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Age Before Beauty - Season 1
Age Before Beauty is a dramatic tale following the daily life of a crew who manage a family-owned beauty salon. Through a collection of dramatic stories, it shows us what the daily life's troubles could the one face in the work or personally and how to deal with them.
22 January 1975, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
13 June 1976
1980, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK
19 May 1966, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
1990, UK
May 15, 1996 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK
August 07, 2018
Those expecting a sharper, more satirical edge might be disappointed... But this is solid writing, with a solid cast of decent, watchable actors.
August 01, 2018
The salon might be back, but this is mutton dressed as lamb.
August 06, 2018
Some characters felt unbelievably over-the-top, the jokes didn't land and the tension never quite reached boiling point.
August 06, 2018
It might go on to be a scathing indictment of society's current demands on bodies... and despite a nasty infidelity and a schemingly not nice Robson Green shock, it still feels more like a soap.
August 01, 2018
All this excitement can't make us forget our Poldark blues. But it's a welcome distraction.
August 06, 2018
It was comfortingly soapy, but in style and content Age Before Beauty needed a makeover.
August 01, 2018
... with a stage packed with big brightly-coloured characters who all get their fair share of the spotlight, this could be a lot of fun.