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Cutting It

2002–2005 · 4 seasons

A warm, gossipy drama full of tangled relationships and salon politics, easy to watch but with real emotional stakes.

Created by: Debbie Horsfield
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Amanda Holden, Sarah Parish, Sian Reeves

Overview: Allie Henshall and Gavin Ferraday are partners in love and business. They own Henshall Ferraday hair salon, where Allie's sisters Darcey and Sydney work alongside them. As Allie and Gavin consider taking over a vacant property across the road, they are rocked by the news that a rival hairdresser has bought it. To make matters worse, Allie discovers that the new salon, Blade Runner, is run by her ex, Finn, and his wife, Mia Bevan. Finn fathered the child Allie claimed to have aborted. He left her when he found out she was pregnant, but he's back in town to try and woo Allie.

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Created by: Debbie Horsfield
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Amanda Holden, Sarah Parish, Sian Reeves

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
betrayal
identity
parenthood
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
Created by: Debbie Horsfield
Written by: Debbie Horsfield
Starring: Amanda Holden, Sarah Parish, Sian Reeves, Angela Griffin, Ben Daniels, Jason Merrells, James Murray, Annette Badland
Cinematography: Sean Van Hales, Ian Liggett
Length: 4 seasons, 25 episodes, 60 min each
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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