Lip Service - Series 1 & 2 - 4-DVD Set ( Lip Service - Series One and Two )

Lip Service - Series 1 & 2 - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Lip Service - Series One and Two
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
690 min + 74 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Harriet Braun

Written By:
Harriet Braun

Actors:
Fiona Button ..... Tess Roberts
Heather Peace ..... Sam Murray
James Anthony Pearson ..... Ed MacKenzie
Natasha O'Keeffe ..... Sadie Anderson
Ruta Gedmintas ..... Frankie Alan
Laura Fraser ..... Cat MacKenzie
Emun Elliott ..... Jay Adams
Steven Cree ..... Ryder
Gilly Gilchrist ..... Alistair Brice
Anna Skellern ..... Lexy Price
Sinead Keenan ..... Nora
Cush Jumbo ..... Becky (6 episodes, 2010)
Stuart McQuarrie ..... Hugh
Gregor Truter ..... Rory
Adam Sinclair ..... Dr. Declan Love
Tom Mannion ..... Cameron Alan
Ian James Cameron ..... Michael (5 episodes, 2012)

Synopsis:

A ground-breaking TV drama series packed with irreverent humour and sexual passion as a group of twenty-something friends search for happiness in contemporary Glasgow. Series 1: Meet Frankie, Cat and Tess, they were all at university together, and in the subsequent years were all swept into relationships: Frankie and Cat with each other and Tess with a woman called Chloe. These relationships ended painfully and Frankie left for America to work as a photographer. Now she's returned and it's time to confront her family, herself, and her ex-love Cat, which path will the course of true love take? Series 2: Cat and Sam arrive back in Glasgow with a colossal bump after a loved-up month in South America. Has Cat made her mind up once and for all about her first love, Frankie? Or is she still torn between the two women she loves? Meanwhile, it looks like Tess has finally got her first proper acting role, a hot new girlfriend and is sharing a pad with Frankie, what could possibly go wrong? The gang's back together, with some electric new personalities, but are they prepared for the bombshell that's about to send shockwaves through everything they know? There are some things that no groups of friends, however strong, can survive...

Season 1
Episode #1.1
S1, Ep1
Oct. 12, 2010
Gay photographer Franky Alan returns to her native Glasgow after a two year absence to be met by straight best friend Jay. Carol, the aunt who brought her up on her parents' deaths,has died and Franky is intrigued by a message Carol left on her answer phone before her death. Franky's former lover Cat,whom she dumped,goes on a date with policewoman Sam,who leaves halfway through supposedly for work but Cat wonders if it is not because of her talk of Franky. Franky and Cat reconcile to attend Carol's funeral,though Franky's uncle Cameron is hostile.Would-be actress Tess...

Episode #1.2
S1, Ep2
Oct. 19, 2010
After a night of passion Lou gets Tess a job as a runner on her show but asks her to keep their affair a secret. Tess asks her to dinner to meet Cat and Cat's brother Ed but Lou fails to show,making an excuse which turns out to be false. Tess confronts her next day and they kiss and make up. At Carol's funeral Frankie argues with Cameron,who throws her out but learns that Carol sent the album of photos of Frankie to a woman named Annie Cawthorne,living on a rough estate. Cat and Sam meet again and have a successful date whilst Frankie picks up one night stand Sadie,...

Episode #1.3
S1, Ep3
Oct. 26, 2010
Frankie retrieves the necklace from Sadie who tells her she took it to make sure she contacted her. Cat is shocked when she finds Frankie has been taken on by her firm of architects as full-time photographer and disappointed that Jay has been appointed over her head to run a project she began and is consoled by Sam whilst Frankie is forced to help Jay when he tries to seduce office junior Hayley with the aid of drugs and the girl passes out. Tess,now temping,is dismayed when Lou,after staying the night,refuses to answer her calls and makes an unannounced visit with Ed...

Episode #1.4
S1, Ep4
Nov. 2, 2010
Frankie is angry that Jay says nothing when Hayley is sacked as a drug taker but she has other things on her mind,such as moving into a palatial studio flat,courtesy of Sadie,with Tess. She also shows Cat the certificate that claims she died as a child and Cat gets Sam to use her influence to discover that Annie Cawthorne was actually a petty criminal called Alma Carter. Cameron tells Frankie this was her mother,who did not want her and a saddened Frankie gets stoned with Sadie,trashing a flat Sadie is minding but got off the hook by Sam. Cat also introduces Sam to ...

