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Material Girl (TV series)

Field	Value
genre	Romantic comedy
Drama
writer	Joshua St.Johnston
Colin Bytheway
Ben Ockrent
Imogen Edwards-Jones
Jess Williams
starring	Lenora Crichlow
Dervla Kirwan
Michael Landes
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	6
producer	Chrissy Skinns
runtime	60 minutes
company	Carnival Film & Television
channel	BBC One
first_aired
last_aired

Drama Colin Bytheway Ben Ockrent Imogen Edwards-Jones Jess Williams Dervla Kirwan Michael Landes

Material Girl is a British romantic comedy produced by Carnival Films, that first aired on BBC One on 14 January 2010. It stars Lenora Crichlow, Dervla Kirwan, and Michael Landes.

Set in the fashion world, it was inspired by the book Fashion Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones. It was described in one of the early promotional items as "a romantic comedy about a young fashion designer battling an evil ex-boss, a sexy-but-devilish business partner and snobby fashionistas to get her break in work and love".

Cast

Lenora Crichlow – Ali Redcliffe, a young fashion designer attempting to make a name for herself
Dervla Kirwan – Davina Bailey, the current hot designer, who is not about to allow an upstart like Ali take her spotlight
Michael Landes – Marco Keriliak, fashion businessman, Ali's business partner
O. T. Fagbenle – Chris, motorcycle courier and Ali's ex-boyfriend
Nick Blood – Alex, Davina's fashion assistant, Ali's friend and gay flatmate
Ingrid Oliver – Mimi Throckmorton, Ali's friend, stockist at a fashion magazine-cum stylist
Anna Brewster – Lydia Kane, supermodel and Ali's friend
Esther Smith – Trish, Ali's studio receptionist
Joanna Kanska – Dorota, Ali's studio dressmaker
Malcolm Sinclair – Mitchell Crompton, leading fashion critic
Sadie Pickering – Louise, works for fashion magazine
Lindsey Coulson – Christina Redcliffe, Ali's mother
Anthony Calf – Anthony Chatsworth, an influential fashion magazine editor, had affair with Mimi
Charlie Carter – Paparazzi, stitches up Lydia Kane for Mitchell

Episodes

Series 1 began on 14 January 2010 on BBC One. There were 6 episodes in total. The series also aired on BBC HD, with a late repeat the same night on BBC Three.

Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Viewers
EpisodeNumber = 1	Title = Episode 1	DirectedBy = Cilla Ware	WrittenBy = Joshua St Johnston	2010	1	14	df=yes}}	url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jan/15/material-girl-tv-ratings	title=TV ratings: Material Girl scuppered by strong ITV soap performances	last=Tryhorn	first=Chris	date=15 January 2010	work=guardian.co.uk	publisher=Guardian Media Group	accessdate=17 January 2010}}

Reception

The first episode gained 3 million viewers with a 12% audience share, which fell to 2.6 million (11% share) for the third episode.

Critical reviews of the series based on the pilot were mixed, with the London Evening Standard calling it a "jaw-droppingly, buttock-clenchingly dreadful pieces of television". Reviewing the first episode for The Guardian, Sam Wollaston said: "OK, it's silly and deeply shallow. It's also gorgeous, fizzy, bitchy, self-indulgent, obviously bad for you but dangerously addictive. Careful, Material Girl could become a habit."

DVD release

The first series was released in the United Kingdom on DVD on 22 February 2010.

References

(10 August 2009). "''Material Girl'' press pack: introduction". BBC Press Office.
Tryhorn, Chris. (15 January 2010). "TV ratings: ''Material Girl'' scuppered by strong ITV soap performances". [[Guardian Media Group]].
Deans, Jason. (25 January 2010). "TV ratings: 1.2m join ''Bellamy's People''". [[Guardian Media Group]].
Tryhorn, Chris. (29 January 2010). "TV ratings: ''Skins'' storms back with nearly 1 million viewers". [[Guardian Media Group]].
Tryhorn, Chris. (5 February 2010). "TV ratings: Material Girl out of vogue". [[Guardian Media Group]].
Deans, Jason. (12 February 2010). "TV ratings: Katie Price pulls in nearly 1.4m viewers". [[Guardian Media Group]].
Tryhorn, Chris. (18 February 2010). "TV ratings: Arsenal Champion's League game defeats Holby City". [[Guardian Media Group]].
Laura Craik. (15 January 2010). "A new Sex In The City? You must be joking ... this Material Girl is rubbish". This is London.
Wollaston, Sam. (15 January 2010). "The Secret Life of Chaos and Material Girl". [[The Guardian]].
"Material Girl: Series 1 [DVD]". [[amazon.co.uk]].

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