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Natalie Dew and Sanjeev Bhaskar are returning for a second series of Sandylands.
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TV crews and celebrities will be out and about in Weston over the next few weeks as filming for the next series of Sandyland begins.
Filming for the new series, which is produced by King Bert Productions, began yesterday (Monday), with the crew setting up a base on the Beach Lawns. Actors from the show were also spotted in Sand Bay and outside Club Tabu, in the Boulevard.
Sanjeev Bhaskar spotted outside Weston s Club Tabu during filming for Sandylands.
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The Gold TV channel has commissioned a second series of its seaside comedy-drama Sandylands.
Sanjeev Bhaskar is to return as Les Vegas – an amusement arcade owner who disappeared at sea in a pedalo, although it was soon revealed he had faked his own death – with Natalie Dew as his daughter Emily.
Friday Night Dinner and Toast of London star Tracy-Ann Oberman joins the comedy for the series as Donna Vegas, Emily’s estranged mother and ‘diva extraordinaire’.
Returning cast members include David Walliams and Sophie Thompson as oddball next-door neighbours Derek and Jeannie Swallows, Simon Bird as police officer Nathan Wild, Craig Parkinson as nightclub owner Terry Chino and Harriet Webb as Emily’s friend Tina.
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Variety has learned.
The six-episode show, which was ordered to series back in February, is set to begin production on April 19 in London. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Cole.
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