Dressing for Breakfast
Dressing for Breakfast | |
---|---|
Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Stephanie Calman |
Starring | Beatie Edney Holly Aird Charlotte Cornwell Nigel Lindsay Mark Aiken |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 21 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Warner Sisters Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 24 November 1995 27 February 1998 | –
Dressing for Breakfast is a Channel 4 sitcom which ran between 1995 and 1998 about two women, Louise (Beatie Edney) and Carla (Holly Aird).
The series was based on a 1988 book with the same title by Stephanie Calman who also wrote the series.
Storyline[edit]
The plot mainly concerns 29-year-old jewellery maker/seller Louise and her quest to find the perfect man. Her interfering left wing activist mother Liz (Charlotte Cornwell) gets in the way. In her search for a boyfriend she makes some wrong choices and gets advice from best friend Carla and her husband Dave (Nigel Lindsay).
Reception[edit]
The TV series was generally well received. It gained acclaim for featuring strong female characters and its frank look at female sexuality.[1] It proved popular with audiences and was commissioned for three series broadcast between 1995 and 1998.
Cast[edit]
The cast included:
- Beatie Edney as Louise
- Holly Aird as Carla
- Charlotte Cornwell as Liz
- Nigel Lindsay as Dave
- Mark Aiken as Mike (S3)
- Sophie Stanton as Rose
- Robert Langdon Lloyd as Fabrizio (S1)
- Philip Glenister as Mark (S1 Ep2)
- Andrew Clover as Laurence (S3)
- Richard Durden as Graham (S2)
- Lucy Robinson as Sarah (S3)
- Sam Kelly as Creepy Man
- Omid Djalili as Turkish Man (S1 Ep4)
- Ray Fearon as Steve (S1 Ep4)
- Juliette Gruber as Sophie (S1 Ep4
- Danny Webb as John (S2 Ep3)
- Victoria Carling as Elaine (S2 Ep3)
Trivia[edit]
There is only a 13 year age difference between Charlotte Cornwell who portrayed Louise's mother and Beatie Edney (Louise).
References[edit]
- ^ Rees, Jasper (25 November 1995). "'TELEVISION Dressing for Breakfast (C4)". The Independent. Retrieved 30 August 2009.