Duty Free is a British sitcom written by Eric Chappell and Jean Warr that aired on ITV from 1984 to 1986. It was made by Yorkshire Television. Cast Keith Barron as David Pearce Gwen Taylor as Amy Pearce Joanna Van Gyseghem as Linda Cochran Neil Stacy as Robert Cochran Carlos Douglas as Carlos the Waiter Bunny May as Hotel manager (series 1) George Camiller as Hotel manager (series 2 and 3) Ray Mort as George (series 1 and 2) Hugo Bower as Zimmerman (series 1) Joseph Fazal as Spanish Policeman (series 2) Roger Sloman as Kev Wilson (series 2 episode Snap) Plot Duty Free is about two British couples, David and Amy Pearce and Robert and Linda Cochran, who meet while holidaying at the same Spanish hotel in Marbella and the interruptive affair conducted by David Pearce and Linda Cochran during their break. Another recurring character is the hotel waiter Carlos. Although set in Spain, the show was recorded entirely in the Leeds Studios – only for the concluding Christmas special was the budget found to film some scenes in Spain at the Don Carlos Hotel and Spa. Like many British sitcoms, there was a class-related tension between the two; with the Pearces working-class socialists from Northampton, and the Cochrans a more affluent, middle-class Conservative couple from Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. The character of David Pearce, much to his wife's chagrin, became uncomfortable with his own status and politics after meeting the Cochrans and tried to change his outlook. During the show's run, it was never satisfactorily resolved if it was the same holiday being depicted in each series (or whether it was a different visit to Spain set within another time period) leading to the show famously being dubbed "the holiday that never ends". Although the first episode of Series 3 was set with the characters back home in the UK, it subsequently returns to Spain. The series was based on a one-off TV play by Chappell, We're Strangers Here, first performed on TV with Geraldine McEwan and Ian Hendry as a two-hander and subsequently on stage as a four-hander at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Episodes Series 1 (1984) Series 2 (1984) Series 3 (1986) Christmas Special (1986) Trivia The actor Frazer Hines, known for his former role in Emmerdale Farm, and television presenter Judith Chalmers made guest appearances in the series, playing themselves. The former was a hotel guest