Material Girl

Romance and comedy in Brick Lane

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Material Girl, is a drama about dreams, love, clothes and how we all use them to run away from who we are and towards who we should be. It's about passion, friendships, sex and shoes a romantic comedy about a young, talented, beautiful fashion designer who has to fight against an evil ex-boss, a sexy but devilish business partner and the snobby fashionistas establishment to get her break in work and love, the shows 6 first episodes will soon be broadcast on the BBC and shortly thereafter will be released on DVD by Playback.


The show has been produced by Carnival Film the company has produced over 500 hours of popular drama and comedy for television, cinema and theatre, both in the UK and US which has resulted in more than 70 national and international awards and nominations, including Oscars, Emmys, BAFTAs, Royal Television Society, Oliviers and TONY Awards.


Amongst the other shows produced by Carnival are HOTEL BABYLON, AS IF, POIROT, JEEVES & WOOSTER, ROSEMARY & THYME and BUGS, and  ground breaking mini-series such as TRAFFIK, THE GRID, PORTERHOUSE BLUE and WHITECHAPEL, and the feature film  SHADOWLANDS. Later this year Playback will also release ENID starring Helena Bonham Carter.


Material Girl takes place in the East End of London specifically in the creative mealstrom which is Brick Lane, the show stars Lenora Crichlow (Being Human, Sugar Rush) is the lead character Ali Redcliffe an aspiring, hard working talented fashion designer.

Material Girl also starts Dervla Kirwan (Doctor Who) is Davina Bailey, the queen bee of the fashion world who will do anything to hold onto her crown and is ruthless in her treatment of aspiring and possibly threatening newcomers. She wants to remain the designer of choice for every celebrity.

Finally the cast of Material Girl is rouded off by Michael Landes (Love Soup), who plays Marco a brilliant and gifted entrepreneur who is determined to make Ali the star she deserves to be.


If you love fashion and great a great rom/com you are going to love Material Girl. Watch this space for more information on the show.


The show is being broadcast every Thursday on BBC 1.


Credits


Ali Redcliffe - Lenora Crichlow, Davina Bailey - Dervla Kirwan, Marco Keriliak - Michael Landes, Chris - O-T Fagbenle, Alex - Nick Blood, Mimi Throckmorton - Ingrid Oliver, Lydia Kane - Anna Brewster, Dorota-  Joanna Kanska, Trish - Esther Smith, Mitchell Crompton - Malcolm Sinclair, Orlando - Vyelle Croom ,Director -Cilla Ware-Director --Sarah O'Gorman-Director --Philip John --Producer


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  • mitina
    Totally agree with nick! I love the film / show (however it's colled). I am not passionate about fashion but I really like the characters, their diversity and connections. I am also a big fun of Dorota, despite being too tough sometimes... she is quite a character. I would love to see Ali and Marco in further edition of the story.
  • nick
    Type your comment here.I really enjoyed the show, some of the critics were a little mean, but I think this is one of those shows where the public are going to decide if the show will fly and not some snotty TV critic. I don't think that the shows creators or the actors actually want us to take the show seriously, it is a bit of pantomime fluff about an industry which obviously takes itself far too seriously. A nice bit of escapist fun with a Cinderella heroine, an evil witch and two dashing Prince Charmings, combined with various comic support acts... Love it! I would love to hear what everyone else thinks. We could certainly use a bit of escapism in these gloomy times