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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2012}}▼ {{about\|\|the recording studio\|Westbeach Recorders\|Westbeach Snowboard Ltd.\|Chip Wilson\|other uses\|West Beach (disambiguation)}} ▲{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~November~~October ~~2012~~2022}} {{Infobox television \| ~~name~~image = ~~Westbeach~~ = ~~\| image =~~ \| caption = \| alt_name = \| genre = Drama \| creator = [[Tony Marchant (playwright)\|Tony Marchant]] Line 11 ⟶ 10: \| writer = \| director = \| starring = {{plainlist\| * [[Oliver Cotton]]~~<br>~~ * [[Deborah Grant]] }} \| theme_music_composer = \| opentheme = Line 28 ⟶ 30: \| camera = \| runtime = \| company = [[~~British~~WitzEnd ~~Broadcasting Corporation\|BBC~~Productions]] ~~\| distributor =~~ \| channel = [[BBC1]] ~~\| picture_format =~~ ~~\| audio_format =~~ \| first_aired = {{start date\|1993\|4\|10\|df=y}} \| last_aired = {{end date\|1993\|6\|19\|df=y}} \| ~~status~~ related = ~~\| preceded_by =~~ ~~\| followed_by =~~ ~~\| related =~~ ~~\| website =~~ ~~\| production_website =~~ }} '''''Westbeach''''' is a British [[television]] series produced by ~~Witzend~~[[WitzEnd Productions]] for the [[BBC]] in 1993.<ref name="genome" /> The series was set in the fictional seaside town of Westbeach (filmed on location in [[Eastbourne]]) and dealt with two rival families, the Cromers and the Prestons, who controlled the local businesses. The Preston family owned an upmarket seafront hotel, while the Cromers ran an amusement arcade and a fish-and-chip shop. One series of ten episodes was produced.<ref name="genome" /> ''The Times'' described the "dismal performance" of the BBC's three new flagships dramas which included ''Westbeach'', the programme only achieved 6.27 million viewers and was ranked 69th.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times\|~~articlename~~title=Drama on the Box\|author=Alexandra Frean\|~~section~~department=News\|date=19 May 1993\|issue=64648}}</ref> ==Cast== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * [[Oliver Cotton]] -– Alan Cromer * [[Deborah Grant]] -– Sarah Preston * [[Michael Attwell]] -– Ray Cromer * [[Debby Bishop]] -– Yola Cromer * [[Lesley Duff]] -– Maggie Cromer * [[David Horovitch]] -– Hugo Preston * [[Annie Lambert]] -– Alex Preston * [[Imogen Boorman]] -– Hannah Preston * [[Tony Caunter]] -– Bill Cromer {{col-2}} * [[Lee Ross (actor)\|Lee Ross]] -– Chris Cromer * [[Ricco Ross]] -– Greg Dacosta * [[Edna Doré]] -– Iris Cromer * [[Jo Warne]] -– Betty Cromer * [[Cherith Mellor]] -– Jean Cromer * Ben Porter -– Simon Cromer * [[Siobhan Burke]] -– Jan Cromer * [[Pat Keen]] -– Florrie Dawson * [[Alison Lomas]] -– Angela {{col-end}} Line 90 ⟶ 84: \| Rain or Shines \| Lou Wakefield \| 17 ~~Apr~~April 1993 \|- \| 3 Line 120 ⟶ 114: \| Last Chance Saloon \| Gerard Macdonald \| 5 ~~Jun~~June 1993 \|- \| 9 Line 128 ⟶ 122: \|- \| 10 \| Baby You Can Drive My Car \| \| Kieran Prendiville \| 19 June 1993 Line 137 ⟶ 131: ==External links== * {{IMDb title\|id=0168254\|title=Westbeach}} [[Category:Television series by Fremantle (company)]] Line 145 ⟶ 139: [[Category:1990s British drama television series]] [[Category:1990s British television miniseries]] [[Category:British English-language television shows]] [[Category:Television shows set in East Sussex]] [[Category:Television shows shot in Sussex]]