Hot Sun – Hot Fun – at the Smugglers bar in Marbella

More ketchup than salsa…

A great new Sitcom – a ‘Cheers’ in the sun!

Synopsis

A naive young British couple. Joy and Joe, swap fish guts, pub gigs and a dreary life in Lancashire for a new life running a bar and restaurant in a sun-bleached Spanish holiday resort.

Joe’s stepdad, an infamous Marbella godfather and criminal lynchpin, gives them the chance to escape by renting them The Smugglers – a business that turns out to be more cockroach hotel than cocktail lounge. With barely a clue between them, the couple battle language barriers, holidaymaker chaos, and the demands of their eccentric regulars – including Joe’s Nan and her nemesis, Gloria, two ageing mischief makers with a taste for sangria and scandal.

Things go further south thanks to Tony, The Smugglers narcissistic compere and entertainer who has a penchant for stirring up trouble, especially in Joe and Joy’s already wobbly relationship. Add in a dodgy and flirtatious estate agent, plus a motley ensemble of expat misfits and local miscreants, and it’s clear the dream is rapidly drowning in more ketchup than salsa. As they fumble through cabaret riots, timeshare feuds and their first doomed Christmas abroad, Joe and Joy are forced to ask if paradise really exists – or is it just a warm place to fall apart.