WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER
Drama
Goldplated
10:00pm - 11:05pm
Channel 4
VIDEO Plus+: 8124079
Subtitles, widescreen
Written by Jimmy Gardner
1/8-The Christening
Right from the moment Suede belt out Beautiful Ones on the soundtrack, it's pretty obvious that Goldplated, set in wealthy Cheshire, isn't going to be your standard it's-grim-up-north drama peopled by warm-hearted stereotypes who struggle to make ends meet. Goldplated (the clue's in the title) is populated by venal, money-grabbing back-stabbers who are, generally, a pretty unpleasant bunch. And they're all wealthy and awash with material possessions - flash houses, fancy cars, gaudy clothes and so on. The women are generally hard-faced bottle blondes on the make, while the men are sex-driven saps with very little business acumen. It all makes for a bit of an oddity, particularly when you consider Goldplated comes from the gritty World Productions stable and from writer Jimmy Gardner, who has the dead hard The Cops and Buried on his CV. Still, for all that, Goldplated has the potential to become an empty, weekly guilty pleasure.
RT reviewer - Alison Graham
John - David Schofield
Beth - Barbara Marten
Cassidy - Kelly Harrison
Justin - Nicholas Shaw
Lauren - Jaime Winstone
Darren - Darren Tighe
Terese - Poppy Miller
Charlotte - Angela Holmes
Bo Blonde - Sandra Huggett
Faye Blonde - Jacqueline Leonard
Anna Blonde - Georgina Mellor
Leo - Gary Whelan
Donna - Nichola Burley
Jacqui Quail - Lisa Millett
Dean Kidd - Roger Evans
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