Benidorm - Series 1

Another British comedy series my buddy Sander recommended is ITV’s Benidorm – a comedy show that plays on stereotypes of British tourist at an all inclusive Spanish poolside resort. We get the bickering and complaining common folks, the Garveys; the sarcastic and miserable middle class people, Martin and Kate Weedon; the dirty old swingers, Donald and Jacqueline Stewart; and a couple of others. The jokes involve stuffing faces at buffets, pop quizzes and karaoke nights, rooms with no view, teenage pregnancy, marriages breaking apart, a little partner swapping (and the confusion the insinuations cause), blackface Dixie night, latin lovers chasing blondes, or gays, rip offs on the beach, and floating turds in the pool... What can I say? It’s mildly funny and it slowly grows on you – like fungus, but in a pleasant way. LOL. I’m not going to say it’s hilarious, but the show’s been winning awards in the U.K. You might like it.