Bargain Loving Brits in Blackpool is a series about Blackpool's residents and visitors, who are taking advantage of the resort's budget prices and business or showbusiness opportunities.
Episode 1
Oct 26, 2017
Meet Simon Green, aka Betty Legs Diamond, behind the scenes of Funny Girls, one of the UK's biggest venues for drag queens. Canny octagenarian Scots sisters Agnes and Margaret holiday in Blackpool three times a year. Jamie Diggins has set up a specialist estate agency for park homes (static caravans). Meanwhile on the prom, David (aka Gino Gelato) is busy selling ice creams from his specially adapted trike-freezer combo.
Episode 2
Nov 2, 2017
To keep the turnover high, Chris dropped the prices at his B&B - will an incoming hen party be happy with his cheap and cheerful approach? At her static home on a retirement park, Sandra organises a posthumous birthday party for her late husband, Ian tries to attract punters to his donkey-ride business and Sharon's dream of running the town's first Caribbean restaurant proves to be a tall order.
Episode 3
Nov 9, 2017
Claire faces the challenge of a group of VIP business leaders who have booked her entire hotel. Mick's boss has invested a fortune into a new venue, but Mick is running out of time to get it ready for the grand opening. Sammy runs the only caravan site in the town centre, and Fiona is hoping to make a breakthrough with her Blondie tribute act.
Episode 4
Nov 16, 2017
Husband-and-wife team Colin and Emma saddle up for another day giving horse-drawn carriage rides up and down the prom, Graham and Ian reveal how they have kept their B+B afloat for 24 years, and Dean and Alex open up about how they run the town's most successful cabarets.
Episode 5
Nov 23, 2017
As the big switch-on for the annual Blackpool Illuminations beckons posh B+B St Luke's is expecting a mystery celebrity, the Carlton have gone seriously over budget on their own illuminations, and Dennis and Jane arrive in town as one pair of the many thousands of amateurs who flock to the home of ballroom dancing.
Episode 6
Nov 30, 2017
Golden girls and best friends Sue, Pam and Irene are residents at Merlewood Caravan Park. At Raffles, Graham and Ian have a unique approach to running a hotel. Martin is trying to keep the Punch and Judy tradition alive. Plus a visit to Blackpool's best chippie.
