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HighLites

HighLites

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2009 - 2016
  • 31 episodes (6 series)

Comedy drama following the world's worst hairdressers, Bev and her assistant, Shirley. Stars Lorraine Ashbourne, Rosie Cavaliero, Stephanie Racine and Sarah Thom.

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2009 - 2016
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
31 (1 pilot + 6 series)
Stars
Lorraine Ashbourne, Rosie Cavaliero, Stephanie Racine and Sarah Thom
Writers
Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding
Producer
Jessica Dromgoole
Company

HighLites started off as a one-off Radio 4 comic drama in the Afternoon Play spot, before becoming a series.

HighLites is the enduring comedy of Bev, the bitter and vindictive chief stylist and Shirley, her fond and foolish assistant.

Bridgford is blessed with the meanest, and most stupid, hairdresser in Britain. Bev's lifestyle has brought the salon to the point of bankruptcy and she'll do anything to keep it afloat. Deciding against Shirley's suggestion of dog-clipping, Bev resorts to desperate measures to save the salon.

As series progress, the duo take their salon on the road, to the seas, are involved in a hit-and-run, and expand into the booming fitness market.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Afternoon Play: High-Lites (Pilot)
Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 15th December 2009 at 2:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Most recent repeats

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