''White Gold'' is a British

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featuring a group of UPVC window salesmen in mid-1980s

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. It stars

Ed Westwick Edward Jack Peter Westwick (born 27 June 1987) is an English actor and musician best known for his role as Chuck Bass on The CW's ''Gossip Girl'' as well as Vincent Swan in the TV series ''White Gold''. He made his feature film debut in '' Chil ...

as Vincent, the head of a double-glazed windows sales team, with former ''

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'' cast members Joe Thomas and James Buckley.

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announced that series two of the show would air on 6 March 2019. Series 1 was released internationally by

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on 11 August 2017. Series 2 was released internationally by

on 17 May 2019.

Production

The show is produced by BBC Comedy along with Fudge Park Productions, which was established in 2015 by the creators of ''The Inbetweeners'' –

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and

Iain Morris Iain Kevan Morris (born 6 August 1973) is an English writer. He is best known for creating ''The Inbetweeners'' with his writing partner Damon Beesley and co-hosting a show on London radio station XFM with stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr. He fe ...

. Beesley created White Gold and acts as

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and executive producer, in addition to having written eight of the 12 episodes. Joe Thomas and Chris Niel wrote two episodes each. Production of series 2 was suspended in November 2017 following allegations of

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against Ed Westwick. Filming recommenced in November 2018, after Westwick was stated to be legally innocent by the Los Angeles District Court.

Cast and characters

as Vincent Swan, the head salesman at Cachet Windows * James Buckley as Brian Fitzpatrick, a junior salesman * Joe Thomas as Martin Lavender, a junior salesman *

Nigel Lindsay Nigel Lindsay (born 17 January 1969) is an English actor. He is best known on television for his roles as Sir Robert Peel in the first two seasons of ''Victoria'', Jo Jo Marshall in the Netflix series '' Safe'' and as Barry in the BAFTA-winnin ...

as Tony Walsh, the owner of Cachet Windows *

Linzey Cocker Linzey is the family name of *Andrew Linzey Andrew Linzey (born 2 February 1952) is an English Anglican priest, theologian, and prominent figure in Christian vegetarianism. He is a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford, an ...

as Sam Swan, Vincent's wife *

Lauren O'Rourke Lauren O'Rourke is a British actress best known for her roles in the sitcom '' Drifters'' as Laura on Channel 4 and as Carol in ''White Gold Pure gold is slightly reddish yellow in color, but colored gold in various other colors can be produc ...

as Carol, the secretary at Cachet Windows *

Lee Ross Lee David Ross (August 25, 1942 – May 14, 2021) was a Canadian-American professor. He held the title of the Stanford Federal Credit Union Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University and was an influential social psychologist wh ...

as Ronnie Farrell, a gangster who pretends to be an

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dealer *

Rachel Shenton Rachel Joy Shenton (born 21 December 1987) is an English actress, screenwriter, and activist. She is known for her roles as Mitzeee Minniver in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (2010–2013), Lily Summers in the ABC Family drama '' Swit ...

as Joanne "Jo" Scott, a motivational spokeswoman turned head saleswoman for W-Windows (series 2)

Episodes

Series 1 (2017)

Series 2 (2019)

References

External links

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