Scarborough (TV series)

Mike and Karen are in their late 30s and are giving their romance another go after a break of five years. Mike always wanted to be an entertainer, a career that kept him away from home which led to the demise of their relationship. Mike, Karen, their friends and colleagues, meet up on Friday nights to drink in the local pub and perform karaoke.{{cite web |last1=Sutton |first1=Megan |title=What you need to know about Scarborough, starring Catherine Tyldesley and Jason Manford |url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a27162261/scarborough-bbc-cast-plot-air-date-spoilers/ |website=good housekeeping.com |access-date=30 August 2019 |date=27 August 2019}}{{cite news |title=Is Scarborough to be another Benidorm on TV? |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/is-scarborough-to-be-another-benidorm-on-tv-1-9713176/ |access-date=30 August 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=15 April 2019}}

• Stephanie Cole as Marion Norris
• Catherine Tyldesley as Karen Norris
• Jason Manford as Mike
• Rebekah Hinds as Yolanda
• Steve Edge as Barry "Bigsy" Dixon
• Jake Canuso as Tony Peroni
• Maggie Ollerenshaw as Geraldine Payne
• Harriet Webb as Lisa Marie
• Gina Fillingham as Mandy
• Derren Litten as Jack
• Claire Sweeney as Hayley Cox
• Steff Todd as Jess
• Rebecca Scroggs as WPC Treeves
• Olisa Odele as PC Merrick
• Kenneth Cranham as Mr Ferris

{{cite news |last1=Blow |first1=John |title=First look as BBC releases pictures ahead of new comedy Scarborough |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/first-look-as-bbc-releases-pictures-ahead-of-new-comedy-scarborough-1-9959353 |access-date=29 August 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=28 August 2019}}

The show was announced by the BBC in August 2018.{{cite web |title=BBC - Brand new BBC Studios comedy series Scarborough from creator Derren Litten - Media Centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2018/scarborough-bbc-one |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=29 August 2019 |date=23 August 2018}} Filming started in the town of Scarborough in April 2019,{{cite web |title=BBC - BBC One's Scarborough marks first day of filming by revealing stars set to join the new series - Media Centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/scarborough |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=29 August 2019 |date=15 April 2019}} with final scenes being filmed just over six weeks later at the end of May of the same year. Scenes have been filmed in Luna Park, Peasholm Park and the pub the Newcastle Packet Inn is shown in the series as being called The Good Ship where the characters meet up on Friday nights. Internal scenes at the pub were filmed in Sholver, Oldham.{{cite news |last1=McElwee |first1=Jade |title=Here's what we know about BBC One comedy Scarborough and when it will air on TV |url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/here-s-what-we-know-about-bbc-one-comedy-scarborough-and-when-it-will-air-on-tv-1-9786906 |access-date=29 August 2019 |work=The Scarborough News |date=24 May 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Blow |first1=John |title=BBC comedy Scarborough's director says show may be the 'first comedy soap' - just don't expect a new Benidorm |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/bbc-comedy-scarborough-s-director-says-show-may-be-the-first-comedy-soap-just-don-t-expect-a-new-benidorm-1-9953384 |access-date=29 August 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=25 August 2019}} The hairdressing salon (Geraldine's), had its scenes filmed in Stockport, Greater Manchester,{{cite news |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Katie |title=Catherine Tyldesley films new comedy Scarborough in Stockport |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/catherine-tyldesley-films-new-comedy-16181456 |access-date=30 August 2019 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=25 April 2019}} with most of the interior shots being filmed in studios in Manchester.{{cite news |last1=Scougall |first1=Murray |title=Scarborough star Claire Sweeney says that becoming a mother means she has found joy, and the perfect work-life balance |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/i-realise-how-lucky-i-am-that-my-son-has-brought-me-such-true-happiness/ |access-date=30 August 2019 |work=Sunday Post |date=25 August 2019}}

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|Title=The Unfavourable Death of Mrs Bookham

|RTitle = {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/36/scarborough|title = Scarborough}}

|DirectedBy=Derren Litten

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|09|6|df=y}}

|Viewers = 4.83

|ShortSummary = Karen sees Mike kissing a woman behind his crab stall on the Scarborough sea front. A week after not taking his calls, Karen sees Mike at their routine Friday night karaoke session in the pub where he finally has a chance to explain himself. Meanwhile, at Geraldines' Hair salon, one of the regular customers has gone missing and the police are called in.{{cite web |title=Scarborough Series 1, Episode 1 - The Unfavourable Death Of Mrs Bookham |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/scarborough/episodes/1/1/ |website=comedy.co.uk |access-date=29 August 2019}}

