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Material Girl (TV series)

Material Girl
Genre Romantic comedy, Drama
Written by Joshua St.Johnston
Colin Bytheway
Ben Ockrent
Imogen Edwards-Jones
Jess Williams
Starring Lenora Crichlow
Dervla Kirwan
Michael Landes
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 6 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Chrissy Skinns
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Carnival Film & Television
Release
Original network BBC One
Picture format 16:9 1080i
Audio format Stereo
Original release 14 January (2010-01-14) – 18 February 2010 (2010-02-18)
External links
Website

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. 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".

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.

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."

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


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