Girls on Top (British TV series)

Girls on Top
Clockwise from left: Amanda Ripley (Dawn French), Candice Valentine (Tracey Ullman), Jennifer Marsh (Jennifer Saunders), Shelley DuPont (Ruby Wax), Lady Chloe Carlton (Joan Greenwood).
Created by
Written by
  • Dawn French
  • Jennifer Saunders
  • Ruby Wax
Directed by
Starring
ComposerDifford and Tilbrook
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerAllan McKeown
Producers
  • Paul Jackson
  • Trevor Walton (series 1)
Running time30 minutes (including adverts)
Production companyWitzEnd for Central
Original release
NetworkITV
Release23 October 1985 (1985-10-23) –
11 December 1986 (1986-12-11)
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Girls on Top is a British sitcom, broadcast on ITV in 1985 and 1986, and made by Allan McKeown's WitzEnd Productions for the ITV contractor Central Independent Television. It starred Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracey Ullman with Joan Greenwood. It was written by French, Saunders, and Wax, with additional material for two episodes written by Ullman.[1]

The show focused on four female flatmates and their landlady. It was a female version of The Young Ones, two series of which were made in 1982 and 1984. French and Saunders had both appeared in The Young Ones and, like most of its stars, were members of The Comic Strip.

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