After a BAFTA nomination for the first series and ratings success for the second, ITV is delighted to announce that our favourite holiday makers will be returning in 2009 with a one hour special and eight new episodes.
The award-winning creator Derren Litten once again pleased the critics with his Brits abroad observations; “Benidorm is back with a tasty mix of spot-on characterisation, humour, and terrible karaoke with some of Britain’s best actors”, “tacky and terrific – a real guilty pleasure”, “Derren’s winningly bawdy sitcom succeeds because it manages to get us laughing with, rather than at its gallery of grotesques”…
With the second series featuring a new baby, a proposal, first love, fighting, cheating, a wedding, pregnancy and memory loss, a one hour special picks up where things were left with several characters in prison, hospital or disappearing out to sea on a parasail! A third series of eight episodes will follow, which finds the cast members reunited one year later.
ITV’s director of television, Peter Fincham says: “Benidorm has a fantastic mix of warmth, charm, and fun. I am delighted to have this popular series returning to the channel next year.”
Paul Jackson, ITV’s director of Entertainment and Comedy, says: “Gaining a BAFTA nomination for ‘best sitcom’ was a fantastic moment and with such impressive ratings ITV is very pleased to commission more. Benidorm has performed brilliantly on the channel and on-line. The series clearly has a great fan base.”
Producer Geoffrey Perkins, from Tiger Aspect, adds: “Paul Jackson and ITV took a big risk with Benidorm and we are delighted that is has turned out to be a success. We have had a tremendous response from viewers about the characters and world we have created. Derren Litten and I are very excited at getting the chance to build on that with a one-off special and a third series.”
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