kate O'Mara and Matthew Kelly, begins next Friday (February 24) at 9pm. ?? Thought it is 5th series?

Yeh i thinkit os the fifth series. ive gt the first four on dvds.I do love benidorm the place and the programme

Benidorm
Episode: 3 of 7
Friday, 9 March 2012, 9:00PM - 10:00PM
Entertainment & Comedy


Mick (Steve Pemberton) is horrified that his nice-but-dim brother Pete (Shaun Dooley) is due in Benidorm with crusty dad Stan (David Bradley) for a stag party. To everyone's surprise, Pete is about to get married. Mick cannot conceal his impatience with hopeless Pete, and the family reunion gets off to a bad start.

Imagining - mistakenly - that Troy has broken up with him, Gavin (Hugh Sachs) agrees to a date with pretty Emilio. But when Kenneth discovers that Gavin has misunderstood a text from Troy - he is nearly too late to save him from an unfortunate holiday romance.
Meanwhile, Trudy (Michelle Butterly) hatches a plan to get intimate with Mateo, by pretending to drown in the pool while he's on duty as a life-guard. Her hopes of some extended mouth-to-mouth resuscitation are ruined by the arrival of Les - dressed as Pamela Anderson - whose forceful attentions aren't quite what she had in mind.

Donald (Kenny Ireland) suggests fancy dress for the stag party, and both he and Kenneth (Tony Maudsley) opt for the Rita Heyworth look. Michael (Oliver Stokes) and Liam (Adam Gillen) get rather the worse for wear, and everyone is shocked when Donald takes them to see Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) perform her erotic strip-tease at a local club. Can Stan bring about a reconciliation between Mick and his brother? And why might this be Stan's last holiday?
With guest stars David Bradley and Shaun Dooley.

Benidorm
Episode: 4 of 7
Friday, 16 March 2012, 9:00PM - 10:00PM
Entertainment & Comedy



The Garveys (Siobhan Finneran, Steve Pemberton, Oliver Stokes) are alarmed by rumours of a gang kidnapping the unwary and stealing their organs, so when Michael sees a tall dark stranger bundling Madge (Sheila Reid) into a car, they're convinced she's a victim.

In pursuit of her fourth star for the Solana, Joyce (Sherrie Hewson) has invited Victor St James (Ted Robbins) of Costa Class magazine to visit the hotel. She instructs Mateo (Jake Canuso) to cook an authentic Spanish paella. Les (Tim Healy) agrees to help and sends Liam (Adam Gillen) out to buy ingredients. Things begin to go wrong when he brings back a live chicken, which Liam has christened Meryl.

Trudy (Michelle Butterly) undertakes to be ladylike for 24 hours in order to win a bet with Sam (Shelley Longworth), while Donald (Kenny Ireland) and Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) plug into a new app connecting them to other swingers in the area.

When the Garveys eventually find Madge, the tall dark stranger turns out to be Mohammed, an old friend of Mel's, who might have some very good news for all of them. And Victor St James isn't quite as classy as Joyce was expecting. But who will be the organ robbers next victim?

With guest stars Dhafer L'Abidine and Ted Robbins.

Episode: 5 of 7
Friday, 23 March 2012, 9:00PM - 10:00PM
Entertainment & Comedy


The British Olympic Synchronised Swimming team is in town to practise, and Joyce (Sherrie Hewson) has persuaded them to stay at the Solana. Hazel, the team's strict coach, (Siobhan Redmond) is shocked at the poor facilities, but agrees to Joyce's ambitious plan for a gala display in the hotel pool that night. The girls are due for a break from their rigorous training, and Liam (Adam Gillen) escorts them (and Michael - Oliver Stokes) on a sight seeing tour of beautiful Calpe - just along the coast.

