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Beautiful People

Beautiful People
★ 6.8/10•2008•29m•M•Comedy•Drama
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In 1997 Reading, 13-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'.

David Kerr · Director

Jonathan Harvey · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime29m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 2, 2008

Episodes

Episode 1 - How I Got My VaseE130m

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.

Oct 2, 2008

Episode 2 - How I Got My NoseE230m

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.

Oct 9, 2008

Episode 3 - How I Got My BeadsE330m

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.

Oct 16, 2008

Episode 4 - How I Got My PoshE430m

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.

Oct 23, 2008

Episode 5 - How I Got My TongsE530m

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.

Oct 30, 2008

Episode 6 - How I Got My GlobeE630m

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.

Nov 6, 2008

Actors

Luke Ward-Wilkinson

Luke Ward-Wilkinson

Simon Doonan

Layton Williams

Layton Williams

Kylie Parkinson

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

Debbie Doonan

Aidan McArdle

Aidan McArdle

Andy Doonan

Samuel Barnett

Samuel Barnett

Adult Simon Doonan

Sophie Ash

Sophie Ash

Ashlene Doonan

Sarah Niles

Sarah Niles

Reba Parkinson

Meera Syal

Meera Syal

Aunty Hayley

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