Girlfriends (2018 TV series)

Girlfriends is a British comedy-drama television series, first broadcast on ITV on 3 January 2018. It follows the lives of three middle-aged women who have been friends since their teenage years. The series was written, created and directed by Kay Mellor. The drama was not renewed for a second series.

Main

 * Phyllis Logan as Linda Hutchinson
 * Miranda Richardson as Sue Thackery
 * Zoë Wanamaker as Gail Stanley
 * Philip Cumbus as Andrew Thackery, Sue's son
 * Daisy Head as Ruby Hutchinson, Linda's daughter
 * Matthew Lewis as Tom Drayton, Gail's son

Recurring

 * Emmett J. Scanlan as DI Chris Donoghue
 * Rochenda Sandall as DS Anne Thurston
 * Kobe Jerome as Ben, Tom and Corinne's son
 * Steve Evets as Micky Hutchinson
 * Chris Fountain as Ryan Hutchinson, Linda's son
 * Elena Saurel as Stacey
 * Paula Wilcox as Carole Hardcastle
 * Valerie Lilley as Edna, Gail's mother
 * Adrian Rawlins as Dave, Gail's ex-husband
 * Anthony Head as John, Sue's married lover and Andrew's father
 * Wendy Craig as Barbara Thackery, Sue's mother
 * Dave Hill as Frank, Barbara's boyfriend
 * Matthew Marsh as Alan Forbes, Micky's insurance agent
 * Rhea Bailey as Corinne Anderson, Tom's ex-girlfriend and Ben's mother

Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 86% with an average rating of 7.3/10 based on 14 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Girlfriends offers an honest -- and frequently hilarious -- look at a time of life too often marginalized on TV, with wonderfully well-acted results." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 87 out of 100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".