Age Before Beauty

Age Before Beauty
Genre	Drama
Created by	Debbie Horsfield [1]
Written by	Debbie Horsfield [1]
Directed by	Paul Norton Walker [1]
Starring	Polly Walker Robson Green James Murray Kelly Harrison Lisa Riley Madeleine Mantock Vicky Myers Amir El-Masry Sue Johnston
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Debbie Horsfield [1] Laura Mackie Sally Haynes Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Producer	Guy De Glanville [1]
Production location	Manchester
Production company	Mainstreet Pictures [1]
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	31 July (2018-07-31) – 29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)

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]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date  [5]	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	Paul Norton Walker	Debbie Horsfield	31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)	4.57 million [6]
2	"Episode 2"	Paul Norton Walker	Debbie Horsfield	7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)	3.84 million [6]
3	"Episode 3"	Paul Norton Walker	Lee Warburton	14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)	3.68 million [6]
4 [7]	"Episode 4"	Paul Norton Walker	Debbie Horsfield	21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)	3.67 million [6]
5 [8]	"Episode 5"	Paul Norton Walker	Debbie Horsfield	28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)	3.74 million [6]
6 [9]	"Episode 6"	Paul Norton Walker	Debbie Horsfield	29 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. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
8. "Age Before Beauty - S1 - Episode 5". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
9. "Age Before Beauty - S1 - Episode 6". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

External links

• Age Before Beauty at BBC Online
• Age Before Beauty at IMDb
• Age Before Beauty at epguides.com