Extras in between takes

Filming of the 7th series of "Benidorm" is now in full swing and into its third week - much to the delight of fans, who can be found waiting outside the locations in the hope of catching a glimpse of the cast. Sadly last week signaled the end for the Garvey's as they had finished all their appearances in the first 2 weeks of recording, but 2 favorites have returned - Johnny Vegas as "The Oracle" and Elsie Kelly as "Noreen", his mother or as he likes to say, his "PA"!

Yesterday the crew were filming at Morgans Tavern - the set for "Neptunes" and they are due to be there for the rest of this week.

There were plenty of extras on hand, which were waiting in the blue gazebo in between takes.
Cast members working included Mateo, The Oracle with mum Noreen, Lesley - as opposed to Les, one half of the swingers -  Jacqueline and Clive & Tiger - from the Dyke family, who were new to the last series.


In between takes Johnny Vegas and Tim Healy in particular would pop out and say hello to the hoards that had assembled, gladly posing for pictures and even having "selfies" taken with the fans - to much squealing and excitement. There were certainly many Johnny fans out there yesterday -  and when they went off for lunch they were delighted that he took time out to speak to them.

Looking at the top which Johnny was wearing I think that perhaps some kind of darts match was going on inside "Neptunes" - what do you think?


A very dashing Mateo - aka Jake Canuso, all tanned and groomed was the perfect gentleman as he escorted actress Elsie to the waiting minibus,  which took them back for lunch.

It´s great seeing all the favourites and the excitement that it causes here every year that they descend on the resort. They will be here until almost the end of June so no doubt plenty of opportunities of seeing many of the cast about.

Not only are ITV here fiming but over the last few days several International brands have also been using Benidorm as the backdrop for adverts - they include El Corte Ingles, Mercedes and Porsche!
Obviously the image of Benidorm is not all cheap and tac if they are coming here... Benidorm 1 - Marbella 0

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