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
Episodes
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".