|
''Girls on Top'' is a British ITV sitcom, broadcast in 1985 and 1986, and made by Witzend for the ITV contractor Central Independent Television. It stars Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax and Tracey Ullman, and was written by French, Saunders, and Wax with additional material from Ullman. Despite a poor critical reception, the series was a ratings success. The show focused on four female flatmates and their landlady. It was an attempt at a female version of ''The Young Ones'', two series of which were made in 1982 and 1984. French and Saunders had both appeared in it and, like most of its stars, were members of ''The Comic Strip'' group. The theme tune was written and performed by Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford from the British band Squeeze (with the cast singing the theme for the first series, and Tilbrook singing for the second). ==Characters== * Amanda Ripley (Dawn French), a radical feminist who is strait-laced, anti-male and very liberal journalist, and the central character around whom the series was based. Like Shelley, she takes her efforts too far when she has something to prove. Amanda tries to hide her fascination for men and the Royal family to comedic effect, and is always conscious of people's thoughts of her, in particular her colleague Yvonne. All in all, though, she was generally the most level-headed of the group. * Jennifer Marsh (Jennifer Saunders), a mousy and childlike woman (whom Saunders portrays as having mild learning difficulties) who serves as the whipping post for everyone else. In the first series, she is studying at Madame Laines' Secretarial and Cookery School. By the second series she is more assertive though no less naive, even briefly working as a stock broker. * Shelley DuPont (Ruby Wax), a struggling actress and the British stereotype of a gaudily dressed, rude, loud-mouthed American. The other women only tolerate her and let her live with them due to her hefty trust fund and her agreement to pay the majority of the rent in return. * Candice Valentine (Tracey Ullman), a promiscuous, lazy, manipulative gold-digger. The character is written off in the second series, with Candice leaving a voice mail declaring that she has moved to Oman and was engaged to a prince. She is not heard or spoken about after this episode. *Lady Chloe Carlton (Joan Greenwood), an eccentric elderly romance novelist and the landlady of the women's flat. Others in small roles included Helen Lederer, Pauline Melville, Helen Atkinson Wood, Mark Arden, Stephen Frost, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Enfield, Hugh Laurie, Pauline Quirke, Alan Rickman, John Sessions and Arthur Smith plus the Beverley Sisters and American ''Soap'' series actor Katherine Helmond, who appeared in one episode as Shelley's mother. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Girls on Top (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|