Millie Inbetween
| Millie Inbetween | |
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| Created by | Elaine Sperber Gary Parker Matthew Leys Will Ing |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme | Millie Inbetween Theme Tune[1] |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 43 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ali Bryer Carron Fraser MacDonald Elaine Sperber Mellisa Hardinge Jeffrey Sherriff Vince Poper Alan Levy Millie Innes |
| Production locations | Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland BBC Pacific Quay |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC (2014-present) CBBC HD (2013-present) |
| Release | 1 October 2014 – present |
Millie Inbetween is a British children's sitcom series broadcast on CBBC and stars Millie Innes. The first series premiered on 1 October 2014. It focuses on 13 year-old Millie and her 15-year-old sister whose parents have recently split up.[2] A fourth series has been confirmed, however due to Jaye Jacobs returning to Holby City, she will now serve as a recurring character rather than a main character.[3] Innes will serve as an associate producer for the fourth series.[4]
Production
In March 2014, BBC commissioned a new 13-part series called The Millie Show.[5] The show name was then changed Millie Inbetween. It was filmed in Dumbarton, Scotland at the River City Studios.[5]
Subsequent Fiming for Series 1, 2, 3 & 4 were filmed in Northern Ireland in the BBC Blackstaff Studio Complex as well as local locations that resemble Glasgow.
Plot
Series 1
Millie McDonald (Millie Innes) is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her 15-year-old sister Lauren McDonald (Tallulah Greive). Their parents have split up, so the two sisters are constantly swapping living with 'Mum' Sharon, (Hannah Jane Fox) and 'Dad' Tony (James Bachman). Millie loves the upsides of her new family set-up; two Christmas celebrations, two birthdays, and two bedrooms. However, the downsides are more tricky to come to terms with, as her parents start new relationships. The parents' new partners have children, too - and they all want to move in. Sharon has a new partner called Mike (Jeremy Edwards), who has a son called Craig (Theo Stevenson), who is a nightmare. Tony meets a new partner called Amber (Jaye Jacobs), who has 2 children called Fran (Mya-Lecia Naylor) and Jake (Marley Lockhart).
Series 2
Great Aunt Gloria visits, still convinced Sharon and Tony (now played by Richard Lumsden) are still married, Millie celebrates her 13th birthday, Lauren trains for a hike with the school, Millie and Fran go head to head in a spelling-bee, Craig goes to stay with his mum at Christmas when he feels left out at home, Jake and Fran's dad turns up at the flat, Mum loses her job at Sunnyshopper, Mum decides to get tips off of Amber to try and be cool, Millie's English teacher arrives at the house to talk about Millie's poem, Lauren gets all loved up with Craig's new mate, Justin, Tony and Amber split but soon get back together, Jake bonds with Craig after Mike forces Craig to look after him, Mike proposes to Sharon and the whole family go on a camping trip together.
Series 3
Tony and Amber are moving to a bigger flat, Millie tries to be bad in order to go to a party, Amber announces she is pregnant, Millie's grandparents unexpectedly turn up on Christmas Day, Mike loses his job at the gym and is too scared to tell Sharon, Millie needs to start thinking about her subject choices at school, Fran gets a temporary tattoo much to the horror of Amber, it is Father's Day and Tony thinks Millie and Lauren have forgotten about him, the house goes electricity free for a week, Millie, Lauren and Craig want to be home alone so they send Mum and Mike to Dad and Amber's flat, Millie fakes a boyfriend to get the attention of Lauren, Mum and Mike eventually get married and Amber gives birth to a baby boy named Hector.
Series 4
Craig moves out to go to college and Lauren meets a boy named Declan (Richard Wisker), who later becomes her boyfriend. Dad and Amber move to Spain, so Fran and Jake are looked after by their grandma, Flora (Llewella Gideon). Millie tries to befriend a girl, Jessie (Rhianna Merrells) in her maths class who is a 'wild' girl. Meanwhile, Mike’s nephew, Leo (Oscar Morgan), moves into the house.
Characters
Main
| Actor | Character | Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Millie Innes | Millie | Main | |||
| Tallulah Greive | Lauren | Main | |||
| Hannah-Jane Fox | Sharon | Main | |||
| James Bachman | Tony | Main | — | ||
| Richard Lumsden | — | Main | Recurring | ||
| Jeremy Edwards | Mike | Main | |||
| Jaye Jacobs | Amber | Main | Recurring | ||
| Theo Stevenson | Craig | Main | Recurring | ||
| Mya-Lecia Naylor | Fran | Main | |||
| Marley Lockhart | Jake | Main | |||
| Richard Wisker | Declan | — | Main | ||
| Llewella Gideon | Flora | — | Main | ||
| Rhianna Merralls | Jessie | — | Main | ||
| Oscar Morgan | Leo | — | Main | ||
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 11 (2 extra) | 8 October 2014 | 24 December 2014 | |
| 2 | 13 (2 extra) | 19 November 2015 | 19 March 2016 | |
| 3 | 12 | 24 November 2016 | 23 February 2017 | |
| 4 | 16 (3 Extra) | 31 December 2017 | TBA | |
References
- ^ "Millie Inbetween - Theme Tune - CBBC". YouTube.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/media centre/proginfo/2014/39/millie-inbetween
- ^ https://twitter.com/cbbc/status/882543446334025728
- ^ "Exciting day signing a contract for a NEW SERIES of MI 💜 looking forward to getting stuck into work again... and becoming an ASSOCIATE PRODUCER 😱 hard work always pays off 👌🏽". Instagram. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ a b Gavin Docherty. "Millie's acting silly for her own BBC sitcom... at tender age of 12". Express.co.uk.
