{"id":10940,"date":"2021-04-26T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T13:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/sandylands-renewed-uktvs-gold\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T10:16:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:16:57","slug":"sandylands-renewed-for-uktvs-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/04\/26\/sandylands-renewed-for-uktvs-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandylands Renewed for UKTV&#8217;s Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has commissioned another season of <em>Sandylands<\/em> for the comedy channel Gold.<\/p>\n<p>The new season, produced by King Bert Productions, sees the return of Sanjeev Bhaskar (<em>Unforgotten<\/em>, <em>Porters<\/em>) as Les Vegas and Natalie Dew (<em>Roadkill<\/em>) as Emily Verma. This season also welcomes Tracy-Ann Oberman (<em>Friday Night Dinner<\/em>, <em>Toast of London<\/em>) as Donna Vegas, Emily\u2019s estranged mother and diva extraordinaire.<\/p>\n<p>Other returning cast include David Walliams (<em>After Ever After<\/em>, <em>The Midnight Gang<\/em>) and Sophie Thompson (<em>Feel Good<\/em>, <em>Coronation Street<\/em>) as oddball next-door neighbors Derek and Jeannie Swallows, plus Simon Bird (<em>Friday Night Dinner<\/em>, <em>Inbetweeners<\/em>) as police officer Nathan Wild and Craig Parkinson (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>The English Game<\/em>) as local nightclub owner Terry Chino. Harriet Webb (<em>I May Destroy You<\/em>,<em> The Split<\/em>) is back as Emily\u2019s BFF, Tina Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Writers Martin Collins and Alex Finch said: \u201cWe are so excited to be back in <em>Sandylands<\/em> and working with the brilliant team at UKTV. We can&#8217;t wait for everyone to see what we&#8217;ve got in store for our incredible cast and are absolutely delighted to be welcoming some amazing new faces on a return trip to the beautiful British seaside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pete Thornton, head of scripted at UKTV, said: \u201c<em>Sandylands<\/em> is a special place for me, and I\u2019m really pleased to finally be returning to it after the long winter months of lockdown. Series one introduced us to a clutch of highly original characters played by an extraordinarily talented cast, and I know the Gold audience will be looking forward to their further adventures, as imagined by two of our most original comic minds, Alex Finch and Martin Collins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Casey, channel director for Gold, said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to see the return of this fresh and funny comedy on Gold. It\u2019s such a fantastic lineup and the characters are so expertly crafted by Collins and Finch. I can\u2019t wait to see more!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jo Sargent, exec producer for King Bert, added: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be returning to sunny <em>Sandylands<\/em> for another season and to have Tracy-Ann Oberman joining our illustrious cast. Martin and Alex have outdone themselves with brilliantly funny scripts that will see Les\u2019s estranged \u2018widow&#8217; Donna returning home to stake her claim to the Les Vegas business empire and her daughter &#8230; in that order! Thank you to the team at UKTV and Gold, the perfect home for this show.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has commissioned another season of Sandylands for the comedy channel Gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[86,2649,81],"class_list":["post-10940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-gold","tag-sandylands","tag-uktv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sandylands Renewed for UKTV&#039;s Gold - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/04\/26\/sandylands-renewed-for-uktvs-gold\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sandylands Renewed for UKTV&#039;s Gold - 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