The last stop before the bleak grey expanse of the Irish Sea, a line of fairy lights swinging in the darkness, Blackpool lets you be whoever you want to be, however fantastic, depraved or bizarre. But always at a price. This irreverent comic soap opera lifts the lid on the seething pit of intrigue, deception, unspeakable secrets and unbelievable depravity that lies just behind the funhouse doors. Visit the strip clubs, brothels, nightclubs, joke shops, piers, glamour photographers studios, seedy hotels, protection rackets and transvestite bars that crowd the town, and meet their unlikely, but strangely compelling, inhabitants...

The last stop before the bleak grey expanse of the Irish Sea

david morrissey, blackpool