Westbeach
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'Westbeach is a British
United Kingdom
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 television
Television
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 series produced by the BBC
BBC
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 in 1993.

The series was set in the fictional seaside town of Westbeach (filmed on location in Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...

) and dealt with two feuding 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.

Prominent cast members in the series included Oliver Cotton
Oliver Cotton
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, Deborah Grant
Deborah Grant
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, David Horovitch
David Horovitch
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, Michael Attwell
Michael Attwell
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, Edna Doré
Edna Doré
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, Lesley Duff, Annie Lambert
Annie Lambert
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, Tony Caunter
Tony Caunter
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, Lee Ross
Lee Ross
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, Debby Bishop
Debby Bishop
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, Imogen Boorman
Imogen Boorman
Imogen May Pratt Boorman is an English film actress and television actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany in the horror classic film Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Lorina in Dreamchild, Clothhide in May to December, and Hannah Preston in Westbeach.Educated at Benenden School in Kent, Boorman went...

, Ricco Ross
Ricco Ross
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 and Jo Warne
Jo Warne
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.

One series of ten episodes was produced.
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