Where is benidorm filmed

When I asked what the series was about they replied it was about a typical family coming on an all-inclusive holiday to Benidorm …. Anyone could apply to be an extra in the first couple of series — so long as you were here in Benidorm for the duration of filming.

That has now changed and you need to have a social security number and be a resident. All the extras were Brits in the beginning — but now I think that it is about half British half Spanish. Those accepted were told to bring a selection of casual clothes, eveningwear and swimwear which were kept in the wardrobe department — which was and still is one of the hotel rooms on the first floor of the Sol Pelicanos hotel.

When filming you will often see a clothes rail on the balcony at the front — that is the wardrobe department! All the filming has to be done during the day when the club is shut to the public — the crew arrive around 6am to move furniture and lay cabling which has to be packed away each evening then bought back again the following day to continue filming.

You can always tell when they are filming there as they have a line of Primoti vans parked up outside plus generators — as well as a green gazebo on the terrace for the cast. The extra's all sit together under the blue tent to the side of the shoot waiting to be called upon. The vast majority look thoroughly bored and are either reading a book or playing games on their mobiles - oh the excitement of being an extra!

Most of the time is just spent waiting for Helena, the extra's co-ordinator to call them in. She gets the message via her walkie talkie that they require some extra's and she then calls out names from her clipboard and in they go making a note which ones are in a particular scene - incase they need to re-shoot.

The pool scenes are more exciting as you can spend the day lounging around on a sunbed and reading whilst topping up your tan! However, I remember back to series 1 when I was an extra and had to keep getting in and out of the pool which by November was freezing - you had to pretend it was lovely and warm which was no mean feat considering that my teeth would be chattering and lips turning blue.

The knock on effect for local businesses is fantastic and everyone wants to visit the various locations when here. As for cameo appearances, the list of those having graced the Solana Resort is impressive. Johnn Vegas as Geoff and Mark Heap as Malcom in Benidorm: Lee said the strict rules comes despite them only seeing a single scene being filmed during their week long break, which began on June 8.

It has absolutely ruined it for us and we wouldn't come back. It has been a holiday from hell. Lee said the strict rules comes despite them only seeing a single scene being filmed during their week long break, which began on June 8.

A spokesperson for Tiger Aspect Productions, the team behind the show, said: 'The cast and crew of Benidorm are currently enjoying their 10th year filming in and around the resort. Lee said he and his mother Susan's holiday was 'absolutely ruined' by the disruption.

Lee, from Stockport, pictured with his mother Susan, said: 'I feel horrible'. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.

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