0:00:04 > 0:00:08Holidays - if you're anything like me, you live for them.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14No worrying about everyday life, no cleaning, no stress.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17We work all year round, so why not treat ourselves to
0:00:17 > 0:00:19a week of fun in the sun?
0:00:19 > 0:00:22You can get a flight anywhere these days but most of us still
0:00:22 > 0:00:25head off to the Spanish Costas.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28They're cheap, cheerful and, for tens of thousands of us
0:00:28 > 0:00:31every year, are a great place to escape and go crazy.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Just cocktails for breakfast, men everywhere, sun pounding.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Whether you want to go to just get a banging tan or just relax
0:00:42 > 0:00:46or even just get pissed every single day, it's just fun, fun, fun.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52But just how far will some of us go in pursuit of a good time?
0:00:52 > 0:00:53I'm packing for Benidorm,
0:00:53 > 0:00:58one of Spain's most notorious party towns, to see for myself what
0:00:58 > 0:01:02really goes on when we leave our 9-5s behind.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06So will I handle a week out there or will I come back a broken woman?
0:01:06 > 0:01:07We'll see.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I'm Hayley Pearce, you know,
0:01:15 > 0:01:19the tea lady from BBC Three's The Call Centre.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21I'm a fairly typical twenty-something from the Valleys
0:01:21 > 0:01:25just trying to get by and make sense of it all.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Every year, hundreds of thousands of us jet off in search of sun,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50sea and sex.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Holidays are meant to be a break from the day-to-day grind,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59the highlight of our year, but do they live up to the hype?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I'm in Benidorm, one of the top destinations for young Welsh
0:02:04 > 0:02:06holiday-makers, to find out.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11So it seems pretty quiet at the minute, Benidorm.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Not much sign of partying or wild behaviour.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I was expecting it to be a bit louder than this at this time.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Who knows, maybe it is the calm before the storm?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24But, yeah, I've arrived now so let's get the party started.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44But just a few hours later and Benidorm is coming to life.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Well, it's now early evening and the bars are rammed.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00The strip is packed, it's full of fancy dress and stags and hens.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01This is what I've been looking for.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I can't wait to go and have a look at it.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Oggy, oggy, oggy.- Oi, oi, oi!
0:03:20 > 0:03:26Everybody's in the party mood but what exactly do they want out of their holidays?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Drink and sun, drink and sun.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Banging.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Good fun.
0:03:30 > 0:03:36Everyone's like... Having it. No messing about, hard-core fun.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41Had the time of my life. I work hard, played harder. Let's have it!
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Describe Benidorm in one word.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Fan-fucking-fabulous.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03# Would you follow me into the jungle? #
0:04:07 > 0:04:08Sounds pretty simple.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12It's all about the good times, especially if you're a stag.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Oi, oi, what's happening, boys?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- Hi.- Hi.- Hi. How are you doing?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26'I'm meeting a group of lads from West Wales who are
0:04:26 > 0:04:28'over for a last weekend of freedom.'
0:04:28 > 0:04:30So I take it you're the stag, then.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Yes.- How long have you been out here for?- Only this morning.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39- Yeah.- This morning, yeah. - How many of you are there, then?- 24.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- 24 of you?- All farm boys. - Farm boys?- Yeah.- Awesome.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45So what are you looking for this weekend, boys?
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Well, a good time, like. A good weekend, like. Son.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54I'm looking to take my wife to be, I am, home, I am. I can't wait.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Anthony and the boys have invited me to tag along
0:04:59 > 0:05:01on their first night out.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04And it doesn't take long for the young farmers to track down
0:05:04 > 0:05:06the only livestock in town.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Time to show them how it's done.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Just call me Queen Bronco.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I've had a great night but time to quit while I'm ahead,
0:05:39 > 0:05:44leaving the boys to party long into the Benidorm night.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Great night last night. Absolutely banging, to be honest with you.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11The square is right up my street and I'm feeling quite all right
0:06:11 > 0:06:15this morning so I'm just going to have a strut around the local area
0:06:15 > 0:06:17and see what it's got to offer, to be honest.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Apart from the small group of dedicated sun-worshippers,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26there's still plenty of room on the beach.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31What's interesting is that all the people out last night that were drinking,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33they are nowhere to be seen now.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35It's very quiet on the beach and it's full of all the locals
0:06:35 > 0:06:39so I can only presume that they're all in bed with a hangover, maybe.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Right, we need a prop at the back, we do.- I'll go up the back.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47But there's no sleeping in for Anthony and his stags.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Oi, oi, how's it going, boys? All right?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55How are you feeling, boys?
