Scripted series · BBC One
The Hairdresser Mysteries
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Sally Phillips
Lily Petal
6 eps
Charlotte Jordan
Clary Coombs
6 eps
Ben Castle-Gibb
PC Adam Watson
6 eps
Sunetra Sarker
Wincey Evans
6 eps
Angela Bain
Prudence Snook
1 eps
Guy Henry
Race Runard
2 eps
William Fox
That Terry
1 eps
Angela Curran
Valarie Stromboli
1 eps
Clive Rowe
Lonnie
2 eps
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Doris Briggs
1 eps
Anthony O'Kereke
Bad Lad 1
2 eps
Christian Loveless
Bad Lad 2
2 eps
Adrian Hood
Stan
3 eps
Jack Slater Carroll
Kev
3 eps
Michelle Gilliver
Shirl
3 eps
Stanley Kayley
Mark
1 eps
Tim Dantay
Ron
1 eps
Oliver Dimsdale
Bob Cuttings
1 eps
Rosemary Ashe
Bonnie
1 eps
Annie Hulley
Brenda
1 eps
Steph Lacey
Donna
1 eps
Gabrielle Glaister
Mrs Rind
2 eps
Alex Macqueen
Lord Rupert
3 eps
Neil Pendleton
Mike
1 eps
Paul Adeyefa
Brian Parkinson
1 eps
Steven Webb
Jonty Starr
1 eps
Gina Fillingham
Suzie Bagshot
1 eps
Ben McGregor
Hugh Fletcher
1 eps
Wendi Peters
Gloria Crudd
1 eps
Pablo Raybould
Mr Meekly
1 eps
Chelsea Sawyerr
Waitress
1 eps
Emi Aramaki
Mitsuri
1 eps
Gabriel Robinson
Ewan
1 eps
Yuriri Naka
Himari
1 eps
Naoko Mori
Ayumi
1 eps
Dean Bone
Matty
1 eps
Luke Newberry
Sammy Marigold
1 eps
Charlotte Hope
Sophie Sweetley
1 eps
Bhardia Ghezelbesh
Thug
1 eps
Den Rasaq
Moses
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Hairdresser Mysteries actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Hairdresser Mysteries reads strongest on Bingeability, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
High-end hairdresser Lily Petal opts out of the competitive city scene to buy a small village shop at the top of a cobbled street.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Created by
- Jim CartwrightCreator
Executive production
- Grainne O'BoyleProducer
- Oliver KentExecutive Producer
- Will TrotterExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jim CartwrightWriter
- David SempleWriter
- Mark CatleyWriter
Direction
- Paul GibsonDirector
- Jermain JulienDirector
- Tracey LarcombeDirector
- Paul GibsonDirector
Where to watch
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