Lilies (TV series)

Lilies
GenreDrama
Created byHeidi Thomas
Directed byDavid Moore
Roger Goldby
Ferdinand Fairfax
Brian Kelly
StarringCatherine Tyldesley
Kerrie Hayes
Leanne Rowe
ComposerKevin Sargent
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producersHeidi Thomas
Tony Garnett
Production locationsLiverpool, England
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time59 minutes
Production companyWorld Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release12 January (2007-01-12) –
2 March 2007 (2007-03-02)
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Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One.[1][2] The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920. Three girls on the edge of womanhood, a world on the brink of change."[3] Despite high ratings of 4.5–5 million viewers and being The Sunday Times Pick of the Week for eight weeks in a row, Lilies was not recommissioned for a second series.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Press Office – Lilies". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Controller explains decision". BBC News. 22 March 2007. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2007. The BBC's controller of fiction has explained why Lilies has been axed.
  3. ^ "Press Office – Lilies: Brian McCardie". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Don't pull the plug on Lilies – liverpoolecho Administrator". Liverpool Echo. 22 March 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. ^ Midgley, Neil (11 April 2007). "People power sways BBC to rethink Lilies". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  6. ^ Productions, World. "Lilies". World Productions. Retrieved 3 April 2024.