Age Before Beauty Explained
| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Paul Norton Walker |
| Starring: | |
| Creator: | Debbie Horsfield[1] |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Executive Producer: | - Debbie Horsfield
- Laura Mackie
- Sally Haynes
- Elizabeth Kilgarriff
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| Producer: | Guy De Glanville |
| Company: | Mainstreet Pictures |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 |
| Network: | BBC One |
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]
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]
Production
Filming for the series began in June 2017 in the Northern Quarter, Manchester.[3]
Notes and References
- Web site: Casting announced for new BBC One drama Age Before Beauty. BBC. 1 June 2017.
- Web site: BBC One books new beauty drama based in Manchester. Manchester Evening News. 25 July 2016. Katie. Fitzpatrick.
- Web site: Star cast announced for new BBC drama Age Before Beauty. The Yorkshire Post. 1 June 2017.
- Web site: Robson Green and Sue Johnston to lead new BBC drama from Poldark writer. Radio Times. 1 June 2017. Susanna. Lazarus.
