Format: 10 Minute 6 Part Web Series

Tone: Phoenix Nights meets Benidorm and Shameless, with the wit of Hacks and a dash of Schitt’s Creek

 

Genre: Comedy / Working-Class Ensemble Comedy

Setting: The faded seaside town of Morecambe, Lancashire

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Co Writer: Adam Sutherland

 

Synopsis:
At the rundown Cliffs Holiday Park on the Morecambe seafront, dreams come cheap but drama comes free. When doting dad Brian Parker tries to convince sharp-tongued talent show judge Joan Osmore to give his daughter Ashley another chance at fame, it sets off a chain of chaotic events that spirals completely out of control.

After a disastrous meeting, Joan ends up tied to a chair in the park’s snooker room, and Brian’s eccentric nan, along with her oddball gang of pensioner partners-in-crime, step in to help him fix the mess. Between dodgy holidaymakers, broken caravans, and moral panic on social media, this small northern family find themselves caught between a kidnapping, a PR disaster, and a love letter to the seaside towns Britain forgot.

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As the chaos snowballs into a local scandal, Brian and Joan are forced into an uneasy alliance to contain the fallout. What begins as barbed banter softens into reluctant respect, then sparks into something neither saw coming. Joan’s armour of celebrity cynicism cracks as she meets a community that still believes in second chances. Brian, forever putting everyone else first, rediscovers his own courage and charm in her company. The unlikely romance complicates everything, what begins as a local scandal turns into a viral sensation, and everyone’s got something to lose or gain from the madness.

 

Themes & Mood:
What Happens in Morecambe is a comedy about class, chaos, and community. It explores how ordinary people chase extraordinary dreams, even when life keeps dealing them bad hands. Beneath the laughs lies something tender — a portrait of working-class Britain with heart, dignity, and defiance.

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Sunburnt nostalgia meets the grit of reality, all set to the rhythm of crashing waves, karaoke nights, and the quiet hope that maybe, just maybe, tomorrow will be better.