A LONELY estate agent who traded the Sunshine Coast for the Costa Blanca hopes love will blossom in Benidorm... live on TV.
Amanda Penalver left Clacton for a new life in Spain and now makes ends meet flogging holiday apartments to tourists.
But it can be lonely tucking into tapas on your own.
Now ex-pat divorcee Amanda is heading on a date with Spanish tour operator Luis, who she found on the internet.
What happened next will be show on this week's episode of Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun, which airs on Channel 5 tonight.
The show is a Benidorm-based series charting the lives of Brits who’ve swapped the damp and grey of the UK for a new cheap as chips life in the sun.
It follow the fortunes of new arrivals determined to make a living and forge a new life in the UK's favourite foreign holiday spot.
Bosses are remaining tight-lipped over whether love will bloom for amorous Amanda.
But the couple’s first date includes a Sunday roast with all the trimmings so she could be onto a winner.
Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun is on Channel 5 tonight at 8pm.
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