0:06:55 > 0:07:01- Oh, absolutely hanging this morning. - How's the head?- Oh, it's banging.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04I had to have five cans of Stella for breakfast.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08So how are you finding having a hangover in the sun?
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- It's different to back home, isn't it?- It's boiling.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- You're like a lobster, boy. - He swims like a lobster and all.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20So, have you got enough minerals to go back out tonight or...?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Oh, God, yeah, we have the minerals, you know.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27We're Welsh farm boys, aren't we? Plenty of minerals.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29The boys are knocking them back.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32They're already a bit worse for wear and it's only 11am.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40But, for others, a weekend escape is not enough.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Some people go on holiday and never come back.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47# Love is like candy on a shelf
0:07:49 > 0:07:52# You want to taste and help yourself... #
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I'm off to meet some guys who have given it all up to live
0:07:55 > 0:07:58the holiday lifestyle all year round.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Starting with TJ's, the only Welsh bar in town.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Bar owner Tony Jones moved out here from Swansea seven years ago.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14He's getting ready for a big night of football.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15In a few hours' time,
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Wales play Belgium in the Euros quarterfinal. Get in!
0:08:21 > 0:08:24So why Benidorm? What brings you to Benidorm, then?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27It's a question I've been asked many, many times.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I still haven't got a proper answer for it.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32The place is addictive but nobody can say why.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35There's nothing to put your actual finger on,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38it's just it gets hold of you and I love the place.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It's so great to find a Welsh bar in Benidorm.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- I bet you get loads of Welsh in, do you?- We do.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46British people are very strange.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50When the British go on holiday they don't seem to embrace
0:08:50 > 0:08:52the culture of the country they go into.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55People like a little bit of home when they go away.
0:08:55 > 0:09:01We can provide a little bit of Welsh in Spain for these people.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03So would you ever go back to the UK
0:09:03 > 0:09:05or are you set in Benidorm for life now?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- No, I'll stay here until I die now. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10What's not to like?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13You've got sunshine, the cost of living out here is a lot cheaper.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17You don't have to earn as much money to live here as you do in the UK.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22It's... I can't... I can't think of a downside, to be honest.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Tony's decision to move out here has clearly paid off.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Someone else who is also hoping to find happiness in the sun is
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Billy Bailey from Bridgend. Billy works as a prop.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39His job is to rope in the drinkers off the streets and get them
0:09:39 > 0:09:40into the bars.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45We always come this way because then you don't walk them past the bar
0:09:45 > 0:09:47next door so they disappear.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Most bars have at least one prop and tonight I'm joining Billy
0:09:51 > 0:09:56as he's on a mission to pack out TJ's for tonight's big game.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59So is it hard to get people in or do you get abuse sometimes?
0:09:59 > 0:10:00I do get abuse.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03When we had the match last week, I had somebody spit in my face
0:10:03 > 0:10:06because of the football but then you have to ignore that.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Obviously, because I'm a big, fat, camp guy, I have a bit of stick for
0:10:10 > 0:10:13it but then it's nothing I haven't heard before breakfast arguing
0:10:13 > 0:10:16with my husband so I tend to have retorts anyway so it doesn't
0:10:16 > 0:10:19really matter, it just goes over me like water off a duck's back.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21What brought you to Benidorm?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Well, I decided I wanted to change my life to something different and more chilled.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28I'm 35 and I needed just to go down a gear because before this
0:10:28 > 0:10:30I was working with children with special needs for 15 years,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33which can be quite hard and a bit gut-wrenching
0:10:33 > 0:10:35so I just thought I needed a year off to do what I probably should
0:10:35 > 0:10:38have done at 19 and be a big baby.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42So this is why I'm doing this now, to be a man-child, basically.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Best thing you ever did? - So far, so good.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- OK, well, let's get to work, then. - All right, cool, you take that side.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Look for anyone in Welsh outfits. I'll take this side.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Time to get some punters in. I think I got this.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- So we've literally got only... - You've got this.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- You own this area.- Watch this, then. Wales! Hi, mate.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05What are you doing tonight? Come here. Never mind.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08You can also shout as much as you want, if you like.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12TJ's tonight, karaoke after the match. Welsh match at 9pm.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Now, if you look down there, there is a bunch of red people coming.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22These are the ones we want. So if you shout loud you can get them in.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24There's also some coming this way so it should be like shooting
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- fish in a barrel. - Show me. Show me how it's done.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30TJ's, the only Welsh bar in Benidorm,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- showing the match tonight at nine o'clock.- No, no, Belgium.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Boys, the Welsh bar. The only Welsh bar in Benidorm.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Quick pint down you. It's awesome. Come on, then.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46TJ's, the only Welsh bar in Benidorm. Come on, guys. Come on, let's go.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48There we are. Wales!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Down here. Let's go.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03THEY CHANT: Wales! Wales!
