The Cut (British TV series)

The Cut
GenreTeen drama
Created byGeoffrey Goodwin and Al Smith
Written byAl Smith
Anna McCleery
Grant Black
Vicki Lutas
Isla Gray
Emma Smithwick
Directed bySarah Walker and Laura Smith
StarringScarlett Bowman
Jessica Dickens
Lara Goodison
Edward Green
Matt Kane
Dermot Martin
Billie North
Tilly Wood
Maisie Crossland
Deborah May
Alex Roe
Connor Scarlett
Wilfred Taylor
Stephanie Blacker
Tosin Cole
Kellie-Rose Demmel
Stephen Hagan
Luke Newton
Dominic Sherwood
Samuell Benta
Duane Henry
Alice Southwood
Thomas Williamson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series3
No. of episodes40 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerGeoffrey Goodwin
ProducersPete Gibbons and Geoffrey Goodwin
Running time25 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release19 September 2009 (2009-09-19) –
18 December 2010 (2010-12-18)
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The Cut is a BBC television teen drama, first broadcast in September 2009. The series was developed by Geoffrey Goodwin and Holby City writer, Al Smith in collaboration with KateModern producer Pete Gibbons and Hollyoaks director, Sarah Walker. The Cut is broadcast in 25-minute episodes on BBC Two, with each episode being broadcast in daily five-minute chunks on the website throughout the week before.[1][2][3] The BBC describe it as reflecting the way many young people want to consume content which a critic has more cynically interpreted as for those with even the shortest of attention spans.[4]

The first series was broadcast from September to December 2009. The second series was broadcast from April through to August 2010, and the third series started two months later, and ran from October to December 2010. In March 2011, it was officially announced that The Cut had been cancelled and would not return for a fourth series.

  1. ^ "The Cut". BBC Press office. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  2. ^ Hemley, Matthew (14 May 2009). "Online teen soap unveiled by BBC". The Stage. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. ^ Methven, Nicola (9 September 2009). "BBC launches Skins style soap for teenagers". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. ^ http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=130:the-cut-daily-online-teen-soap&Itemid=27 The Cut (episode one) theartsdesk.com