Girlfriends is a British comedy-drama television series, first broadcast on ITV on 3 January 2018. It follows the lives of three middle-aged women who have been friends since their teenage years. The series was written, created and directed by Kay Mellor. The drama was not renewed for a second series.
Cast Main Phyllis Logan as Linda Hutchinson Miranda Richardson as Sue Thackery Zoë Wanamaker as Gail Stanley Philip Cumbus as Andrew Thackery, Sue's son Daisy Head as Ruby Hutchinson, Linda's daughter Matthew Lewis as Tom Drayton, Gail's son
Recurring Emmett J. Scanlan as DI Chris Donoghue Rochenda Sandall as DS Anne Thurston Kobe Jerome as Ben, Tom and Corinne's son Steve Evets as Micky Hutchinson Chris Fountain as Ryan Hutchinson, Linda's son Elena Saurel as Stacey Paula Wilcox as Carole Hardcastle Valerie Lilley as Edna, Gail's mother Adrian Rawlins as Dave, Gail's ex-husband Anthony Head as John, Sue's married lover and Andrew's father Wendy Craig as Barbara Thackery, Sue's mother Dave Hill as Frank, Barbara's boyfriend Matthew Marsh as Alan Forbes, Micky's insurance agent Rhea Bailey as Corinne Anderson, Tom's ex-girlfriend and Ben's mother
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Reception On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 86% with an average rating of 7.3/10 based on 14 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Girlfriends offers an honest -- and frequently hilarious -- look at a time of life too often marginalized on TV, with wonderfully well-acted results." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 87 out of 100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
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