Benidorm

Benidorm's Joyce turns cougar

Benidorm's snooty hotel boss Joyce Temple-Savage will turn cougar - as she lusts after Spanish barman Mateo.

It's surely time for the sun to set on ITV's once-sparkling comedy drama. Back tonight for a fifth series, the characters now seem as tired as the hotel they hijack each summer. Loose Women's Sherri Hewson arrives as the Solana's exacting new manager Joyce Temple Savage ("I've got a lot of experience in the travel industry. I spent three years under Richard Branson.") Otherwise it's pretty much business as usual. Tanorexic pensioner Madge (Shelia Reid) harangues daughter Janice (Siobhan Finneran) about her missing husband. Hapless handyman Liam (Adam Gillen) is still desperate for dating tips. And ageing swingers Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) and recently resurrected husband Donald (Kenny Ireland) are back on the prowl.

Most of the regulars return to top up their perma-tans but there's a significant newcomer tonight in the form of ex-Corrie stalwart, Loose Women's Sherrie Hewson as the new resort manager Joyce Temple Savage, determined to hoist the place up a star with expertise gained in "three years under Richard Branson". Such dodgy double entendres are the small-ish price to pay for Benidorm's warm, amiably recumbent fare.

Benidorm's Sherrie Hewson: 'Acting is like sex!'

What's On TV went poolside in Spain to speak to Sherrie Hewson about her new role in Benidorm as hotel boss Joyce Temple Savage.

A quick chat with Benidorm's Hugh Sachs

Summer may seem a long way off, but TV's most eccentric holidaymakers are back at the Solana this week to soak up the sun in a fifth series of the ITV1 comedy Benidorm. What's On TV caught up with Hugh Sachs, who plays Gavin, to find out more...

Siobhan Finneran reveals her new Benidorm secrets

As the new series of Benidorm kicks off on ITV1, we sit poolside at the Solana resort with actress Siobhan Finneran to find out what's in store for the Garveys this time round...

Sherrie Hewson interview

Sherrie Hewson returns to acting when she joins the cast of Benidorm, as new hotel manager Joyce Temple Savage.

Benidorm actor Kenny: We're called pervs

Kenny Ireland and his on-screen wife get called perverts because of their characters' fondness for swinging.

A biddy too much for Benidorm's Jake Canuso

Jake Canuso says playing sleazy barman Mateo has its downside - because he gets chatted up by old ladies.

Family Fortunes plan festive TOWIE v Benidorm special

This year's festive TV turkey comes courtesy of [y]ITV[/y], which is planning a prime time "idiot off", pitting the intellectual skills of the cast of TOWIE against the brains from Benidorm.