''Age Before Beauty'' is a
BBC television drama series by
Debbie Horsfield that premiered on
BBC One
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on 31 July 2018.
The six-part series is based in
Manchester
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, England, and stars
Robson Green
Robson Golightly Green (born 18 December 1964) is an English actor, angler, singer-songwriter and presenter.
His first major TV role was as hospital porter Jimmy Powell in BBC drama series '' Casualty'' in 1989. He then went on to portray Fusi ...
,
Sue Johnston,
Polly Walker and
James Murray.
Plot
''Age Before Beauty'' is a family drama set in a Manchester
beauty salon
A beauty salon or beauty parlor is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for people. Other variations of this type of business include hair salons, spas, day spas, and medical spas.
Beauty treatments
Massage for the body is ...
. The series follows Bel, a homemaker and mother-of-two, as she deals with the demands of her family's struggling salon business and her warring family with the problems in her marriage.
Cast and characters
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Robson Green
Robson Golightly Green (born 18 December 1964) is an English actor, angler, singer-songwriter and presenter.
His first major TV role was as hospital porter Jimmy Powell in BBC drama series '' Casualty'' in 1989. He then went on to portray Fusi ...
as Teddy Roxton, Bel's brother-in-law and best friend.
[
* Sue Johnston as Ivy-Rae Regan, Bel's mother and a spray tan technician in the family's salon.][
* Polly Walker as Bel Finch, a homemaker and mother who takes over her family's salon business.][
* James Murray as Wesley Finch, Bel's husband of 25 years.][
* Lisa Riley as Tina Regan, Bel's sister and a tattoo artist in the family's salon.][
*]Kelly Harrison
Kelly Harrison (born 1980) is a British actress. Initially a model for four years, she was cast in BBC's Saturday night programme, '' Casualty'', as paramedic Nikki Marshall. Harrison has also appeared in '' Born and Bred'', '' Waking the Dead' ...
as Leanne Roxton, Bel's obnoxious sister and a nail technician and personal stylist in the family's salon.[
*Vicky Myers as Heidi Regan, Bel's sister, a cosmetic surgery addict and mother to seven-year-old Disney, a wannabe pageant queen.][
*]Madeleine Mantock
Madeleine Mantock (born 26 May 1990) is a British actress. She is known for her main role television work on the series '' Into the Badlands'' and a remake of the series ''The Tomorrow People''. She played in a main role as Macy Vaughn from the ...
as Lorelei Bailey, a personal trainer in her twenties.[
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Episodes
Production
Filming for the series began in June 2017 in the Northern Quarter, Manchester.[
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References
External links
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2018 British television series debuts
2018 British television series endings
2010s British drama television series
2010s British television miniseries
BBC television dramas
English-language television shows
Television shows based on British novels
Television series about dysfunctional families
Television series about marriage
Television shows set in Manchester
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