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Take a Girl Like You (2000-2000)

Premiere:
November 26, 2000

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 3

Finale:
December 10, 2000

Original Title:
Take a Girl Like You

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
BBC
GBH

Countries:
GB

Overview from TheMovieDB

Set in the 1950s, it follows the progress of twenty year old Jenny Bunn, as she moves from her family home in the North of England to a London suburb to teach primary school children. Jenny is a traditional Northern working-class girl whose striking good looks are in sharp contrast to her prosaic upbringing, and to her strong belief that a girl should preserve her virginity until her wedding night. Because of her attractiveness, Jenny's views on virginity and marriage cause conflicts. The film centres on the (increasingly desperate and cruel) attempts of Patrick Standish, a 30 year old schoolmaster at the local grammar school, to seduce Jenny, against a backdrop of his skirmishes with his school authorities and with the shabby, suburban middle class milieu in which the film is set.

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Production

Art Direction:
Charmian Adams

Casting:
Karen Lindsay-Stewart

Costume Design:
Andrea Galer

Director:
Nick Hurran

Director of Photography:
James Welland

Dramaturgy:
Andrew Davies

Editor:
Paul Garrick

Executive Producer:
Hal E. Chester
Jane Tranter
Rebecca Eaton

Foley Mixer:
Nigel Squibbs

Makeup Artist:
Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Kay Bilk

Novel:
Kingsley Amis

Original Music Composer:
Rupert Gregson-Williams

Producer:
Gareth Neame

Production Design:
Donal Woods

Sound Editor:
Jamie Caple
Marc Lawes

Writer:
Andrew Davies

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