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.

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

Tales from Pleasure Beach

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.

Tales from Pleasure Beach

Episodes

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".

Tales from Pleasure Beach

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BBC television dramas

2000s British anthology television series

2000s British drama television series

2001 British television series debuts

2001 British television series endings

2000s British television miniseries

Television shows set in Wales

English-language television shows

Films directed by Edmund Coulthard