Beautiful People (2008)

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20082 Seasons29m episodes6.8

Drama, Comedy

TMDB6.8

Votes26

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Runtime: 29m episodes
Genre: Drama
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: GB

About

Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream of escaping their dreary suburban surroundings and moving to cosmopolitan London "to live amongst the beautiful people." The first episode aired on BBC Two on 2 October 2008 and recorded overnight ratings of 1.5 million viewers and positive critical reaction. Episodes are self-contained, but do follow a loose story arc throughout the course of each series. The second and final series finished airing on 18 December 2009.

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Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany.

Details

Director: David Kerr
Writing: Jonathan Harvey
Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 2, 2008
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

6 hrs

12 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Luke Ward-Wilkinson

Simon Doonan

Layton Williams

Kylie Parkinson

Olivia Colman

Debbie Doonan

Aidan McArdle

Andy Doonan

Samuel Barnett

Adult Simon Doonan

Sophie Ash

Ashlene Doonan

Sarah Niles

Reba Parkinson

Meera Syal

Aunty Hayley

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SERIES

20082 Seasons29m episodes6.8

Drama, Comedy

TMDB6.8

Votes26

Your rating

Runtime: 29m episodes
Genre: Drama
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Oct 2, 2008 · 30m · ★ 7.5
How I Got My Vase
While at Kylie's, Simon steals one of Reba's dresses and tries it on back at home. Ashlene takes a Polaroid photo of him wearing it and threatens to show it to everyone unless he styles her hair to look like Heather Small's. Debbie finds the dress in the bin, assumes Reba is having an affair with Andy, and fights her in the street. Simon reveals that he took the dress. Debbie tries to quit drinking alcohol but starts again when Andy tells her she is boring when she is sober. Simon sees supposedly-vegan Hayley eating a burger and threatens to tell everyone. To keep him quite, she give him £30, which he spends on a vase that he has had his eye on for a long time.
E2 · Airs Oct 9, 2008 · 30m · ★ 8.0
How I Got My Nose
Simon Doonan, now living in New York, remembers the time auditioning for the school play led to his mother being arrested for assault and the re-enactment of a famous horror film.
E3 · Airs Oct 16, 2008 · 30m · ★ 8.5
How I Got My Beads
Simon remembers his mother's experiments with the occult and his grandmother's return from a mental hospital, which saw her change rather radically from the nicest granny in the world. Featuring conjoined twins and a bingo caller.
E4 · Airs Oct 23, 2008 · 30m · ★ 8.0
How I Got My Posh
Birthdays have ever been easy for Simon, especially when the whole school finds out what he really really wants. Meanwhile, Ashlene meets a flasher and Aunty Hayley feels loved and a whole lot more.
E5 · Airs Oct 30, 2008 · 30m · ★ 7.5
How I Got My Tongs
A trip to the hairdresser and a fabulous pair of shimmering golden hair tongs prompts Simon's decision to turn Kylie into Princess Diana.
E6 · Airs Nov 6, 2008 · 30m · ★ 8.5
How I Got My Globe
A new teacher arrives at school who really may be one of the Beautiful People. Can this really be true? Simon and Kylie finally try to leave Reading for ultra glamorous London. In New York older Simon gets homesick.

Details

Director: David Kerr
Writing: Jonathan Harvey
Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 2, 2008
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

6 hrs

12 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Luke Ward-Wilkinson

Simon Doonan

Layton Williams

Kylie Parkinson

Olivia Colman

Debbie Doonan

Aidan McArdle

Andy Doonan

Samuel Barnett

Adult Simon Doonan

Sophie Ash

Ashlene Doonan

Sarah Niles

Reba Parkinson

Meera Syal

Aunty Hayley

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