7.6 /10 1 Votes7.6
Genre Drama Directed by Edmund Coulthard Country of origin United Kingdom Final episode date 16 August 2001 | 7.5/10 IMDb Composer(s) The Fratelli Brothers First episode date 2 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Joanna GriffithsRhian GrundyBrian HibbardLynn Hunter Awards British Academy Television Craft Award for Best New Director - Fiction Similar The Riff Raff Element, Wood and Walters, Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore, Manhunt: The Search for the Yo, Men Only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tales from Pleasure Beach is a British television drama series first broadcast on BBC Two between 2 and 16 August 2001. Written by Welsh playwright Roger Williams, the three episodes each feature a self-contained story against the backdrop of a seaside amusement park.
The series received a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Drama Series, but was beaten to the award by Cold Feet.
Filmed at Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl, South Wales, and Aberavon, Port Talbot, the series included performances from Ruth Jones, Rachel Isaac, Eve Myles and Siwan Morris.
Reception
Esther Addley, reviewing the second episode for The Guardian, said Tales from Pleasure Beach was "nicely shot, well acted and refreshingly frank in its portrayal of alcopop-swilling sexual manners", however she found it "rattling through a series of stock tableaux that juddered perceptively under the weight of their agony aunt morality".