Being Eileen
Being Eileen is a BBC "heart-warming" comedy-drama which began as a new six-part series on 4 February, and ended on 11 March 2013. Originally titled Lapland, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 24 December 2011. Although initially a single 75-minute episode which was set in Lapland, Finland, it was announced to having a series renamed Being Eileen, consisting of six 30 minute episodes, due to the success of the single episode. The series, written by Michael Wynne, features an ensemble cast. Headed by Sue Johnston, who plays Eileen Lewis, the programme focusses on her, the widowed matriarch of a "large, close-knit and dysfunctional Northern family". The single episode focused on the family's visit to Lapland, whilst the series focusses on their life in Birkenhead. Elizabeth Berrington and Stephen Graham, play Eileen's children, whilst William Ash and Julie Graham play their partners.
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Georgia Doyle
Melissa Lewis · 6 eps
Julie Graham
Mandy Lewis · 6 eps
William Ash
Ray Cooper · 6 eps
Ellis Murphy
Liam Cooper · 6 eps
Dean Andrews
Pete Lewis · 6 eps
Sue Johnston
Eileen Lewis · 6 eps
Elizabeth Berrington
Paula Cooper · 6 eps
Adam Scotland
Jack Cooper · 6 eps
Connor Dempsey
Ethan Lewis · 6 eps
Keith Barron
Maurice · 1 ep
Pauline Fleming
Margie · 1 ep
