The Hello Girls (1996)
Synopsis
From 1959 to 1961, the lives of five telephone operators in Derby.
First Air Date: 1996-09-05
Last Air Date: 1998-08-13
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 16
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Letitia Dean as Chris Cross
- Amy Marston as Sylvia Sands
- Stephanie Turner as Miss Armitage
- Samantha Seager as Val Latimer
- Helen Sheals as Ronni Ferrari
- Maggie McCarthy as Miss. Marriott
- Kate Lonergan as Pam Heath
- Colin Wells as Dick Mandeville
- Mark Aiken as Dave Curtis
- John Kirk as Lance Corporal Perks
Seasons
None (1996)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: First Day
On her first day at work, Sylvia is befriended by Chris Cross, a fellow operator whose mind is more on play than pay.
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Ep. 2: The Saturday Shift
Sylvia experiences both her first pay packet and her first Saturday shift - when rules are more relaxed under just one supervisor. A chance call from the local barracks leads to a disastrous blind date.
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Ep. 3: The Teletones
Ronni is fed up with the old-fashioned music that switchboard supervisor Miss Armitage makes them sing in the GPO choir. She decides to set up an alternative-the Teletones, a group modelled on the Beverley Sisters. Dick gets the girls a booking but the date clashes with the choir concert.
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Ep. 4: Listening In
Sylvia discovers that the engineers have wired up the girls' private line to a loud speaker and are listening in to all their intimate calls, including details of Pam's affair with her driving instructor Cyril.
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Ep. 5: Baslow 212
An emergency meeting is called when the supervisors discover that the girls have been listening in to the secret Baslow line used by royalty and top ministers.
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Ep. 6: The Occasion Cake
A boxed cake is brought to the exchange by Miss Marriott and left in the supervisors' room. The girls try to find out who the cake is for, but disaster follows.
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Ep. 7: The Emergency Call
Sylvia has to forget her personal problems when a suicidal caller comes through and she has to keep her talking while an attempt is made to trace the number.
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Ep. 8: Miss GPO Personality 1959
Derby's exchange is requested to put forward a competitor for the GPO Personality of the Year and Chris and Sylvia are both nominated as candidates for the regional competition. Chris seems to have most at stake - she is determined to prove to the exchange that she is more than just a pretty face.
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