Age Before Beauty

Age Before Beauty is a BBC television drama series by Debbie Horsfield that premiered on BBC One on 31 July 2018. The six-part series is based in Manchester, England, and stars Robson Green, Sue Johnston, Polly Walker and James Murray.

Plot
Age Before Beauty is a family drama set in a Manchester beauty salon. The series follows Bel, a homemaker and mother-of-two, as she deals with the demands of her family's struggling salon business and her warring family with the problems in her marriage.

Cast and characters

 * Robson Green as Teddy Roxton, Bel's brother-in-law and best friend.
 * Sue Johnston as Ivy-Rae Regan, Bel's mother and a spray tan technician in the family's salon.
 * Polly Walker as Bel Finch, a homemaker and mother who takes over her family's salon business.
 * James Murray as Wesley Finch, Bel's husband of 25 years.
 * Lisa Riley as Tina Regan, Bel's sister and a tattoo artist in the family's salon.
 * Kelly Harrison as Leanne Roxton, Bel's obnoxious sister and a nail technician and personal stylist in the family's salon.
 * Vicky Myers as Heidi Regan, Bel's sister, a cosmetic surgery addict and mother to seven-year-old Disney, a wannabe pageant queen.
 * Madeleine Mantock as Lorelei Bailey, a personal trainer in her twenties.

Production
Filming for the series began in June 2017 in the Northern Quarter, Manchester.