Benidorm is returning as a film and starts shooting next year, confirms star Sherrie Hewson

BENIDORM fans everywhere can rejoice because the cancelled show is coming back as a movie - and it's filming next year, according to star Sherrie Hewson.

The show was loved by ITV viewers for 11 years before it was cancelled in 2018.

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But not only is the show returning as a movie, we'll be getting it sooner than you think, with filming starting as soon as early next year.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun Online at The Thunder Girls premiere in Manchester, Sherrie Hewson said: "I know it's quite sad that Benidorm is gone but we are gong to make a film and I assume there will be another tour. Benidorm will never die.

"We'll make it next year. We used to go out at the beginning of March and finish at the end of July and a film will only take eight weeks so it'll be good.

"It's such a wonderful show and I love Joyce Temple Savage. I love everyone in it - we all keep in touch. Benidorm's a kind of a phenomenon really because there's never been anything like it and there won't be ever again.

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"People would come out for a week and end up staying for the entire time because it's so much fun.

"It's one of the best jobs you could ever have because everyone had such a wonderful time."

The show centres around an all-inclusive resort in the Spanish city and the misadventures of the weird and wonderful people in it.

Sherrie played Joyce Temple-Savage, the outspoken and well-to-do head manager at the Solana. She joined the show in series five.

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Though fans of the show's quirky comedy are in luck as the creators are working on a brand new comedy based on the North Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough.

The show will likely be just as funny, though writer Derren Litten says the show will "surprise a few people".

He said: "I am so thrilled to be back at the BBC and with a show I am so passionate about.

"After 10 years of 'Benidorm' I really do think Scarborough is going to surprise a few people and in a very good way."

Former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley is set to star.

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