Benidorm - Series 10, Episode 1 - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Anticipation is in the air at the Solana as it's Joyce and Monty's big day and Monty is steaming ahead with last-minute plans.
Further details
Anticipation is in the air at the Solana as it's Joyce and Monty's big day and Monty is steaming ahead with last-minute plans; will Joyce like his surprise venue, and just how good is the catering going to be?
Meanwhile, Sam has been left in charge at the Solana and can't resist the chance to make some extra cash by organising a raffle in Neptune's. It's also Billy and Sheron's 25th wedding anniversary holiday, but although they are determined to enjoy themselves, speculation could cause a feud.
Notes
This episode is dedicated to Bobby Knutt, 1945 - 2017.
Broadcast details
Date
Wednesday 28th February 2018
Time
9pm
Channel
Length
60 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
| Jake Canuso | Mateo |
|---|---|
| Janine Duvitski | Jacqueline Stewart |
| Tim Healy | Les / Lesley |
| Tony Maudsley | Kenneth |
| Sherrie Hewson | Joyce Temple Savage |
| John Challis | Monty |
| Shelley Longworth | Sam |
| Julie Graham | Sheron Dawson |
| Steve Edge | Billy Dawson |
| Bobby Knutt | Eddie Dawson |
| Kate Fitzgerald | Loretta |
Guest cast
| Michael Fenton Stevens | Sir Henry (British Consul) |
|---|---|
| Paul Chan | Mr. Wu |
| Nigel Havers | Stanley Keen |
| Stuart Milligan | Rutger |
| Michael Starke | Dodgy Dave |
| Flash Harry | Neptune's Singer |
| Tony Hadley | Self |
Writing team
| Derren Litten | Writer |
|---|
Production team
| David Sant | Director |
|---|---|
| Simon Bird | Producer |
| Derren Litten | Executive Producer |
| Paul Jackson | Executive Producer |
| Arnold Widdowson | Co-producer |
| Anne Patterson | Line Producer |
| Nick Ames | Editor |
| Andrew Lavin | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Scott Langridge | Costume Designer |
| Marcus Whitney | Make-up Designer |
| Mark Thomas | Composer |
| Trevelyan Oliver | Director of Photography |
| Tyrone Ridler | 1st Assistant Director |
Videos
Series 10 Trailer
ITV's award winning comedy Benidorm returns for its tenth series, and starts with a wedding.
Featuring: Jake Canuso (Mateo), Sherrie Hewson (Joyce Temple Savage) & John Challis (Monty).
Tony Hadley serenades Joyce and Monty
There are phone signal problems... but then Tony Hadley turns up.
Featuring: Jake Canuso (Mateo), Tony Maudsley (Kenneth), Sherrie Hewson (Joyce Temple Savage), John Challis (Monty) & Tony Hadley.
Press
For sheer flamboyance, there's no beating tubby hairdresser Kenneth (Tony Maudsley), who flounced into the sea as Benidorm (ITV) returned.
He was trying to swim back to the Solana hotel, from an island off the Costa Blanca coast, but only his necklace was washed ashore. Of the rest, nothing was found, not even his silver posing briefs. If he doesn't turn up, it's a clever way to write his character out of the show -- with the possibility of a comeback one day.
Nigel Havers. as the smarmy dentist taking over Kenneth's salon, is smoothly amusing, and the wonderful Janine Duvitski as elderly swinger Jacqueline is back.
But most of the best-loved Benidorm regulars have long since departed, and the show has a decrepit air, like a cheap hotel at the tail-end of the season.
Full marks, though, to a hilarious cameo from Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley, sending himself up as a shameless narcissist churning out the band's hits at a wedding. That was pure Gold.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 1st March 2018
The ITV institution is celebrating its 10th series in true Costa Del Sun style: that means sunburned bum cracks by the Hotel Solano pool, all-inclusive innuendo and (later in the series) evening entertainment provided by the Chuckle Brothers. In this episode, the big day arrives for hotel manager Joyce (Corrie veteran Sherrie Hewson) and Monty (John Challis from Only Fools and Horses), but will they make it to "I do"? Less a TV show, more a sunny retirement community for the light-entertainment stars of yesteryear.