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Girls on Top (1985)

Girls on Top

TV Programme | 1985–86 | B&W

Stars: Joan Greenwood, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders

A feminist writer snags herself a Chelsea flat but has to take in flatmates to help pay the bills

Amanda Ripley, a feminist writer for the women’s magazine ‘Spare Cheeks’ lucks into an apartment in Kensington.

In order to pay the rent to Lady Carlton, the crazy romance novelist (with a stuffed pet dog named Josephine) who lives downstairs and owns the flat, she has to take in Shelley DuPont, a loud-mouthed American actress; Jennifer Marsh, a retarded friend from childhood; and Candice Valentine, the ‘slut’ who previously lived there and has nowhere else to go.

Episodes (13)

Season 1 (7 episodes)

1) Four-Play (1985)
2) Staying Alive (1985)
3) C.O.D. (1985)
4) Cancel Toast (1985)
5) Ident. Candy Time (1985)
6) Skankin’ (1985)
7) Hark (1985)

Season 2 (6 episodes)

Main Cast (5)

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Girls on Top (1985-86) season one opening credits (38s)

Main title from Girls on Top (1985-86) season one

Girls on Top (1985-86) season two opening credits (40s)

Main title from Girls on Top (1985) season two

Series Director

Paul Jackson 5 episodes

Ed Bye 2 episodes

Series Writer

Dawn French 7 episodes

Jennifer Saunders 7 episodes

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Joan Greenwood (as Lady Chloe Carlton) in a screenshot from Girls on Top (1985-86) (16) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (16) | Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood (as Lady Chloe Carlton) in a screenshot from Girls on Top (1985-86) (16).

Joan Greenwood (as Lady Chloe Carlton) in a screenshot from Girls on Top (1985-86) (15) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (15) | Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood (as Lady Chloe Carlton) in a screenshot from Girls on Top (1985-86) (15).

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Screenshot from Girls on Top (1985-86) (14).

Screenshot from the ‘Lower the Donkey’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (13) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (13) | ‘Lower the Donkey’ (1986)

Screenshot from the ‘Lower the Donkey’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (13).

Screenshot from the ‘Mr Yummy Brownie’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (12) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (12) | ‘Mr Yummy Brownie’ (1986)

Screenshot from the ‘Mr Yummy Brownie’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (12).

Screenshot from the ‘Bring Me More Flamingoes’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (11) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (11) | ‘Bring Me More Flamingoes’ (1986)

Screenshot from the ‘Bring Me More Flamingoes’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (11).

Screenshot from the ‘Who’s Ya Uncle Shelley?’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (10) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (10) | ‘Who’s Ya Uncle Shelley?’ (1986)

Screenshot from the ‘Who’s Ya Uncle Shelley?’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (10).

Screenshot from the ‘Big Snogs’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (9) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (9) | ‘Big Snogs’ (1986)

Screenshot from the ‘Big Snogs’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (9).

Screenshot from the ‘Mr Fluffy Knows Too Much’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (8) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (8) | ‘Mr Fluffy Knows Too Much’ (1986)

Screenshot from the ‘Mr Fluffy Knows Too Much’ (1986) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (8).

Screenshot from the ‘Hark’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (7) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (7) | ‘Hark’ (1985)

Screenshot from the ‘Hark’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (7).

Screenshot from the ‘Skankin’’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (6) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (6) | ‘Skankin’’ (1985)

Screenshot from the ‘Skankin’’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (6).

Screenshot from the ‘Ident. Candy Time’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (5) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (5) | ‘Ident. Candy Time’ (1985)

Screenshot from the ‘Ident. Candy Time’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (5).

Screenshot from the ‘Cancel Toast’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (4) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (4) | ‘Cancel Toast’ (1985)

Screenshot from the ‘Cancel Toast’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (4).

Screenshot from the ‘C.O.D.’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (3) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (3) | ‘C.O.D.’ (1985)

Screenshot from the ‘C.O.D.’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (3).

Screenshot from the ‘Staying Alive’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (2) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (2) | ‘Staying Alive’ (1985)

Screenshot from the ‘Staying Alive’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (2).

Screenshot from the ‘Four-Play’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (1) — Girls on Top (1985-86) screenshot (1) | ‘Four-Play’ (1985)

Screenshot from the ‘Four-Play’ (1985) episode of Girls on Top (1985-86) (1).

Pressbook for Girls on Top (1985-86) (1) — Girls on Top (1985-86) pressbook (1)

Pressbook for Girls on Top (1985-86) (1).

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DVD cover of Girls on Top (1985-86) (1).

Australian DVD cover of Girls on Top (1985-86) (1) — Girls on Top (1985-86) Australian DVD cover (1)

Australian DVD cover of Girls on Top (1985-86) (1).

Joan Greenwood (as Lady Chloe Carlton) in a photograph from Girls on Top (1985-86) (1) — Girls on Top (1985-86) photograph (1) | Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood (as Lady Chloe Carlton) in a photograph from Girls on Top (1985-86) (1).

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DVD cover of Girls on Top (1985-86) (2).

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Video cover from Girls on Top (1985-86) (3).

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Video cover from Girls on Top (1985-86) (5).

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DVD cover of Girls on Top (1985-86) (3).

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