In 1997 Reading, 13-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream of escaping their dreary suburban surroundings and moving to cosmopolitan London 'to live amongst the beautiful people'.
Cast: Luke Ward-Wilkinson, Layton Williams, Olivia Colman
15HDCC
6 episodes
1. How I Got My VaseWhile at Kylie's, Simon steals one of Reba's dresses and tries it on back at home. Ashlene takes a Polaroid photo of him wearing it and threatens to show it to everyone unless he styles her hair to look like Heather Small's. Debbie finds the dress in the bin, assumes Reba is having an affair with Andy, and fights her in the street. Simon reveals that he took the dress. Debbie tries to quit drinking alcohol but starts again when Andy tells her she is boring when she is sober. Simon sees supposedly-vegan Hayley eating a burger and threatens to tell everyone. To keep him quite, she give him £30, which he spends on a vase that he has had his eye on for a long time.15CC30minOct 2, 2008
2. How I Got My NoseSimon Doonan, now living in New York, remembers the time auditioning for the school play led to his mother being arrested for assault and the re-enactment of a famous horror film.15CC30minOct 9, 2008
3. How I Got My BeadsSimon remembers his mother's experiments with the occult and his grandmother's return from a mental hospital, which saw her change rather radically from the nicest granny in the world. Featuring conjoined twins and a bingo caller.15CC30minOct 16, 2008
4. How I Got My PoshBirthdays have ever been easy for Simon, especially when the whole school finds out what he really really wants. Meanwhile, Ashlene meets a flasher and Aunty Hayley feels loved and a whole lot more.15CC30minOct 23, 2008
5. How I Got My TongsA trip to the hairdresser and a fabulous pair of shimmering golden hair tongs prompts Simon's decision to turn Kylie into Princess Diana.15CC30minOct 30, 2008
6. How I Got My GlobeA new teacher arrives at school who really may be one of the Beautiful People. Can this really be true? Simon and Kylie finally try to leave Reading for ultra glamorous London. In New York older Simon gets homesick.15CC30minNov 6, 2008
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In 1997 Reading, 13-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream of escaping their dreary suburban surroundings and moving to cosmopolitan London 'to live amongst the beautiful people'.
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- Directors
- David Kerr
- Created by
- Jonathan Harvey
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- BBC
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