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Production
Executive producers
Anne Gilchrist[2]
Pete Thornton[6]
Producer
Rosemary McGowan[2]
Production locations
Lapland Birkenhead
Editors
Jamie Pearson[2] Mark Davies[5]
Running time
30 minutes (Formally 75 minutes, originally intended to be 90 minutes)[2][7]
Production company
BBC
Original release
Network
BBC One BBC HD BBC Two (Sign Zone)[8]
Release
24 December 2011 (2011-12-24) – 11 March 2013 (2013-03-11)
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Being Eileen is a BBC comedy-drama which began as a six-part series on 4 February and ended on 11 March 2013.[9][10][11] It began as a one-off Christmas special titled Lapland, broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 24 December 2011.[2] A full series was later announced, with the title Being Eileen, consisting of six 30 minute episodes, due to the success of the single episode, which was viewed by 6.9 million viewers upon its original airing.[12] The series also aired on BBC Two as part of Sign Zone, which features sign language throughout.[8] The series was released on DVD on 1 April 2013.[13]
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".[6] 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 (later recast to Dean Andrews) play Eileen's children, whilst William Ash and Julie Graham play their partners. All the cast - Johnston, Berrington, Ash, Julie Graham and Keith Barron- a love interest for Eileen - returned for the series, with the exception of Stephen Graham and Zawe Ashton, who played Jingle Jill.
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^ abGraham, Alison (11 February 2013). "Being Eileen Series 1 - 1. Missing". Radio Times. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
^"Being Eileen". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
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