Girls in Love
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| Girls in Love | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Carol Noble Steve Turner Diane Whitley Jacqueline Wilson |
| Directed by | Indra Bhose Rachel Tillotson |
| Starring | Olivia Hallinan Zaraah Abrahams Amy Kwolek Ian Dunn Sam Loggin |
| Composer(s) | Nick Harvey |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Anne Brogan |
| Producer(s) | Grainne Marmion Diane Whitley |
| Editor(s) | Annie Kocur Sebastian Morrison Sue Wyatt |
| Location(s) | London Manchester |
| Cinematography | Roger Bonnici David Katznelson |
| Camera setup | David Budd |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Granada Media |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original run | 1 April 2003 – 20 May 2005 |
| Status | Ended |
Girls in Love is a drama series produced by Granada Television which aired on ITV. It is based on the book of the same title (ISBN 0385408048), both created by UK author Jacqueline Wilson that follows the romantic thrills and spills of three teenage girls - Ellie, Magda and Nadine. The show ran for two series, and explored the somewhat weird and wonderful world of boys through the eyes of Ellie Allard, who is played by Olivia Hallinan. She likes to draw, and usually portrays her life's events in her sketchbook, which blends the show's live action with animation in a similar manner to American teen comedy hit Lizzie Maguire. She lives with her dad and his girlfriend (later wife) Anna, and her baby brother Eggs. Ellie has had two significant crushes in the course of the past two series - Russell (played by Adam Paul Harvey) and American exchange student, Darius (played by Alp Haydar).
Magda (played by Zaraah Abrahams according to Ellie "goes through boys like I do through takeaway pizzas"; she is quite a gossipy, bubbly sort of character, and had a brief fling with Russel in series four. . And then there's Nadine played by Amy Kwolek who is a goth, and has always had a wild child reputation about her.
The show has received some criticism from fans of the book, due to Ellie's appearance. In the book, she is short, bespectacled, chubby, frizzy-haired, and some people feel that she should have been portrayed this way in the television show. Also, Magda in the television show she is black and has dark hair, yet in the book, she is caucasian and her hair varies, going from what is described as a 'bottle blonde' bob, to mousey brown and an unflattering cut, to bright red and a 'sexy punky' hair style.
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[edit] Main book characters
- Ellie - Witty and vivacious, the book starts by meeting a thirteen year old Ellie in Year 9. She has curly hair, glasses, a passion for art and is self-conscious about her weight.
- Nadine - Ellie's childhood best friend. Nadine is tall, thin, beautiful, elegant and everything Ellie wants to be. However, she is a goth.
- Magda - Ellie and Nadine's best friend whom they befriended at the start of High School. Magda is beautiful, popular, confident and optimistic.
- Benedict 'Eggs' - Ellie's little half brother.
- Dad- Ellie's father, widowed when her mother died, remarried to Anna. An artist and tutor at the local college.
- Anna - Ellie's step mother, much younger than her father. Attractive and kind, her and Ellie often fight despite the fact they care for each other really. They are like sisters to each other.
[edit] More characters
- Russell - Ellie's boyfriend, who is first introduced in the 3rd book, Girls Out Late. Like Ellie, he is interested in art. He is two years older than Ellie, and is in Year Eleven at his school, Halmer High.
- Dan - Ellie's kind of boyfriend before Russell. He should be in Year Eight, but because of his intelligence he got moved up a year, to year Nine. They met at Ellie's holiday cottage in Wales, and they wrote letters to each other when they got back. Dan 'stayed' with Ellie once. Dan now has another girlfriend, called Gail.
- Natasha - Nadine's sister. She is spoiled and slightly manipulative who acts cute in front of her parents, but is a nightmare in front of Nadine, Ellie and Magda. She is friends with Benedict (Eggs).
- Kevin - An older student whom Ellie develops a crush on in the first book. Later they become friends and Ellie starts to flirt with Kevin, but to her shock she finds out that he is gay. Ellie has a habit of 'bumping into him'.
- Ryan - Magda's boyfriend, in the "Ellie's birthday scene". Ryan is an attractive, homosexual weightlifter.
- Mr Windsor (however in the TV series the name is changed to Mr Green) - Ellie, Magda and Nadine's art teacher whom the girls are all attracted to.
[edit] Jacqueline Wilson's Series
The 'Girls...' series are a highly successful set of books by author Jacqueline Wilson; Girls in Love, Girls Under Pressure, Girls Out Late & Girls in Tears.
