Episode 1

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Lip Service, Series 1 Episode 1 of 6

Duration: 1 hour

Funny, irreverent and moving drama series which follows the interwoven love lives of Frankie, Cat and Tess, three gay women living in Glasgow whose search for happiness stirs up hidden passions and secrets.

When Frankie returns to Glasgow to investigate a mysterious message left by her dying aunt, her sudden reappearance rocks ex-girlfriend Cat, who is re-entering the dating scene after Frankie left her heartbroken two years earlier. Will her blind date with policewoman Sam be ruined?

Aspiring actress Tess has a humiliating run-in with her ex-girlfriend, but things start to look up when she finds herself being hit on by a gorgeous, and supposedly straight, TV presenter.

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  • BBC Three blog: My role in lesbian drama Lip Service

    BBC Three blog: My role in lesbian drama Lip Service

    Ruta Gedmintas on why she thought she'd never get the role of Frankie: "I went to the audition, pretty much straight off the plane, bit scruffy, bit tired, bit shell-shocked from the horror film, probably a little bit of the crusty blood-syrup still in my hair."

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Credits

Cat MacKenzie
Laura Fraser
Frankie Alan
Ruta Gedmintas
Tess Roberts
Fiona Button
Jay Adams
Emun Elliott
Ed MacKenzie
James Anthony Pearson
Sam Murray
Heather Peace
Lou Foster
Roxanne McKee
Cameron Alan
Tom Mannion
Karen Alan
Romana Abercromby
Becky
Cush Jumbo
Chloe
Lisa Livingstone
Ad Director
Simon Thorpe
Sally
Alexis Peterman
Alistair Brice
Gilly Gilchrist
Ali
India Wadsworth
Carla
Ashley Lilley
Shona
Frances Mayli McCann
Receptionist
Moyo Omoniyi
Director
John McKay
Producer
Polly Williams
Writer
Harriet Braun

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TV Blog: Playing Sam

Lip Service

Heather Peace talks about playing Sam in Lip Service's love triangle.

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