Get Even (TV series) explained
| Creator: | Holly Phillips |
| Composer: | Esther Joy Lane |
| Producer: | Josh Dynevor |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| List Episodes: | - Episodes
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| Channel: | BBC iPlayer |
| Runtime: | 24–28 minutes |
Get Even is a British teen thriller television series that premiered on BBC iPlayer on 14 February 2020. The series was adapted by Holly Phillips from the book series Don't Get Mad by Gretchen McNeil, and focuses on a group of schoolgirls who form a group to expose bullies at their school.[1] In August 2020, the series was acquired by Netflix and distributed internationally. In February 2022, BBC premiered a spin-off series, Rebel Cheer Squad.[2]
Premise
Kitty Wei, Bree Deringer, Margot Rivers and Olivia Hayes form DGM (Don't Get Mad) to expose the bullies at their school. However, when one of their targets is murdered by an unknown attacker and holds a note saying "DGM" in his hand, the girls realise somebody is trying to frame them for his murder. Series of such events continue which make their suspicion strong about someone being after them.
The series then covers their investigation and ends on a cliffhanger.
Cast and characters
Main
- Kim Adis as Kitty Wei, a girl who feels pressured to overachieve due to her parents' high expectations.
- Mia McKenna-Bruce as Bree Deringer, a girl who has a rich father and frequently gets into trouble at school.
- Bethany Antonia as Margot Rivers, an American girl who enjoys gaming in her free time and hasn’t got many friends at school.
- Jessica Alexander as Olivia Hayes, a popular girl who is perceived to be the typical rich girl, but actually comes from a poor background.
- Joe Flynn as Ronny Kent, a self-entitled boy who steals and posts private photos of Mika online. He is murdered by being pushed out of his bedroom window.
- Emily Carey as Mika Cavanaugh, a sheltered girl whose private photos are stolen and posted online without her consent.
- Kit Clarke as Logan, lead actor of the drama club, who is interested in Margot.
- Jake Dunn as Christopher Beeman, the theatre director and Logan's best friend.
- Joe Ashman as Rex Cavanaugh, a childhood friend of Bree, Amber's boyfriend and Mika's brother.
- Ayumi Spyrides as Camilla, the captain of the girls football team. She was in an illegal and abusive relationship with Coach Creed, which was exposed by DGM.
- Priya Blackburn as Meera, a friend of Olivia's who secretly dislikes her.
- Joelle Bromidge as Jemima, a friend of Olivia's.
- Razan Nassar as Amber, the most popular girl in school and Olivia's best friend, Rex's girlfriend and a member of the drama club.
- Isaac Rouse as John, Bree's best friend and her closest confidant.
Recurring
- Jack Derges as Coach Richard Creed, a PE teacher who is in an illegal and abusive relationship with Camilla. He is an extremely unpleasant character, not caring who he hurts.
- Elaine Tan as Coach Evans, a PE teacher who coaches the girls' football team. She is quite arbitrary in her punishments.
- Shannon Murray as Mrs Baggott, the deputy headmistress of the school, and the mother of John.
- Chris J Gordon as Donte, Olivia's boyfriend.
- Charlie Anson as Mr Harrington, headmaster of Bannerman school.
- Dylan Brady as Ed, a student at the school and friend of Margot.
- Danny Griffin as Shane, a boy interested in Bree.
- Gerard Fletcher as Detective Bartlett, one of the detectives investigating Ronny's death.
- Natasha Atherton as Detective Misra, one of the detectives investigating Ronny's death.
Notes and References
- Web site: Get Even. BBC. 15 February 2020. 7 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200207141507/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/get-even. live.
- News: Darvill . Josh . Get Even follow up series Rebel Cheer Squad comes to BBC iPlayer . 16 February 2022 . TellyMix . 8 February 2022.
