''Give Out Girls'' is a British television

sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...

created by Tony MacMurray and stand-up comedian Hatty Ashdown. It was originally meant to be broadcast on

Sky Living Sky Living was a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky. The channel's programming was aimed mainly at women and young adults. It originally launched as UK Living in 1993 and closed 25 years later, being replaced by Sky Witnes ...

but on 16 July 2014 it was announced that the show would now air on

Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared towards young adults aged 18–34 and carries comedy programmin ...

. It began broadcasting on 14 October 2014. On 13 August 2015,

Kerry Howard Kerry Elizabeth Howard (born 24 March 1982) is an English actress. She played Laura in the BBC Three comedy series '' Him & Her'' and Leanne in '' Witless''. She also appears in BBC Three "Feed My Funny" comedy sketches with Lu Corfield and act ...

announced on her Twitter account that the show would not return for a second series.

Plot

''Give Out Girls'' is a sitcom about four girls (Zoe, Gemma, Marilyn and Poppy) who work in the world of promotions.

Production

Ashdown used her time spent as a promo girl as inspiration for the series. The series began filming in and around Manchester in May 2013 and is distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide. The cast were announced in May 2013. Vickers released a statement saying ''"I'm so excited about doing my first comedy show. It's different to any acting I've done before. The script is hilarious, I was laughing my head off just reading it. The rest of the cast are great, we all have really good chemistry. I can't wait to get in front of the camera and start filming!"''

Cast

as Marilyn, who at 29 is the eldest sales girl who is unlucky and accident-prone * Cariad Lloyd as Poppy, a fun loving party girl *

Diana Vickers Diana Vickers (born 30 July 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and fashion designer, who initially came to public attention as a semi-finalist on ''The X Factor'' in 2008. Vickers signed a record deal with RCA Records and, after to ...

as Gemma, the youngest sales girl who is naive and slightly dimwitted *

Miranda Hennessy Miranda Hennessy (born 12 January in Bournemouth, Dorset) is a British stage and film actress. In 2014, she starred in '' Pramface'' and an episode of ''Siblings''. Biography She went to Hutton Primary School in Hutton, Somerset, near Weston-S ...

as Zoe, a bitchy and passive-aggressive sales girl from

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

Tracy-Ann Oberman Tracy-Ann Oberman (born Tracy Anne Oberman; 25 August 1966) is an English actress, playwright and narrator. She is widely known for roles including Chrissie Watts in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' (2004–2005) and Valerie Lewis or "Auntie ...

as Debbie, the self-absorbed, politically incorrect boss * Ben "Doc Brown" Smith as Andy, a cool and attractive employee * Alex Carter as Steve, a socially inept boss

Episodes

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=3131660, title=Give Out Girls 2014 British television series debuts 2014 British television series endings 2010s British sitcoms Comedy Central (British TV channel) original programming English-language television shows Television shows set in London