U.K. Detective Drama Series ‘Death in Benidorm,’ Brazil’s ‘Emergency 53’ to Bow at Italian Global Series Festival

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By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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This year’s Italian Global Series Festival will host the premieres of “Benindorm Is Murder,” a new Channel 5 detective drama series starring John Hannah, and hotly anticipated Brazilian medical show “Emergency 53.” The event’s second edition will take place July 3-11 in the seaside cities of Rimini and Riccione.

“Benindorm Is Murder,” formerly titled “Death in Benindorm,” sees Hannah playing Dennis, a former detective trying to escape his past who swaps the chaos of the U.K. for a quieter life running a bar in the Spanish coastal resort of Benidorm. But when tourists start turning up dead, he’s reluctantly drawn back into detective work. Dennis is egged on by his barmaid Rosa, a crime drama superfan, played by Carolina Bécquer. Hannah is set to attend the show’s launch.

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