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|Title=The Paradoxical Burglary of Mr Ferris

|RTitle = {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/37/scarborough|title = Scarborough}}

|DirectedBy=Derren Litten

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|09|13|df=y}}

|Viewers = {{Unreported UK viewers|4.09}}

|ShortSummary = Mike and Karen try to get their relationship back on track after Mike's crab stall misdemeanour, while Mike finally finds Bigsy sleeping rough at the castle after he goes AWOL. The police visit Marion about the break-in next door and Geraldine is under suspicion over the mystery of what happened to the contents of Mrs Bookham's handbag.

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|EpisodeNumber=3

|Title=The Sudden Apprehension of Barry Dixon

|RTitle = {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/38/scarborough|title = Scarborough}}

|DirectedBy=Derren Litten

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|09|20|df=y}}

|Viewers = {{Unreported UK viewers|3.78}}

|ShortSummary = It's not a good day for Geraldine at the salon, as not only is it Mrs Bookham's funeral, but after a blazing row Lisa Marie storms out, telling Geraldine she can stick her job.

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|EpisodeNumber=4

|Title= The Untimely Faux Pas of Marion Norris

|RTitle = {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/39/scarborough|title = Scarborough}}

|DirectedBy=Derren Litten

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|09|27|df=y}}

|Viewers = {{Unreported UK viewers|4.27}}

|ShortSummary = Mike and Karen decide to move in together and go flat-hunting. Meanwhile, Geraldine finally admits the strain of the salon's financial difficulties.

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|Title= The Continuing Misfortune of Geraldine Payne

|RTitle = {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/40/scarborough|title = Scarborough}}

|DirectedBy=Derren Litten

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|10|4|df=y}}

|Viewers = {{Unreported UK viewers|4.25}}

|ShortSummary = Karen and Geraldine are perplexed by who might have told the police about Mrs Bookham's missing money.

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|EpisodeNumber=6

|Title=The Ballad of Karen and Mike

|RTitle = {{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/41/scarborough|title = Scarborough}}

|DirectedBy=Derren Litten

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2019|10|11|df=y}}

|Viewers = {{Unreported UK viewers|4.63}}

|ShortSummary = At Geraldine's salon tensions run high when Tony and Hayley drop in to talk through their plans for the renovation.

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The i and The Daily Mirror were not impressed with the opening episode; Sara Wallis wrote "This soap opera-style comedy was not my cup of Yorkshire. But let’s hope it warms up." Emily Baker, writing in The i, said "BBC One’s new comedy Scarborough is missing one key element – humour", continuing with "Scarborough’s complete lack of laughs is more frustrating than upsetting."{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Corinne |title=BBC SCARBOROUGH: This is what the national press thought of episode one |url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/bbc-scarborough-this-is-what-the-national-press-thought-of-episode-one-1-9985556 |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=The Scarborough News |date=10 September 2019}}

Michael Hogan, writing in The Daily Telegraph, was more positive about the start of the sitcom stating that whilst it was "not an unqualified success", but that it was "...a promising start." Of particular note for Hogan was Claire Sweeney as Hayley; "[Sweeney] hammed it up Dynasty-style as the local man-eater, all hairspray, leopardskin and cat-clawed one-liners (“I might be a slag and a home-wrecker but I’m very good at both”)."{{cite news |last=Hogan |first=Michael |title=Scarborough episode 1 review: a coastal mix of Peter Kay's Car Share and a Victoria Wood off-cut |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2019/09/06/scarborough-episode-1-review-coastal-mix-peter-kays-car-share/ |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=6 September 2019}} Likewise, in The Guardian, Graeme Virtue was in admiration of Sweeney's on-screen character, saying "...Sweeney brings some powerful energy as the local man-eater."{{cite news |last1=Virtue |first1=Graeme |last2=Bradley |first2=Mike |last3=Verdier |first3=Hannah |last4=Seale |first4=Jack |last5=Howlett |first5=Paul |title=TV tonight: Benidorm's creator turns his attention to Scarborough |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/06/tv-tonight-benidorms-creator-turns-his-attention-to-scarborough |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=6 September 2019}}

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