Beautiful People (2008)

Name: Beautiful People
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Luke Ward-Wilkinson, Layton Williams, Olivia Colman, Aidan McArdle, Samuel Barnett

Comedy

Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream of escaping their dreary suburban surroundings and moving to cosmopolitan London "to live amongst the beautiful people." The first episode aired on BBC Two on 2 October 2008 and recorded overnight ratings of 1.5 million viewers and positive critical reaction. Episodes are self-contained, but do follow a loose story arc throughout the course of each series. The second and final series finished airing on 18 December 2009.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (1,611 votes)
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.53 avg 6 episodes 8.1 → 8.8 28 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	How I Got My Vase	8.1	53
2	How I Got My Nose	8.6	53
3	How I Got My Beads	8.3	44
4	How I Got My Posh	8.6	46
5	How I Got My Tongs	8.8	42
6	How I Got My Globe	8.8	45

Season 2 (2009)

8.60 avg 6 episodes 8.1 → 9.1

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Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	How I Got My Groom	8.1	42
2	How I Got My Plumes	8.7	38
3	How I Got My Water Feature	8.7	34
4	How I Got My Camp	8.4	35
5	How I Got My Turner	8.6	34
6	How I Got My Gash	9.1	43

Beautiful People (2008)

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Seasons

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