Dressing for Breakfast
| Dressing for Breakfast | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Stephanie Calman |
| Starring | Beatie Edney Holly Aird Nigel Lindsay Charlotte Cornwell |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Warner Sisters Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 4 |
| Original run | 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..
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[edit] Storyline
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).
[edit] Reception
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.
[edit] Cast
The cast included:
- Beatie Edney as Louise
- Holly Aird as Carla
- Charlotte Cornwell as Liz
- Nigel Lindsay as Dave
- Sophie Stanton as Rose
- Robert Langdon Lloyd as Fabrizio
- Philip Glenister as Mark
- Andrew Clover as Laurence
- Richard Durden as Graham
- Lucy Robinson as Sarah
[edit] References
- ^ Rees, Jasper (25 November 1995). "'TELEVISION Dressing for Breakfast (C4)". The Independent. http://google.com/search?q=cache:49wwzhU3M7cJ:www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/television-dressing-for-breakfast-c4-1583499.html+dressing+for+breakfast&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
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