Drama Queens (TV series)

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Drama Queens
Genre Reality
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time60 minutes (including adverts)
Original release
Network ITVBe
Release10 April 2024 (2024-04-10) 
present (present)

Drama Queens is a British reality television series broadcast on ITVBe and ITVX, following the lives of actresses who appear or have appeared in various soap operas including Coronation Street , EastEnders , Emmerdale and Hollyoaks . [1] The series began airing on 10 April 2024 for 8 episodes. [2] [3]

Contents

Cast

The cast featured the following soap stars: [4] [5]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleOriginal air dateDuration
11"Drunk on Grape Juice!"10 April 2024 (2024-04-10)60 minutes
Ellie Leach discusses life after Coronation Street , sits down for a chat with her mum and goes behind the scenes on the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour, before addressing the press intrusion and chatting to her cousin Brooke Vincent during a family get together. Meanwhile Jamelia and Jorgie Porter discuss working on Hollyoaks , and Lucy Fallon films a scene on Coronation Street before welcoming viewers into her home. Laura Norton chats to Roxy Shahidi as she prepares to returns to Emmerdale following maternity leave.
22"Episode 2"17 April 2024 (2024-04-17)60 minutes
Amy Walsh and Laura Norton go and watch Roxy Shahidi perform on the Dancing on Ice set, Jorgie Porter organises her fiancé Ollie's birthday, Brooke Vincent presents her show on the radio, reveals that she is going to be performing in the stage play of Kay Mellor's The Syndicate and talks about raising her kids after Coronation Street and Jamelia invites viewers in to her home and speaks out about her and her kids moving house for the first time after ending her relationship.
33"Episode 3"24 April 2024 (2024-04-24)60 minutes
44"Episode 4"1 May 2024 (2024-05-01)60 minutes
55"Episode 5"8 May 2024 (2024-05-08)60 minutes
66"Episode 6"15 May 2024 (2024-05-15)60 minutes
77"Episode 7"22 May 2024 (2024-05-22)60 minutes
88"Episode 8"29 May 2024 (2024-05-29)60 minutes

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