6.6 /10 1 Votes
4.7/10 TV Cast Letitia Dean | 8.5/10 IMDb First episode date 5 September 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Drama, Television comedy, Comedy Similar Lucy Sullivan Is Getting M, My Life as a Popat, Juliet Bravo, Drop the Dead Donkey, Suburban Shootout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The hello girls s1 episode 1
The Hello Girls was a British comedy-drama (not to be mistaken for a sitcom) which originally aired on BBC One for two series from 5 September 1996 to 13 August 1998. It was inspired by the novel Switchboard Operators written by Carol Lake. The series was set in and around the Derby telephone exchange during 1959 and 1961 respectively.
Contents
- The hello girls s1 episode 1
- Main cast
- Episode guide
- References
The Hello Girls was launched with much promotion aimed around former EastEnders actress Letitia Dean, who played Chris Cross, one of the 'girls' who worked at the telephone exchange. It performed very well in the ratings for both series.
The theme tune Busy Line is performed by the main cast (known as 'The Teletones' in the program).
Each episode is 30 minutes in duration.
Main cast
Episode guide
Series One
Series Two
The show was directed by both Dermot Boyd and Richard Laxton