0:12:06 > 0:12:11'This place is buzzing and the game hasn't even kicked off yet.'
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I'd like to think that I've earned my beer money for the night,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16even if I was preaching to the converted.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Well, what an experience that was.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Managed to get a few Welsh people in. My make-up was melting.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26It's not as easy as it looks but Billy managed to get people in and
0:12:26 > 0:12:31it's actually so nice to see people working as well as partying out here.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34FOOTBALL COMMENTARY PLAYS ON THE BIG SCREEN
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Watching the match surrounded by all these Welsh fans,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44it's hard to believe that I'm even in Benidorm.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It's more like being back home on a match day.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Just 15 minutes into the game and the mood is killed
0:13:04 > 0:13:06by a Belgium goal.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11But we all know what happens next.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14CHEERING
0:13:26 > 0:13:29A Welsh equaliser and we're back in the game.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47The night just gets better and better.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49CHEERING
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I've never seen anything like it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05It's amazing how one moment can make everyone forget their worries
0:14:05 > 0:14:07and bring us all together.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13It doesn't get any better than this. Holiday or any day.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16# You have to laugh
0:14:16 > 0:14:18# Or else you'll cry
0:14:18 > 0:14:19# You have to live
0:14:19 > 0:14:20# Or else you'll die. #
0:14:20 > 0:14:23What a result, what a game.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I'm so proud of Wales and I'm so happy to actually spend it
0:14:25 > 0:14:28with a bunch of Welsh fans in Benidorm.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30What a buzz that was, then.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56It's the morning after the night before.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Benidorm's looking more crowded than ever,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00and the temperature's rising.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Oh, my God, this beach is rammed.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08You literally can't even move, they're like a bunch of sardines.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10If you imagine having a hangover on this beach,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I couldn't think of anything worse.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17But it's not just the beach that's packed.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20It's not even lunchtime and the bars are already heaving.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I need five minutes in the shade.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Honestly, it's absolutely boiling, I can't cope.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29I don't know how they're all doing it.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Even in this heat, nobody's slowing down on the booze.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36It just doesn't stop.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49By the evening, a lot of people are looking pretty out of it.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54But others are just getting started.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57So, girls, what's on the agenda, then?
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- Lots of drinking.- Yeah, there's lots of alcohol out here.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Yeah, and sun, boys...
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Oh, it's boiling. Oh, and there's lots of boys here.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- Have you pulled since you've been here?- Not yet.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- Not yet?- Not yet. - Well, good luck anyway.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14SHE LAUGHS
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- And happy birthday.- Thank you.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Oh, Kim, it's so nice to see a Swansea girl out here.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21How are you finding it so far?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Well, I come out here every year, to be honest with you,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26and I love it, to be honest.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It's got the nightlife, it's got the drinking.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32And, to be honest with you, with one litre, for a euro, of beer,
0:16:32 > 0:16:33why would you not come here?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36What's your thoughts on the whole drinking culture out here?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38To be honest with you, it's hectic, it's mental,
0:16:38 > 0:16:43it's a lovely place, but you don't want to be here too late
0:16:43 > 0:16:45and have too many drunk people around.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Drinking and holidaying just seems to go hand in hand.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56When we're away, we spend on average 50 euros a day on booze,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59and when it's this cheap you'd expect a bit of trouble.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06I'm joining the local police on patrol to find out how bad it gets.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11So, someone's actually hit her tonight in Benidorm.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15So there's obviously a little bit of trouble going on with the Brits.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16She's Irish.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Claiming to have been hit by a man on the street, the woman
0:17:23 > 0:17:26is told to report the incident at the local police station.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31So what's your experience with young British people out here, then?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Well, in Benidorm, the basic problems that we've found is that
0:17:34 > 0:17:37they might not remember what apartment they are
0:17:37 > 0:17:38or what hotel tell they are.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40They might get rough with each other,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44and then they just end up shaking hands and, er...
