| Dressing for Breakfast | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Stephanie Calman |
| Starring | Beatie Edney Holly Aird Nigel Lindsay Charlotte Cornwell |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Warner Sisters Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 4 |
| Original run | 24 November 1995 – 27 February 1998 |
Dressing for Breakfast is a Channel 4 sitcom which ran between 1995 and 1998 about two women, Louise (Beatie Edney) and Carla (Holly Aird). The series was based on a 1988 book with the same title by Stephanie Calman who also wrote the series..
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The plot mainly concerns 29-year-old jewellery maker/seller Louise and her quest to find the perfect man. Her interfering left wing activist mother Liz (Charlotte Cornwell) gets in the way. In her search for a boyfriend she makes some wrong choices and gets advice from best friend Carla and her husband Dave (Nigel Lindsay).
The TV series was generally well-received. It gained acclaim for featuring strong female characters and its frank look at female sexuality.[1] It proved popular with audiences and was commissioned for three series broadcast between 1995 and 1998.
The cast included: