I Heard a Rumour…

So the speculation of who is to appear in Benidorm series 4 continues.  So I thought I’d jot down a quick blog to set the record straight.

I think the first person who it was claimed would be joining us for fun and sun at the Solana was Kerry Katona.  Not sure where this rumour came from (although I have a good idea) but I can confirm Ms Katona has never been “in talks” to appear in the show but we wish her well, looks like she’s heading in the right direction (away from Benidorm).

Jordan – I think I covered this one well enough on Twitter (when I was on it) but no, we never met Jordan and no offer of work was made.  I think Jordan is an amazing business woman but somehow I think acting wouldn’t be her thing.  She seems to have a film crew following her every move these days so I’m sure she has no need for things such as television comedies.

Cilla Black did ask if she could be in Benidorm, we talked about it with her management but things didn’t work out. We love Cilla though and she still remains the Liverpool Leg-end we always knew her to be!

We were in talks for a little while with Antony Cotton with a view to him being in the show.  Again, sadly things didn’t work out but hopefully I’ll get to work with Antony another time, I think he’s great.

The latest one which was another baffler (as to where the story originated) was Jonathan Ross’s house band ‘4 Poof & A Piano’.  Again, no truth in this one but I’m sure we will be seeing a lot more of them on TV after Mr Ross’s show comes to an end.  I saw their show in Edinburgh last year and they were great!

So, that’s it for now; we are currently talking to a few very special guest stars for the Xmas Special and series 4, I so wish I could tell you more but something tells me you’ll get to find out sooner or later.  And of course if you hear a rumour about any other actor/singer/dancer/performer being booked to appear in Benidorm, don’t forget to come back here and check first!

Now, where did I put Louie Spence’s phone number….

We Really Must Stop Tweeting Like This.

So, many of you who followed me on Twitter (I think there was about 3,300 of you)now know that I have twittered my last twit, I mean tweet, and getting back to filling my days with doing what I’m paid for; writing comedy scripts for television.

I was disappointed to see some tweeters have an almost angry reaction to my departure, “how could you do this to us?”, “don’t you feel you owe us a better explanation?”, “you’re a cunt” (I quite enjoyed the last one).  Of course the flippant (and egotistical) side of me would have quoted my own line from Janey Yorke at the bull fight in series 2 of Benidorm, “it’s a free show, what are you gonna do? Ask for your money back?”.

I hope some enjoyed the “free show” aspect of me being on Twitter.  More importantly some of  the tweople with whom I interacted with on an almost daily (for some, hourly) basis hopefully enjoyed the ‘craic’ as much as I did.

I’ve never been one to do things by half and with my “all or nothing” attitude Twitter started to take up far too much of my time.  I had tried having a break from twitter but basically if my account was there I would always go back, then I’d piss away half the day writing random thoughts and posting pics of even more random people I’d seen in the street.  So for the same reason I don’t have cakes in my fridge, I no longer have a Twitter account (not that you were all making me fat of course but certainly lazy).

It was great fun but all good things must come to an end.  I don’t think I’ll be coming back to Twitter but I do want to keep in touch and I’ll be doing that with making these blog updates much more regular.  Certainly while I am in Spain I hope to treat this more like a diary; I really hope you’ll join me!

So for now, thanks for all your support and get out there and enjoy this sun! (Unless of course you are in Scotland as my firend Simon has just texted me to say it’s raining there!).

Remember Tweeters, as in the words of Al Martino, “This is just adios and not goodbye!”.