0:17:44 > 0:17:47sharing a drink, and they're pals after that.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52So Benidorm has got a quite high reputation of being quite wild.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Are you trying to change that reputation, or...?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Er, I wasn't really aware that it had a reputation for being wild.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- So it's good vibes in Benidorm, then?- Oh, yes, in that sense, yes.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21It's 4am, I'm absolutely knackered,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24I just want to go home to bed, to be honest with you.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Every single night in the square, it's just full-on.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Like, I'm used to party people, but they're just in your face.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I couldn't handle doing that every night, no chance.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35But what was really baffling, mind,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38is that the police don't seem fazed by it at all.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44After three nights straight on the town,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I'm beginning to wonder if there's more to this place
0:18:47 > 0:18:49than just getting wrecked.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55MUSIC: Push It by Salt-N-Pepa
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Benidorm isn't just for us youngsters.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It also attracts an older generation
0:19:12 > 0:19:15who get their kicks here a different way.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19I'm meeting one of them,
0:19:19 > 0:19:24a local legend and one of Wales's best loved radio personalities.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- MC:- OK, ladies and gentlemen,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I'm inviting on the stage now Mr Chris Needs, MBE.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41# The night we met I knew I needed you so
0:19:42 > 0:19:44# And if I had... #
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Chris Needs has been coming to Benidorm for over 40 years.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Today, he's entertaining the crowd at the Palladium Bar.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56# Be my little baby
0:19:56 > 0:20:00# Stay with me my darling
0:20:00 > 0:20:03# Be my baby now
0:20:03 > 0:20:06# Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh. #
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Ladies and gentlemen, show your appreciation,
0:20:12 > 0:20:17one in a million, Chris Needs, MBE!
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Absolutely fantastic, absolute pleasure having you down.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Thank you, Chris!
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Chris knows this place inside out
0:20:31 > 0:20:34and he's offered to show me around.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38It's a side of Benidorm that many of us don't get to see.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42So, where are we, then, Chris? Where have you brought me?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Well, this is the Old Town.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45This is my stomping ground,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48this is where I came first of all 40 years ago.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50There wasn't much more then, 40 years ago.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I mean, that's all, up there, hustle and bustle,
0:20:54 > 0:20:58but this is my place, tranquillity. It's beautiful.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00And this is... oh, Bethania Chapel, Cwmafan.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Well, same headquarters, anyway.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Let's go down to the gay place, come on.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Nice food here, tapas bars. - Oh, I love tapas.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Tapas all around here, little restaurants,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Chinese restaurants, Moroccan restaurants...
0:21:20 > 0:21:21..sex shop...
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Pretty little streets, aren't they? - Mmm.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Oh, look how pretty it is. - Over there's nice.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38'I can definitely see why Chris
0:21:38 > 0:21:41'loves this part of Benidorm so much.'
0:21:42 > 0:21:44It's lovely all around here, beautiful.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Look at that. What a view, eh?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Oh, that is absolutely stunning. - Isn't it?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54So do you ever find yourself going up to The Strip?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57No. Only by accident, really, I think.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02I don't feel safe there. I feel quite threatened being there,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05because once they're boozed up they're capable of anything.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08But down here it's different. You know, they drink wine with food.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10They drink wine with wine up there.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Do you think Benidorm will ever calm down?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Not as long as there's, you know, life.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19I think, you know, you get a lot of tension and stress at home,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22and the weather's rubbish and, you know,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25you come here and it's all inclusive,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27and nobody, really, has got any scruples.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30You know, "Oh, You can't dress like that!" You can do what you want here.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34And I think as long as that lives, Benidorm will live with it as well,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36but I think this has to be here, as well.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39There's got to be a choice, and you have got a choice here.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43I hope it never changes, I think it's got the mix just right.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Look now, up there, all of that up there is where
0:22:51 > 0:22:55the hustle and bustle was, screaming and all the rest of it.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- That's where I lost my voice then. - You lost your voice up there? Yeah, I know.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01You can lose a lot more up there, let me tell you!
