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.