Episode #1.5
S1, Ep5
Nov. 9, 2010
Cat and Frankie have fun visiting their old school,now empty and marked for development, though Frankie tells Cat that Jay gave Hayley the ketamine and,when it looks likely that Cat will be blamed,claims that she did it,leading to her dismissal. She also discovers that Cameron and Darren know each other and seem to have a secret. Tess is depressed as her birthday is approaching and,as they are planning a surprise party,all her friends claim they are doing something else. After an encounter with ex-girlfriend Chloe Tess has Botox so that,when she arrives at the party,...

Episode #1.6
S1, Ep6
Nov. 16, 2010
Following his exposure at the party Jay gets dumped by Becky but there is good news for Ed,who gets his first novel published and for Tess,who wins a lead role in a stage play and gets a new girlfriend in electrician Fin. Frankie confronts Darren,learning that they are both the children of Alma Carter and an ultimate showdown with Cameron reveals that he is Frankie's father and it was considered that,given Alma's involvement with a crime,he and Carol should bring her up as their own. A confused Frankie sleeps with Cat but fails to win her away from Sam and finally ...

Season 2
Episode #2.1
S2, Ep1
Apr. 20, 2012
Cat and Sam return to Glasgow after a month in South America. Tess's first day at her new job throws up some surprises.

Episode #2.2
S2, Ep2
Apr. 27, 2012
Tess splits with Fin and is also not happy when bitchy actress Nora tries to steal her limelight at rehearsals. Sam plans a big night out for Cat's birthday,unaware that Cat has spent the afternoon in bed with Frankie. They are seen by Tess,who agrees to keep quiet but,returning home,Cat is hit by a car.She is rushed to hospital where she is treated by Lexy and her gay colleague Declan but to no avail. Frankie is reluctant to attend the funeral and is persuaded by Sadie to go but she sneaks in at the back,drunk,and only stays a few minutes. Another visit to Alma ends ...

Episode #2.3
S2, Ep3
May 4, 2012
After Alma tells her she wants no further contact as her husband is unaware of her past life a devastated Frankie returns to New York,swearing Tess to secrecy about her resumed affair with Cat. Her room in the flat-share is taken by Sadie,who fails an interview to write for Minus 21 magazine but later cops off with its editrix Lauren,despite Lauren being spoken for. Lexy also enjoys noisy sex with colleague Bea,though she too has a wife. Tess invites Ed to go drinking with her stage crowd and,whilst Tess has platonic fun with the kindly Hugh,Ed goes home with Nina. ...

Episode #2.4
S2, Ep4
May 11, 2012
Tess feels left out as Ed dates Nina so they fix her up on a date with Nina's friend Meg but Meg is extremely weird and,helped by Lexy,Tess feigns illness to get rid of her. Lexy herself asks Sam to a wine-tasting,making Bea jealous. The session is pretentious and the pair are evicted for laughing,going for a drink together. Here Lexy tells Sam that she believes she has a stalker,who leaves anonymous notes and phone calls. Later Sam,going through Cat's belongings,sees the evidence of Cat's infidelity with Frankie. Sadie meanwhile is given a job in an art gallery by Jo...

Episode #2.5
S2, Ep5
May 18, 2012
Sam confronts Tess over her knowledge of Cat and Frankie's affair,alienating herself from the flat-mates. At work she is stressed,attacking a suspected drug dealer and Ed's peace-making efforts are in vain. Lexy is shocked to find that her stalker is the husband of Bea,whom she had assumed was a Lesbian but has a child whom she will not leave. Tess consoles Lexy and at Ed's book launch they grow close but Tess is called away by a drunken Hugh roping her to get revenge on his ex-wife, Ed himself dumping Nina after he is perturbed by her total selfishness. Sadie ...

Episode #2.6
S2, Ep6
May 25, 2012
Tess is nervous about her first night in 'Uncle Vanya' but,despite having to hold up a drunken Hugh anxious to win his wife back and survive a sabotage attempt by Nina,she is a great success. Sam leads a drugs raid in which colleague Vince is injured and she blames herself for being preoccupied with Cat. She turns to Lexy for consolation,and a passionate session,whilst Lexy fixes Declan up with the radiographer he fancies. Lauren rejects Sadie after she has stolen an expensive watch to impress her. As a result Sadie robs the art gallery and does a runner.

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