Tales from Pleasure Beach

Tales from Pleasure Beach is a British television drama series first broadcast on BBC Two between 2 and 16 August 2001. Written by Welsh playwright Roger Williams, the three episodes each feature a self-contained story against the backdrop of a seaside amusement park.

Tales from Pleasure Beach
Genre	Drama
Written by	Roger Williams
Directed by	Edmund Coulthard
Starring	Joanna Griffiths Rhian Grundy Brian Hibbard Lynn Hunter
Composer	The Fratelli Brothers
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer	Maggie Russell
Producer	Madonna Baptiste
Production locations	Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom
Running time	40 minutes
Production company	Blast! Films
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	2 August (2001-08-02) – 16 August 2001 (2001-08-16)

The series received a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Drama Series, but was beaten to the award by Cold Feet.

Filmed at Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl, South Wales, and Aberavon, Port Talbot, the series included performances from Ruth Jones, Rachel Isaac, Eve Myles and Siwan Morris.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date	Viewers
1	"Laid"	2 August 2001 (2001-08-02)	2.45 million[1]
Featuring Joanna Griffiths, Mark Letheren and Brian Hibbard.
2	"Lush"	9 August 2001 (2001-08-09)	1.94 million[1]
Featuring Eve Myles, Siwan Morris and Richard Lynch.
3	"Faithless"	16 August 2001 (2001-08-16)	N/A
Featuring Mark Lewis Jones, Ruth Jones and Steffan Rhodri.

Reception

Esther Addley, reviewing the second episode for The Guardian, said Tales from Pleasure Beach was "nicely shot, well acted and refreshingly frank in its portrayal of alcopop-swilling sexual manners", however she found it "rattling through a series of stock tableaux that juddered perceptively under the weight of their agony aunt morality".^[2]