Benidorm Bastards

Benidorm
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Tim Van Aelst
Theme music composer	Pascal Deweze Tim Vanhamel
Country of origin	Belgium
Original language(s)	Dutch
No. of seasons	2
Production
Producer(s)	Shelter
Release
Original network	2BE
External links
Website

Benidorm Bastards is a Belgian comedy television series.

Benidorm Bastards is a Belgian hidden camera comedy programme on the Flemish TV channel 2BE. All characters are amateur actors and senior citizens. The programme has a similar concept to Trigger Happy TV, of which a Belgian version was broadcast on the same channel. In October 2010, a second season started on 2BE. In the program old actors try to act as if they were young talking about things no older person would dare to talk about. They also have funny situations like out-of-control electric wheelchairs and other funny happenings which seem strange to young people.

The mayor of the Spanish town of Benidorm does not approve of the program's title Benidorm Bastards. He demands that "Benidorm" be removed from the title.

Episodes of the original Belgian version of the show, air in Australia on SBS2 in Dutch with English subtitles, India as Benidorm Pranksters with English dubbing and on ATV Home's RTHK programming block with Cantonese dubbing.

A Netherlands version of the programme, announced on 15 April 2010, is broadcast by RTL 4 since 21 August 2010, recast with Dutch actors.

The United States network NBC announced it would be creating an American adaptation, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, starring Betty White. The show debuted on January 16, 2012, one day before White's 90th birthday.

The show has adaptions in all Scandinavian countries as well. The Danish version is Rollatorbanden, the Norwegian version is Bingobanden and the Swedish version is Pensionärsjävlar.

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