Being Eileen

Being Eileen (2013)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • First Air Date: 2013-02-04
  • Last Air Date: 2013-03-11
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 6
  • Status: Ended
  • Network: BBC one

Summary

Being Eileen is a BBC "heart-warming" comedy-drama which began as a new six-part series on 4 February, and ended on 11 March 2013. Originally titled Lapland, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 24 December 2011. Although initially a single 75-minute episode which was set in Lapland, Finland, it was announced to having a series renamed Being Eileen, consisting of six 30 minute episodes, due to the success of the single episode. The series, written by Michael Wynne, features an ensemble cast. Headed by Sue Johnston, who plays Eileen Lewis, the programme focusses on her, the widowed matriarch of a "large, close-knit and dysfunctional Northern family". The single episode focused on the family's visit to Lapland, whilst the series focusses on their life in Birkenhead. Elizabeth Berrington and Stephen Graham, play Eileen's children, whilst William Ash and Julie Graham play their partners.

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Being Eileen Seasons

Season 0

First Air Date: 2011-12-24
1 Episodes

Season 1

First Air Date: 2013-02-04
6 Episodes

Being Eileen Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Missing30 min
Season 1Episode 2Homeless30 min
Season 1Episode 3Ay Carumba30 min
Season 1Episode 4Monopoly30 min
Season 1Episode 5DIY30 min
Season 1Episode 6Birthday30 min
  • Georgia Doyle

    as Melissa Lewis
  • Julie Graham

    as Mandy Lewis
  • William Ash

    as Ray Cooper
  • Ellis Murphy

    as Liam Cooper
  • Dean Andrews

    as Pete Lewis
  • Sue Johnston

    as Eileen Lewis
  • Elizabeth Berrington

    as Paula Cooper
  • Adam Scotland

    as Jack Cooper
  • Connor Dempsey

    as Ethan Lewis

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