BBC One’s new comedy SunTrap sees Kayvan Novak and Bradley Walsh star as an undercover reporter and his former mentor who join forces to solve mysteries on a Spanish island.
Woody (Kayvan Novak) is a master of disguise – the world’s number one undercover reporter. But when his corrupt editor blows his cover, he’s forced on the run. The only problem is that charming motormouth Woody has trouble staying out of the spotlight…
With nowhere else to turn, Woody escapes to find his former mentor Brutus (Bradley Walsh), an expat now running a bar on a sunny Spanish island. Initially less than thrilled to see his trouble-making protégé, Brutus soon realizes he can profit by putting Woody to work on a series of investigations.
Adopting a dizzying range of larger-than-life personas, Woody runs rings around the locals; whether its tracking down a parrot with a valuable secret, or taking on a hypnotist with a vendetta, no challenge is too bizarre for Woody and Brutus, who leave a trail of mayhem in their wake.
Episode 1
Wednesday 27 May 2015, 10.45pm
Melody (Emma Pierson), the beautiful wife of pension’s fraudster Donald Hammer (Alan Williams), approaches Brutus to help her find her husband’s hidden millions.
Brutus enlists Woody’s help, but there’s a catch: the only living being who knows where the money is hidden is Teflon, Don’s talking parrot – and the parrot has been kidnapped.
Can Woody’s mastery of disguise help him unmask the bird-napper before it’s too late?
Episode 2
Wednesday 3 June 2015, 10.45pm
Woody is given a job delivering an urn to a neighbouring Island. When police raid the boat he is on in search of a drug smuggler, Woody realises that he has been set up, and has to swim for his life.
Back at the bar, Brutus (pictured) is caught out when by chance his ex-wife Beverley comes in for a drink. The last time Beverley knew Brutus’s whereabouts was at his funeral after he had faked his own death. Now she knows the truth she swears to take Brutus for everything he has.
Brutus decides that the only way out is to fake his own death – again! Only this time he is confident things will go without a hitch because he’s got Woody in tow. But Woody has troubles of his own: his adventures with the urn have lead him to a funeral home – one fraught with danger.
Episode 3
Wednesday 10 June 2015, 10.45pm
Woody is given a job delivering an urn to a neighbouring Island. When police raid the boat he is on in search of a drug smuggler, Woody realises that he has been set up, and has to swim for his life.
Back at the bar, Brutus (pictured) is caught out when by chance his ex-wife Beverley comes in for a drink. The last time Beverley knew Brutus’s whereabouts was at his funeral after he had faked his own death. Now she knows the truth she swears to take Brutus for everything he has.
Brutus decides that the only way out is to fake his own death – again! Only this time he is confident things will go without a hitch because he’s got Woody in tow. But Woody has troubles of his own: his adventures with the urn have lead him to a funeral home – one fraught with danger.
Episode 4
Wednesday 17 June 2015, 10.45pm
When his barman Zorro goes missing, Brutus sacks him and replaces him with ‘New Zorro’. Three days later Old Zorro returns and pleads for his old job back, explaining that he’s had a run of bad luck at the Island’s Casino Gamberos.
Zorro then reveals that in a desperate attempt to win back his money he gambled the bar – and lost! In an attempt to save his knees, Zorro did a deal with the casino manager, who agreed to waive the debt if Woody will do a job for him. Somebody is ripping off the casino and he needs to find out who before the casino’s owners – notorious gangsters the Gamberos brothers – arrive on the island in 48 hours.
With Melody by his side, Woody (pictured) goes undercover as a high roller, a female croupier and illusionist The Amazing Sigmund. Will he find the thief before the Gamberos brothers arrive and Brutus loses his beloved bar forever?
Episode 5
Wednesday 24 June 2015, 10.35pm
Woody, Brutus, Zorro and Melody wake up to find themselves in a prison cell – in fancy dress – with enormous hangovers and only a hazy recollection of the previous night.
It transpires that Brutus, Melody and Zorro have been detained on suspicion of the murder of Spanish tribute singer Elton Juan, after attending a party in his honour at the mansion of pop impresario Señor Big.
Woody didn’t attend the party and has only been held on a minor charge of impersonating a lifeguard and he is soon released. With his friends still locked up it’s down to Woody to clear their names. Using his full armoury of characters and disguises, Woody talks his way into Big’s mansion to find out what really happened. During the course of his investigations he meets Frederico Mercury – the Island’s top Freddie Mercury impersonator. Mercury has everything to gain from the death of a rival tribute singer. But, as Woody discovers, Elton Juan had many enemies.
Episode 6
Wednesday 1 July 2015, 10.45pm
Woody is employed by a company running pirate boat parties for tourists. They are losing business to a new rival company who are also threatening to sabotage their business.
They ask Woody to come on board and help. But once on the boat (and – of course – deep undercover as a pretend pirate), Woody discovers all is not what is seems.
Kidnapped at sea, Woody’s life is in danger as pretend pirate battles turn into real ones. Once more Woody must rely on his wits, clever disguises (including the infamous British spy Peter Smiley) and his friends Brutus and Melody to get him out of trouble.
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