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Beautiful People

Original title: Beautiful People

Year

2008

Rating

★ 6.8/10

Runtime

29 min

Seasons

2

Genres

Dramma, Commedia

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.

Cast: Luke Ward-Wilkinson, Layton Williams, Olivia Colman, Aidan McArdle, Samuel Barnett, Sophie Ash, Sarah Niles, Meera Syal