Sherrie Hewson / Benidorm

Sherrie Hewson returns to star as Joyce Temple-Savage in the award winning comedy Benidorm.

Sherrie’s hilarious portrayal of Joyce in the last series won her showers of applause from viewers and made her one of the show’s most popular and memorable characters.

The show’s creator Derren Litten has written all 7 episodes of the new series – "I'm so excited about series 6 of Benidorm, probably more excited than all previous series. Apart from Dynasty series 5 of course, what could possibly top the Moldavian Massacre?" says Derren.

Benidorm has been commissioned for ITV by Elaine Bedell, ITV’s Director of Comedy & Entertainment and Comedy Commissioning Editor Myfanwy Moore.   Myfanwy Moore says "We are all thrilled at ITV to be sharing the sun beds again with our most popular and enduring comedy characters. This series promises to be the sunniest and strongest ever!"

Benidorm is produced by Lucy Armitage and directed by David Sant (1-4) and Sandy Johnson (5-7) with Ben Cavey, Derren Litten and Sophie Clarke Jervoise as Executive Producers.  Ben Cavey says “We are so pleased to be back in Spain filming series six of Benidorm.  Derren Litten has written seven fantastic scripts, which might be seven of the best episodes yet.  Things are certainly heating up by the pool in this series, with some great new characters as well as the return of many of our well-loved regulars”.

Benidorm is a Tiger Aspect production for ITV.

Benidorm returns to our screens on the 2nd of January 2014 at 9pm on ITV