COLLECTION · Series · 2006

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Name: Drop Dead Gorgeous
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 6.3

Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb, whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency. Events move at lightning speed and the whole family, including Ashley's fraternal twin sister Jade, are affected. The first episode was shown on BBC Three on Sunday, 11 June 2006 at 10pm, with weekly episodes until the finale, which aired on 2 July 2006. The first series was shown for the first time on BBC One in August 2007, in the run up to the premiere of the second series on BBC Three. The second series began on 16 September 2007 at 9pm, again with weekly episodes until the finale on 22 October 2007. As yet, the BBC have not cleared the series for release on DVD.

Source: TMDB

* 6.3 (4)ComedyDrama

Creators

Carmel Morgan

Studios

BBC Three

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

11/06/2006

Score

6.3 / 10 (4)

Where to watch

With ads

The Roku Channel Plex

Plex

Seasons and episodes

Season 1

4 episodes · 2006

Episode 1. Episode 1

2006-06-11 · 60 min

15-year-old twins Ashley and Jade are sitting in their local café when they are approached by a model spotter from a local agency. But it’s not the beautiful Jade who gets the nod, it’s self-confessed lanky geek Ashley. Parents Pauline…

Episode 2. Episode 2

2006-06-18 · 60 min

Bookings are flooding in for Ashley, so the next stop is catwalk training in Paris. This includes a swish hotel for her chaperone (and mum) Pauline, who is drinking in every moment of her daughter’s success. Pauline finds herself…

Episode 3. Episode 3

2006-06-25 · 60 min

The first big cheque arrives for Ashley and everyone gets a chunk of it. There’s enough left over for the girls to send the grown-ups off to a swanky hotel in Manchester while they throw a house party. The party turns into a complete…

Episode 4. Episode 4

2006-07-02 · 60 min

Ashley’s been invited to model at her first runway show and the entire family, plus selected hangers-on, arrive in glamorous London for the event. A nervous Ashley storms the show, but Pauline’s behaviour is becoming increasingly odd.…

Season 2

6 episodes · 2007

Episode 1. Episode 1

2007-09-16 · 60 min

Murray gets married to his partner and while on his honeymoon Pauline takes over. Ashley is in the running to be a model for Chanel while her brother and Moonbase are selling pictures of her and her underwear. Meanwhile Tiggsy finds he's…

Episode 2. Episode 2

2007-09-23 · 60 min

Murray returns from a business trip to discover his flat has been cleaned out and his husband is nowhere to be seen. Jade and Darren start making plans to move into a flat together and Ashley wonders whether she has found 'the one'.

Episode 3. Episode 3

2007-09-30 · 60 min

Brutus has been kidnapped and Murray sends Nana in to negotiate his release. Val spends a night to forget with Howard, and Tiggsy has a final drink with his mates in the pub. Terry discovers the truth about Ashley's secret affair.

Episode 4. Episode 4

2007-10-07 · 60 min

Murray attempts to keep a lid on Ashley's affair, trying to keep both Terry and Jade quiet and on-side, and puts Ben into hiding. On the day the family say their final farewells to Tiggsy, a grieving clan Webb move into the house of…

Episode 5. Episode 5

2007-10-14 · 60 min

Terry starts his new night security job and enjoys the attention of a regular evening visitor. Now that Ashley's profile and income are growing, so are Murray's nerves, as other agents start to sniff around her. Pauline makes a terrible…

Episode 6. Episode 6

2007-10-21 · 60 min

Jade discovers the truth about Terry's affair, and just as Pauline and Terry fight to keep their marriage and their family together a secret from their past comes back to haunt them. Murray is made an offer he can't refuse, and its time…

Cast by season

Sinead Moynihan

Kathryn Hunt