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All six series of the BBC radio comedy centred around a village hairdressing salon – plus pilot episode.
Based in the little town of Bridgeford, High-Lites salon boasts the most misanthropic hairdresser in Britain: sharp-tongued, mean-minded Bev. With the help of her soft-hearted (though slightly dim) assistant, Shirley, she tends to the tresses of a motley crew of local characters. As she cuts their hair, she finds out everything that’s going on in their lives – and wastes no time in spreading some gossip of her own….
In the pilot episode, one of her little lies takes on a life of its own – and a dodgy dryer nearly spells disaster. Series one finds the salon on the brink of bankruptcy, forcing Bev to take desperate measures to keep it afloat. In HighLites: Retouched, the two stylists go mobile when their premises are shut down by Environmental Health, and in HighLites: Split Ends, Bev tries to undercut her rival, Anton, to secure a lucrative wedding hair gig.
HighLites: Wash and Blow finds the hairdressing duo heading out on a cruise, hoping to drum up a little business below deck. But it’s not all plain sailing…. In HighLites: Dye Another Day, Bev and Shirl are faced with a huge tax bill, and connive to inherit from a wealthy old man’s will. And in HighLites: Natural Bounce, the world’s worst hairdressers discover that there’s money to be made in fitness, and decide to open a gym above the salon – but is this an expansion too far?
Co-written by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding, this fast-paced, farcical comedy stars Lorraine Ashbourne as Bev and Rosie Cavaliero as Shirley, with a supporting cast including Marlene Sidaway, Sheila Reid, Angela Lonsdale, Adjoa Andoh, Adam Nagaitis and Joel MacCormack.
Episode List
- S01E00 – HighLites Pilot
- S01E01 – Highlites
- S01E02 – Highlites
- S01E03 – Highlites
- S01E04 – Highlites
- S01E05 – Highlites
- S02E01 – Retouched
- S02E02 – Retouched
- S02E03 – Retouched
- S02E04 – Retouched
- S02E05 – Retouched
- S03E01 – Split Ends
- S03E02 – Split Ends
- S03E03 – Split Ends
- S03E04 – Split Ends
- S03E05 – Split Ends
- S04E01 – Wash and Blow
- S04E02 – Wash and Blow
- S04E03 – Wash and Blow
- S04E04 – Wash and Blow
- S04E05 – Wash and Blow
- S05E01 – Dye Another Day
- S05E02 – Dye Another Day
- S05E03 – Dye Another Day
- S05E04 – Dye Another Day
- S05E05 – Dye Another Day
- S06E01 – Natural Bounce
- S06E02 – Natural Bounce
- S06E03 – Natural Bounce
- S06E04 – Natural Bounce
- S06E05 – Natural Bounce
