Sunburn was a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve. The cast included Michelle Collins, Rebecca Callard, Sharon Small, George Layton and Sean Maguire, with Paul Nicholas joining later. The series was created by Mike Bullen, who was interested in the behind-the-scenes lives of holiday reps after watching the docusoap Holiday Reps.[1] Bullen wrote most of the first series but scaled back his involvement in the second; most of that series' episodes were written by Lizzie Mickery.
Sunburn | |
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Genre | Drama Docudrama |
Created by | Mike Bullen |
Written by | Mike Bullen Lizzie Mickery |
Starring | Michelle Collins Rebecca Callard Sharon Small George Layton Sean Maguire Paul Nicholas Natalie J. Robb |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 mins |
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Original network | BBC One |
Picture format | 16:9 (also 4:3) |
Original release | 16 January 1999 (1999-01-16) – 1 May 2000 (2000-05-01) |
The series has never been officially released on video or DVD, nor in any digital format.
Character | Portrayed by | Seasons | |
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1 | 2 | ||
Niki Matthews | Michelle Collins | Main | |
Laura Hutchings | Rebecca Callard | Main | |
Carol Simpson | Sharon Small | Main | |
Greg Patterson | James Buller | Main | |
Alan Brookes | George Layton | Main | |
Lee Wilson | Sean Maguire | Main | |
Julie Hill | Colette Brown | Main | |
David Janus | Paul Nicholas | Main | |
Yiannis Kyprianou | Peter Polycarpou | Main | |
Maria Ioannides | Natalie J. Robb | Main | |
Tassos Ioannides | George Zenios | Main | |
Elena Kyprianou | Zeta Graff | Main |
Over the course of the two series many well known celebrities appeared including Isla Fisher, Josephine Tewson, James D'Arcy, Robin Askwith, Maxine Peake, Colin Baker, Windsor Davies, Cliff Parisi and John Pickard.
The theme song was sung by Collins and was released on cassette and CD in 1999[2]
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