Hair (TV series) explained

Director:James Morgan
Presenter:Steve Jones (2014)
Katherine Ryan (2015)
Narrated:Jason Done (2015)
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:2
Num Episodes:14
List Episodes:
  1. Episode list
Executive Producer:Clare Sillery
Producer:Ceri Jones
Runtime:60 minutes (2014)
30 minutes (2015)
Company:BBC Television
Channel:BBC Three (2014)
BBC Two (2015)

Hair is a British reality television series to find Britain's best amateur hair stylist that was first broadcast on BBC Three on 25 February 2014. The first series was presented by Steve Jones, whilst the second series is fronted by Katherine Ryan.[1] The judges are Denise McAdam and Alain Pichon.[2] [3] On 30 October 2014, it was revealed that Hair had been renewed for a second series and promoted from BBC Three to BBC Two.[4] The second and final series comprises eight half-hour episodes and began on 13 July 2015.

Production

Hair was commissioned by Zai Bennett and Emma Willis and was produced by BBC Television.[5] [6]

Episode list

Series 2 (2015)

Series

Series 1 (2014)

Eight contestants participated in the first series of Hair.[10]

ContestantAgeOutcome
Amy Tombling22Eliminated 1st
Ebuni Ajiduah24Eliminated 2nd
Laura Hollowell25Eliminated 3rd
Annie Davies24Eliminated 4th
Kobi Kirby16Eliminated 5th
Katie Crompton30style=background:silver;Runner-up
Dominika Kasperowicz29style=background:silver;Runner-up
Marvin Francis25style=background:goldWinner

Series 2 (2015)

Ten contestants participated in the second and final series of Hair.

ContestantAgeOutcome
Daniel Cryne31Eliminated 1st
Jaime Cura38Eliminated 2nd
Lesley White58Eliminated 3rd
Sarah Bloor42Eliminated 4th
Rebecca Uzzaman30Eliminated 5th
Meggan George21Eliminated 6th
Kellie Henry28Eliminated 7th
Marlene Abuah30Runner-up
Maryia Yasianetskaya29Runner-up
Philip Hunt33Winner

Notes and References

  1. News: Steve Jones to host BBC Three hairdressing reality show . Digital Spy . 15 November 2013 . 30 January 2014 . Fletcher, Alex.
  2. News: New BBC Three show Hair aims to do for hairdressing what Bake Off has done for cakes . Metro . 15 November 2013 . 30 January 2014 . Westbrook, Caroline.
  3. News: BBC3 makes Hair raising move . C21 Media . 18 November 2013 . 30 January 2014 . Middleton, Richard.
  4. News: Hair: Steve Jones competition moves to BBC Two for Series 2 . Digital Spy . 30 October 2014 . 30 October 2014.
  5. News: Steve Jones to present brand new BBC Three series Hair . BBC . 15 November 2013 . 30 January 2014.
  6. News: Hairdressing is the next BBC competition format . Televisual . 15 November 2013 . 30 January 2014 . Considine, Pippa . 2 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105802/http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/Hairdressing-is-the-next-BBC-competition-format_nid-3536.html . dead .
  7. Web site: BARB Top 30s.
  8. Web site: BBC Two - Hair - Episode guide. BBC. 14 July 2015.
  9. Web site: BARB Top 30s.
  10. News: Meet the contestants of brand-new BBC Three contest, Hair . BBC . 30 January 2014 . 30 January 2014.