Blackpool is a British television drama serial, produced in-house by the BBC and screened on their BBC One channel in six one-hour episodes on Thursday nights at 9pm from November 11 to December 16, 2004. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Overview

Starring Starring David Morrissey, Sarah Parish and David Tennant, the serial was written by Peter Bowker (who had previously written for BBC One's modern adaptation of The Canterbury Tales (2003) and BBC Two's Flesh and Blood (2002)) and directed by Coky Giedroyc and Julie Anne Robinson, it was filmed on location in Blackpool itself and Brentford. It was renamed Viva Blackpool for transmission on BBC America in 2005. Also in the cast were John Thompson and Steve Pemberton. David Morrissey (born June 21, 1964) is a leading British stage and screen actor. ... Sarah Parish (born 1969 at Yeovil, Somerset) is a British actress known from award-winning shows Peak Practice, Hearts and Bones and Cutting It. ... David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who. ... Canterbury Tales Woodcut 1484 The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. // History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20 pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts... Flesh and Blood is the title of several albums: Flesh and Blood, released by a British rock group Roxy Music in 1980. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blackpool is a seaside town in England, on the coast of the Irish Sea. ... Brentford is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow on the River Thames in South West London. ... One of several BBC America idents, used since 2005. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Thompson is the name of: John Thompson (banker) (1802-1891), American banker John Thompson (politician) (1809-1890), US Congressman from New York [1] John Burton Thompson (1810-1874), Whig politician from Kentucky John A. Snowshoe Thompson (1827-1876), mail carrier across the Sierras John McCandless Thompson (1829-1903), US... Steve Pemberton (b. ...

The series is particularly notable for its comic touches and the employment of pop music in the course of the narrative - although the originals are played, they are sang along with and accompied by slightly surreal dance routines acted out by the characters. This latter device is strongly reminiscent of the style of esteemed television playwright Dennis Potter, who used it in several of his famous productions such as Pennies from Heaven (1978) and The Singing Detective (1986). Dennis Christopher George Potter (May 17, 1935 – June 7, 1994) was a controversial English dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. ... Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC Television drama serial by the highly-regarded television playwright Dennis Potter. ... Link title 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Singing Detective The Singing Detective was a 1986 BBC television miniseries, written by Dennis Potter and starring Michael Gambon. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plot

Ripley Holden (Morrissey), an ambitious, bullying Blackpool arcade owner who believes strongly in luck, who plans to turn his arcade into a Las Vegas-style casino hotel. His plans are interrupted when a dead body is found in the arcade, and police officer DI Carlisle (Tennant) is assigned to investigate. Carlisle also begins an affair with Holden's wife, Natalie (Parish), while attempting to convict Ripley of the murder. This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

Critical reaction and awards

Although critical reaction to the serial was generally positive, albeit with some poor reviews as well, its audience figures were not spectacular, falling between four and five million viewers. In 2005, it was nominated in the Best Drama Serial category at the British Academy Television Awards, eventually losing out on the Award to Channel 4's Sex Traffic. It did, however, win the "Best Miniseries" and Grand Prize acolades at Canada's Banff Television Festival. In December 2005, it was announced that it had been nominated (under its American title Viva Blackpool) in the Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards.[1] The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards, are the most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Sex Traffic, a British and Canadian TV production about the trafficking of women first shown in the UK and Canada in October 2004 Directed by David Yates and starring Anamaria Marinca and John Simm Internet Movie Database page official site related campaign link A production for US television Human Trafficking... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... The Banff television festival recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary as Canadas premier internation event celebrating television and new media. ... 2006 (MMVI in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

The serial has been shown abroad in several countries, including on Television New Zealand's TV One and United States cable television station BBC America. It was also shown on Australia's ABC from November 30. It has also been released on DVD in the UK. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical... One of several BBC America idents, used since 2005. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national public broadcaster. ... DVD-R writing/reading side DVD-R with purple dye, 4. ...

According to TV.com, there might be another series of Blackpool. It's the next generation of Blackpool.

Cast

• Ripley Holden — David Morrissey
• Natalie Holden — Sarah Parish
• Shyanne Holden — Georgina Taylor
• Danny Holden — Thomas Morrison
• Adrian Marr — Steve Pemberton
• DI Carlisle — David Tennant

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External links

• Official Blackpool site at bbc.co.uk
  
• Blackpool at the Internet Movie Database