Madge (Sheila Reid) is very keen on handsome Mohammed (Dhafer L'Abidine) - the son of a wealthy property developer who knew Mel. Mick and Janice (Steve Pemberton and Siobhan Finneran) are shocked to learn that Madge intends to marry him. She says it's a marriage of convenience. but how will she benefit?

At Calpe, Liam fails to stop the attractive young swimmers joining an 18 -30 booze cruise, the very cruise that Trudy (Michelle Butterly) and Sam (Shelley Longworth) are heading for in search of some hot party action. But Danny (Carl Rice) won't let Trudy on board: she's too old. Or Michael: he's too young. Trudy - however - has a cunning plan.

What happens when the swimmers turn up drunk to the gala? And why does everyone end up in the pool? And what happens when Noreen locks herself and Gavin on a balcony, high out of ear-shot?
With guest stars Siobhan Redmond, Dhafer L'Abidine and Carl Rice.

BenidormEpisode: 7 of 7
Friday, 6 April 2012, 9:00PM - 10:00PM

Joyce (Sherrie Hewson) is convinced that at last the hotel assessor has arrived. That coveted fourth star is within reach! Nothing must go wrong while Mrs Simmonds (Kate O'Mara) is in residence.

Unwisely, Joyce has chosen this day to turf Kenneth (Tony Maudsley) out of his salon for the late payment of rent. Kenneth is furious - and he and Joyce have a running cat-fight which ends with them both in the hotel pool, and Kenneth minus his two front teeth. Mrs Simmonds sees it all, and to compensate for the poor impression created, Joyce offers her any service at the hotel - for free. Mrs Simmonds would like a manicure. So Joyce has to patch things up with Kenneth .

Other guests at the hotel include Lennie (Anthony Denham) and Neville - two underworld figures who gave Donald (Kenny Ireland) a very hard time when he was in prison, and threaten the same now they've tracked him down in Benidorm. But Donald has agreed to help Sir Henry (Michael Fenton Stevens) - the British consul involved in Donald's arrest for fraud, now down on his luck. And Sir Henry might just be able to help Donald too.

Mick (Steve Pemberton) reveals to the rest of the Garveys that all the sunbed shops Mel left them have been destroyed by fire. And that's not the worst of it. Madge (Sheila Reid) is bitterly angry and turns on Mick, but Michael (Oliver Stokes) denounces her. She's just plain nasty, and always has been.

Who exactly is Mrs Simmonds? How will Joyce cope when the real assessor reveals himself? And what can Michael do to bring the Garveys back together?

With guest stars Kate O'Mara, Anthony Denham and Michael Fenton Stevens.



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BenidormEpisode: 6 of 7
Friday, 30 March 2012, 9:00PM - 10:00PM

Madge (Sheila Reid) is preparing for her wedding to Mohammed (Dhafer L'Abidine) - wealthy son of Mel's old business partner. But Mick and Michael (Steve Pemberton and Oliver Stokes) come across him drinking with mates in a sports bar. When Michael spots Mohammed in a commercial on the bar's television, Mick realises that Mohammed isn't quite who he seems. They follow him to the mediaeval jousting arena - a local tourist attraction.

Joyce (Sherrie Hewson) recruits Donald (Kenny Ireland) and Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) to help her spy on her staff. Somebody in the hotel must be feeding negative stories about the Solana to the local press. With so much bad publicity, she'll never get her 4th star!

Meanwhile, Trudy (Michelle Butterly) is intent in playing a trick on Sam (Shelley Longworth), and appears to convince her that Liam (Adam Gillen) slept with her while she was drunk - without protection. Reluctant conspirator Liam is sent off to buy a pregnancy testing kit.

The Garveys take their revenge on Mohammed in a spectacular scene at the jousting arena, Donald uncovers the Solana mole, Sam has the last laugh on Trudy - and an old favourite at the Solana makes an unexpected appearance .

With guest stars Dhafer L'Abidine



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does anyone know who sang the classical song in benidorm series 5 episode 5 where they all jumped in the pool with the sycronised swimmers?