BBC drama comes to Paphos

SUNBURN, an exciting new BBC drama series begins filming in Paphos on September 20.

The show centres around the lives of tour reps in the popular resort town and will star former EastEnder Michelle Collins in the lead role.

Written by Mike Bullen, the show will also feature appearances by Rebecca Callard, who starred in the popular period drama The Grand, as well as veteran TV favourite George Layton of Doctor in the House fame, and Cypriot actor Peter Polycarpou, who played the lead in the original production of Stavros Sideras’ musical Pygmalion, as well as appearing in the popular sitcom Birds of a Feather.

Producer Kay Patrick yesterday told the Cyprus Mail that although the show was still very much under wraps, the team was “really looking forward to working in beautiful Cyprus”, and that “the programme will reflect the warmth and colour that make Cyprus such a wonderful place to visit.”

Filming on the show will continue until December.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.