Sandylands: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The series follows twenty-seven-year-old Emily Verma as she begrudgingly returns to her seaside hometown of Sandylands, following the news that her semi-estranged father Les Vegas is 'lost at sea' after a bloodied pedalo is found on the shore. Charged with putting his affairs in order, Emily quickly becomes a key person of interest for a mysterious one-eyed man, who's recently arrived in Sandylands and works for the life insurance company that's due to pay out over Les' unfortunate demise.

Series details

• Title: Sandylands
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2020-03-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: U&GOLD
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 44284
• IMDb ID: tt10979148
• TVDB ID: 377301

Cast and credited roles

• Sanjeev Bhaskar — Les Vegas
• Natalie Dew — Emily Verma
• David Walliams — Derek Swallows
• Sophie Thompson — Jeannie Swallows
• Simon Bird — Nathan Wild
• Harriet Webb — Tina Taylor
• Craig Parkinson — Terry Chino
• Tracy-Ann Oberman — Donna Vegas
• Hugh Bonneville — The One-Eyed Man

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-03-04; final listed air date 2020-03-06; episode order: 3.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-10-25; final listed air date 2021-10-27; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sandylands on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.