0:23:01 > 0:23:03And then you've got this.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- It's like paradise.- I just feel like I'm in a completely different place.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08It is, it's two different places.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09- So beautiful.- Yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- So, have you enjoyed?- I have. - Did you expect to see this?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Thank you so much for showing me a different side of Benidorm. - It's a pleasure.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- You might stay here next time, be nearer.- Yeah!
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Cheers, love. Glad you enjoyed.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29It's made me think there's so much more on offer.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33This side of Benidorm is lovely, but a lot of people my age
0:23:33 > 0:23:36won't ever come here, and that seems like a bit of a shame.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It's my final night in Benidorm,
0:24:00 > 0:24:04and I'm getting ready for one last night out on the town.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Anthony's stag do boys have arranged a special surprise for him
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and have invited me to join them
0:24:16 > 0:24:19at one of Benidorm's most notorious bars.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22It's a magnet for stags and hens,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24and it's a place where anything goes.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35For many groups, a holiday experience wouldn't be complete...
0:24:35 > 0:24:37without a stripper.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43WHOOPING
0:24:43 > 0:24:45And for the girls in this party,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47it's just a chance to let their hair down.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57It's all harmless fun and everyone's enjoying themselves,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59including me.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05The boys arrive and, true to form, head straight to the bar.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07'Even after four days of boozing,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10'Anthony's still getting the rounds in.'
0:25:10 > 0:25:11- Cheers.- Wahey!
0:25:14 > 0:25:17They've arranged a stripper for Anthony,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20but first the party host has to get him inside.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Our farmer friend is looking a little bit sheepish.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Anthony might be enjoying himself,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39but I'm not sure what his fiancee would think.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Oh!- Argh! no!
0:25:43 > 0:25:44'And, as the show goes on,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47'Anthony seems to be increasingly uncomfortable.'
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Awww!
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Oh, she doesn't...
0:25:55 > 0:25:56No!
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Aargh!
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Oh, my God!
0:26:00 > 0:26:01No!
0:26:01 > 0:26:05'Clearly, this is more about shocking than thrilling.'
0:26:08 > 0:26:11'I'm just not sure if anyone is really enjoying it.'
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Well, I cannot believe what I've just seen.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20That was full-on, and I've seen some things in my time.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26And, looking around,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I can't help but wonder if the boys feel the same way.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Is this really what they came on holiday for?
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Thanks to male bravado, we'll never really know.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00After a week in Benidorm,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04it seems to me that everything's on offer here.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08You can get anything you want, and you can see why we all go for it,
0:27:08 > 0:27:13why we all drink too much, and why it's no holds barred on holidays.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17It's a chance to go mad and forget the day-to-day grind back home.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19It's about embracing those moments,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22surrounded by friends and loved ones.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24It's about finding happiness,
0:27:24 > 0:27:26whatever you're into.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I love dancing, so I've brought the boys clubbing
0:27:31 > 0:27:34to let off some steam before we head back home to reality.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38# All my friends are wasted
0:27:38 > 0:27:41# And I hate this club
0:27:41 > 0:27:44# Man, I drink too much
0:27:44 > 0:27:48# 'Nother Friday night I've wasted
0:27:48 > 0:27:51# My eyes are black and red
0:27:51 > 0:27:54# I'm crawling back to your bed... #
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Benidorm, do you know what?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07You've been awesome.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09I'm so glad I found the Swansea boys.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11I cannot believe they pushed me in the pool.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15They're mad, but I did say when I came to Benidorm
0:28:15 > 0:28:17that I would provide a party.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21But do you know what? It is time for me to go to bed.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I hope they enjoy their night, but I'm goners.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Until next time, adios Benidorm.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43MUSIC: Push It by Salt-N-Pepa