The ninth series of the ITV television series Benidorm, which is a sitcom set in an all-inclusive holiday resort (The Solana) in Benidorm, Spain, began broadcasting on 1 March 2017, consisting of nine episodes. The series was written by Derren Litten, Gaby Hull, Mark Brotherhood and Damon Rochefort. It was directed by both Robin Shepperd and David Sant. Returning from the eighth series included Solana staff Mateo Castellanos (Jake Canuso), Les/Lesley Conroy (Tim Healy) and Joyce Temple-Savage (Sherrie Hewson) and hairdressers Kenneth Du Beke (Tony Maudsley) and Troy Ganatra (Paul Bazely). Holidaymakers included the Dawson family, consisting of parents Billy (Steve Edge) and Sheron (Julie Graham), their children Rob (Josh Bolt) and Jodie (Honor Kneafsey) and Billy's father Eddie (Bobby Knutt), Tiger Dyke (Danny Walters), Joey Ellis (Nathan Bryon), Jacqueline Stewart (Janine Duvitski) and the Maltby family, consisting of Geoff (Johnny Vegas), Noreen (Elsie Kelly) and Pauline (Selina Griffiths). Adam Gillen reprised his role as hairdresser Liam Conroy, having last appeared in the seventh series as a regular before making a guest appearance in the previous series, whereas Shelley Longworth reprised her role as Sam Wood, a former holidaymaker who is now a holiday rep, for the first time since the fifth series. New additions to the cast included Kate Fitzgerald as Sheron's mother Loretta Chase and Simon Greenall as barman Neville.
Cast
Main Jake Canuso as Mateo Castellanos Tim Healy as Les/Lesley Conroy Tony Maudsley as Kenneth Du Beke Adam Gillen as Liam Conroy Shelley Longworth as Sam Wood Sherrie Hewson as Joyce Temple-Savage Danny Walters as Tiger Dyke Bobby Knutt as Eddie Dawson Steve Edge as Billy Dawson Julie Graham as Sheron Dawson Josh Bolt as Rob Dawson Honor Kneafsey as Jodie Dawson Nathan Bryon as Joey Ellis Kate Fitzgerald as Loretta Chase Janine Duvitski as Jacqueline Stewart Paul Bazely as Troy Ganatra Elsie Kelly as Noreen Maltby Johnny Vegas as Geoff Maltby Selina Griffiths as Pauline Maltby Simon Greenall as Neville
Recurring Jonathan Hawkins as Motown Jonathan Paul Chan as Mr Wu John Challis as Monty Staines Michael Fenton Stevens as Sir Henry Mark Heap as Malcolm Barrett
Guest Nigel Havers as Stanley Keen Amanda Barrie as Psychic Sue Joan Collins as Crystal Hennessy-Vass David O'Reilly as Bean
Episodes
Home media The ninth series was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 8 May 2017. Distributed by 2 Entertain, it was released as a three-disc set.
The ninth series first became available for streaming through Netflix in the United Kingdom on 6 December 2017.
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