
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2012 - 2013
- Channel
- Sky One
- Episodes
- 16 (2 series)
- Starring
- Brendan Coyle, Lesley Sharp, Steve Edge, Matt King, Alan Williams, Rebecca Night, Ukweli Roach, Finn Atkins and John Dagleish
- Writers
- Matt King and Steve Edge
- Directors
- Matt Lipsey, Tony Dow and Philippa Langdale
- Producers
- Alison MacPhail and Gill Isles
Starlings follows the lives of a typical working-class brood who live near Matlock in Derbyshire. Granddad has recently moved in, following a rabble-rousing incident at the old folks' home. Rather than see him unhappy, Terry and his warm-hearted wife, Jan, decide to move his father in to their already crammed family home.
Making room for him is Charlie, their 16-year-old football-crazy tomboy daughter; work-shy, reptile enthusiast, Gravy; and beautiful Bell and her brand new baby, Zac, who arrives bang on time for the first episode. Then there's Bell's ex-boyfriend, Reuben, trying to get back with her.
Uncle Loz, Granddad's long-lost son and the artist of the family; and last, but not least, Jan's nephew, Fergie, who offers to bivouac in the garden, after being made homeless when his long-suffering partner chucks him out. And that's it, Starlings - a fully-fledged functional family.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 13th May 2012 on Sky One at 8pm
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 20th August 2013 on Sky One at 9pm
- Length of episodes
- 1 hour
- Last repeat
- Monday 20th July 2015 at 1:00am on Sky2

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