First UK transmission: Wednesday 8 July 1992 - 7pm to 7.30pm

  • BBC: Friday 10 July 1992 - 1.50pm to 2.20pm
  • UK Gold: Tuesday 1 August 1995
  • UK Gold: Tuesday 8 January 2002
  • U&Drama: Monday 27 January 2025

Writer: John Maynard
Director: Philip Draycott

Patricia Brake - Gwen Lockhead
Campbell Morrison - Drew Lockhead
Josh Nathan - Blair Lockhead
Julie Fernandez - Nessa Lockhead
Polly Perkins - Trish Valentine
Kai Maurer - Dieter Shultz
Leslee Udwin - Joy Slater
Patch Connolly - Snowy White
Franco Rey - Roberto Fernandez
Stella Maris - Rosario Fernandez
Maria Sanchez - Maria Fernandez
Iker Ibáñez - Javier Fernandez
Jesse Birdsall - Marcus Tandy
Sandra Sandri - Pilar Moreno
Faith Kent - Olive King
Framboise Gommendy - Isabelle Leduc
Mikael Philippe - Arnaud Leduc
Nanna Møller - Lene Svendsen
Kim Rømer - Per Svendsen
Marchell Betak - Trine Svendsen
Darren Newton - Gavin Hindle
Jon Morrey - Allan Hindle
Roger Walker - Bunny Charlson
Kathy Pitkin - Fizz Charlson
José Antonio Navarro - Antonio

Chris D'Oyly John - Production manager
Mairin Blake - Location manager
John Dailley - Senior cameraman
Robert Miles - Sound supervisor
Judith Healey - Boom operator
John Galbraith - Boom operator
Bill Minto - Lighting director
Jim Smart - Gaffer
Bill Morton - Vision mixer
Bob Elton - Prop master
Paul Woods - Prop buyer
Andrew McKenzie - Wardrobe master
Catrin Richards - Make-up assistant
Michael Hunt - Videotape editor
Keron Steele - Dubbing Mixer
Alison Davis - Script editor
Arthur Tarry - Accountant
Pauline Granby - Accounts assistant
Dusty Symonds - BBC production executive
Verity Lambert - Executive producer
John Dark - Executive producer
David Shanks - Line producer
Keith Harris - Production designer
Julia Smith - Producer

Created and storylined by - Tony Holland

A Cinema Verity and J. Dark y J. Todesco production for BBC Television

Copyright BBC MCMXCII

Music playing in this episode:

  • Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BMV 582 - J.S. Bach: playing in Olive Kings apartment
  • Maybe This Time - Liza Minelli: sung by Trish Valentine in Joy's bar
  • As Long As He Needs Me - Shirley Bassey: sung by Trish Valentine in Joy's bar
  • Del Mal Al Bien - Ketama: playing in Joy's bar
  • You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield: sung by Trish Valentine in Joy's bar

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  • Stanley and Rosemary arrive at their new villa, but their furniture is nowhere to be seen.
  • Trish plays a gig while Dieter drinks her earnings.
  • Fizz turns heads in Los Barcos, but one of her admirers is more sinister than the others.

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