Age Before Beauty

Age Before Beauty is a BBC television drama series by Debbie Horsfield that premiered on BBC One on 31 July 2018.[2] The six-part series is based in Manchester, England, and stars Robson Green, Sue Johnston, Polly Walker and James Murray.[3]

Age Before Beauty
GenreDrama
Created byDebbie Horsfield[1]
Written byDebbie Horsfield[1]
Directed byPaul Norton Walker[1]
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Debbie Horsfield[1]
  • Laura Mackie
  • Sally Haynes
  • Elizabeth Kilgarriff
ProducerGuy De Glanville[1]
Production locationManchester
Production companyMainstreet Pictures[1]
Release
Original networkBBC One
Picture format2:1 1080p
Audio formatStereo
Original release31 July (2018-07-31) –
29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)

Plot

Age Before Beauty is a family drama set in a Manchester beauty salon. The series follows Bel, a homemaker and mother-of-two, as she deals with the demands of her family's struggling salon business and her warring family with the problems in her marriage.[4]

Cast and characters
  • Robson Green as Teddy Roxton, Bel's brother-in-law and best friend.[1]
  • Sue Johnston as Ivy-Rae Regan, Bel's mother and a spray tan technician in the family's salon.[1]
  • Polly Walker as Bel Finch, a homemaker and mother who takes over her family's salon business.[1]
  • James Murray as Wesley Finch, Bel's husband of 25 years.[1]
  • Lisa Riley as Tina Regan, Bel's sister and a tattoo artist in the family's salon.[1]
  • Kelly Harrison as Leanne Roxton, Bel's obnoxious sister and a nail technician and personal stylist in the family's salon.[1]
  • Vicky Myers as Heidi Regan, Bel's sister, a cosmetic surgery addict and mother to seven-year-old Disney, a wannabe pageant queen.[1]
  • Madeleine Mantock as Lorelei Bailey, a personal trainer in her twenties.[1]

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [5]U.K. viewers
(millions)
1"Episode 1"Paul Norton WalkerDebbie Horsfield31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)4.57 million[6]
2"Episode 2"Paul Norton WalkerDebbie Horsfield7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)3.84 million[6]
3"Episode 3"Paul Norton WalkerLee Warburton14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)3.68 million[6]
4[7]"Episode 4"Paul Norton WalkerDebbie Horsfield21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)3.67 million[6]
5[8]"Episode 5"Paul Norton WalkerDebbie Horsfield28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)3.74 million[6]
6[9]"Episode 6"Paul Norton WalkerDebbie Horsfield29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)3.82 million [6]

Production

Filming for the series began in June 2017 in the Northern Quarter, Manchester.[3]

References
  1. "Casting announced for new BBC One drama Age Before Beauty". BBC. 1 June 2017.
  2. Fitzpatrick, Katie (25 July 2016). "BBC One books new beauty drama based in Manchester". Manchester Evening News.
  3. "Star cast announced for new BBC drama Age Before Beauty". The Yorkshire Post. 1 June 2017.
  4. Lazarus, Susanna (1 June 2017). "Robson Green and Sue Johnston to lead new BBC drama from Poldark writer". Radio Times.
  5. "Age Before Beauty Episodes". BBC One. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. "Weekly top 30 programmes - BARB". www.barb.co.uk.
  7. "Age Before Beauty - S1 - Episode 4". Radio Times.
  8. "Age Before Beauty - S1 - Episode 5". Radio Times.
  9. "Age Before Beauty - S1 - Episode 6". Radio Times.


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