[11] The first series debuted on Channel 5 as an eight-part primetime production based in Benidorm,[13] with a cast that included Graham 'Happy Days' Boland,[14] the drag artist Dusty Crack[15] and various residents of the Villamar campsite.
[12] The 2019 season's fourth episode covers Andy Wainwright, an antique dealer who had moved from Wollaton to Costa del Sol 15 years prior.
In 2024 the cast[27] included Ding Dong Val, the Avon sales lady, ex-haulage contractor Uncle Ron, who was now getting into the bar business in Benidorm, pitmaster Chunkz from barbecue business The Saucy Pig, holiday park representative Bambi Dhami,[28] part-time drag queen Colin ‘Coco’ Brown, seen performing his act by night and at the animal rescue centre he runs with his Spanish partner Sebastian in Murcia during the day, Nigel the Benidorm TikTok Guide and drag duo Wayne and Des.
[29] Series 12 debuted in September 2024 in a 4pm slot[30][31] with the cast including Welsh singer Laura Elen,[32] bar owner Simon Dearing[33] and JoJo Love.
It started off as Bargain-Loving Brits in Blackpool in 2017 before locations on the east coast of England were added for following series under the amended title.
[36][37] Over the series, cast members have included impressario Simon Green, aka Betty Legs Diamond,[38] Kurt and Lisa Walsh from The Crypt on Blackpool's Birley Street,[39] the residents of residents at Merlewood Caravan Park,[40] Neville Henshaw and Loraine Parker's Beeston Lodge Hotel,[41][42] a Rock 'n' Roll-inspired B&B in Skegness, which featured one of the last TV appearances by comedian Duncan Norvelle,[43] Phil Charles and Adam Tugwell's Dr Who-inspired B&B in Blackpool,[44] Daisy and Matt at the Natureland seal sanctuary in Skegness,[45] the drag queens of Funny Girls cabaret bar in Blackpool, and the donkey business run by John and his daughter Thalia in Skegness.