Ladette To Lady

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Ladette to Lady
Genre Reality
Starring Eggleston Hall teachers and ladettes
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 10
Production
Producer(s) RDF Media
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run June 2, 2005 – October 26, 2006

Ladette To Lady is a reality based series that first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV1 in June, 2005. The series was produced by UK-based RDF Media.

The first series was also seen in the United States in 2006 on the Sundance Channel, and shown in Australia on The LifeStyle Channel and in New Zealand on TV One.

The second series of Ladette To Lady was aired in the United Kingdom in October, 2006 on ITV. The show managed strong viewing figures of 4.45 million to 5.41 million, winning its timeslot each week. [1]

ITV are currently looking for other ladettes in preparation for a third series in 2007 [2].

Contents

[edit] Premise

The series follows eight Ladettes (i.e. loud, foul-mouthed, uncultured and unpleasant women, who like to drink and smoke and who are often sexually promiscuous) in Britain, who are given a five-week course in learning how to behave like a real lady. They are sent to Eggleston Hall, a finishing school for women situated in Teesdale, England. Eggleston Hall was specially re-opened in order to try and change the ladettes' habits.

Whilst in Eggleston Hall they are permitted to wear the special uniform: a tweed suit, sensible shoes and a pearl necklace. They are taught under the supervision and guidance of five instructors and are given various tasks in deportment, elocution, needlework, flower arranging, etiquette and cookery. However if they can't live up to the standards of acting ladylike, they will be expelled. A ladette is expelled every episode, so, by the end of the programme there will only be three ladettes left. Then the teachers must decide upon one winner, depending on who they think has improved the most and how the ladettes performed in the final challenge. However, all three finalists receive an Eggleston Hall diploma.

[edit] Teachers

The teachers at Eggleston Hall run a very strict routine and are extremely well experienced in their particular subjects. The teachers who taught the ladettes at Eggleston Hall were:

[edit] Series One (2005)

[edit] Final challenge

In 2005 for the ladettes' final challenge they had to hold a fashion show. At the fashion show were their family, friends, eligible bachelors, the failed contestants and essentially all of the teachers from Eggleston Hall. The girls were marked on posture, grooming, elocution, floristry and cookery. The girl who was judged as the most improved would win a sports car with a value of £20,000, however, the fact that the winner would receive a car was unkown to the finalists. The eventual winner of Ladette to Lady 2005 and the sports car was Hayley Brisland.

[edit] Series One contestants

  • Hayley Brisland (Winner)
  • Michelle King (Runner-up)
  • Rachael Carter-Eagleton (Third)
  • Clare Randall
  • Jessica Upton
  • April
  • Sarah Jane Gregory
  • Sarah Newman
  • Jemma Gunning
  • Sarita Bhardwaj

[edit] Series Two (2006)

[edit] Final challenge

The ladettes' final challenge in the 2006 series was to pass themselves off as real ladies at a debutante ball. The Debutantes' Ball was attended by a number of eligible bachelors,Lords, Ladies, select aristocrats and all of the teachers from Eggleston Hall. At the Ball, the ladettes were in the company of real debutantes, so they had to be on top form in order to impress their hosts and look like real ladies. At the Ball they were marked on their posture, grooming, elocution, confidence and their capability to hold a conversation. The overall winner of Ladette To Lady 2006 was Victoria Jenkins, who impressed the teachers with her charm and final transformation. A close runner-up was Clara Mayer who has since decided to become a chalet girl.

[edit] Series Two contestants

  • Victoria Jenkins (Winner)
  • Clara Mayer (Runner-up)
  • Frances Rowe (Third)
  • Laura Hearsum
  • Louise Porter
  • Rebecca Squire
  • Angela Mott
  • Emma Phillips-Martin

[edit] End of Term Report

Several months after series two of Ladette to Lady, all of the ladettes from both series one and series two were invited back to Eggleston Hall, along with teachers Gill Harbord, Rosemary Shrager and Liz Brewer, in order to see how the ladettes had changed and how they had progressed in their lives. It was aired on December 14, 2006 on ITV1.

During the End of Term Report we saw Clare Randall, who, during series one was a regular and heavy drinker. In the more recent gathering she revealed that she'd had a baby, that she has totally re-formed her life and quit drinking alcohol altogether. There was also Michelle King from series one, who as a result of the teachings of Eggleston Hall, has become more feminine and has been able to progress further in her life with more confidence. However, there were those who had not improved. To the surprise of the teachers, winner of series two, Victoria Jenkins, still had her old job and had not progressed with her studies.

[edit] Air dates

[edit] External links

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