Dead Gorgeous

*Dead Gorgeous*
Dead Gorgeous
	Main Cast
Starring	Melissa Howard; Poppy Lee Friar; Alexandra Coppinger
Country of origin	United Kingdom; Australia
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	25- 30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two, CBBC; ABC 1
Release	UK March 15, 2010; AUS April 5, 2010

Dead Gorgeous is a British- Australian children's television show which premiered on March 15, 2010 in Britain. It is produced by Burberry Productions. It was previously known as Dead Normal, but the name was changed.

Plot

Dead Gorgeous follows the adventures of 3 sisters, Rebecca, Sophie and Hazel Ainsworth who died in a carriage crash during the Victorian era. Feeling they did not get the chance to experience life properly Rebecca applies to the ghost council for another chance of life. Their wish is granted but they return 150 years after their death to find their home has been turned into a private boarding school.Unable to reveal their secret the sisters are forced to fit into the 21st century as students in the school that used to be their home.As three refined, old fashioned young ladies, they are baffled by modern life but with the help of their ghost-guardian Agatha, and a motley selection of ghosts they manage to survive the challenges modern culture brings.

Cast

Melissa Howard as Rebecca
Poppy Lee Friar as Sophie
Alexandra Coppinger as Hazel
Blake Davis as Jonathan
Chris Milligan as David
Aisha Dee as Christine
Jay Kennedy Harris as Charlie
Gerry Connolly as Mr Griffith
Julie Forsyth as Haiwyn Sinclaire
Julie Eckersley as Agatha Heggleby

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Production

The show is Produced by Burberry Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is filmed on location at Ripponlea. Barbara Slade created this popular show.

Episodes

Number	Episode Title	Original Airdate
1	"150 Years Later"	15 March 2010 (2010-03-15)
The Girls arrive as living ghosts. Because they lived in the Victorian times, they are not used to the 21st century and talk and act in an old-fashioned way.They meet their guardian,Agatha, and her group,Buddy, Grendell and Sophus. They are dead ghosts and they guide the sisters with their problems. In this episode they become friends with Jonathan, who soon become their best friend and they also meet David,who Rebecca has a big crush on, and the bossy and pretty girl, Christine. (and her gang)
2	"Dying To Belong"	16 March 2010 (2010-03-16)
Rebecca tries to make friends with Christine and her gang,which leads to a lot of trouble, but has to reveal their secret to Jonathan and he finds out and the only way they can stay is if Jonathan gives something precious of his to Agatha.
3	"Sisters In The Mind"	17 March 2010 (2010-03-17)
Rebecca wants to become a player for the Girl's basketball team, but does not know how to play and goes to ask Hazel for help, but she is busy with her frog project. She then goes to Sophie for help and when they arrive in the court, Sophie turns out to be brilliant at it despite never playing it before. And they both take coaching lessons from David but when Rebecca tries to dress up in make-up for him, he doesn't want to teach her and so she gets upset, whereas he is teaching Sophie and she is getting better and better at it and Rebecca is angry and they have a huge argument. Meanwhile, Hazel has started hearing people's thoughts and she gets into trouble for ruing the school governor's meeting and is nearly expelled, but the headteacher decides to forgive them and they stay. We also find out that Jonathan likes Rebecca more than just being friends, as he bribes David to help get back the locket which belongs to Sophie, which was also given to her by the sisters' mother, since it was chucked out the window by Rebecca in the middle of their argument.
4	"Gold"	18 March 2010 (2010-03-18)
Hazel learns that her old friend who she used to sing with was sent to jail and sets out to prove him innocent but it ends up as a catastrophe and Hazel must put everything right before it gets out of hand meanwhile Rebecca has upset David and she also has to put that right.
5	"Law Of The Jungle"	19 March 2010 (2010-03-19)
Sophie finds out that her best friend Charlie and some other people too are being bullied into doing someone's homework and when Sophie finds out who that is, she is shocked and she and her sisters and Jonathon try to put it right.
6	"Baharee"	20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)
It is Culture week. Rebecca chooses to do drama, Sophie chooses art and Hazel and Jonathan choose dance. Everyone is enjoying themselves until a box is opened containing a pipe or a horn. When Christine blows on it she unleashes a spirit called the Baharee which forces people to do things they wouldn't normally do.
7	"Hazel's Tree"	23 March 2010 (2010-03-23)
Hazel learns that a tree that she planted with her mother not to long before she died is about to be cut down. She decides to do something about it.
8	"Reliving History"	24 March 2010 (2010-03-24)
It is a day at Ainsbury High that acts out life 150 years ago. This pleases the girls. It is also Sophies Birthday. Christine and her gang are put as being Rebbeca's servants, which pleases her, and Jonathan and David are put as Rebecca's suitors, which pleases Jonathan, even though Rebecca only has eyes for David. Therefore, Jonathan is the only suitor to give Rebecca a suitable visiting card. But Rebecca ends up hurting Jonathan's feelings, but all is resolved at the end. Also, Agatha goes searching for the perfect present for Sophie, which is her horse, Splendour, whom Sophie gets to ride at the end of the episode. Hazel becomes a convict instead of a sister, the part which Christine gets in the end, and therefore Hazel does things which she normally never does.
9	"A Friend Indeed"	25 March 2010 (2010-03-25)
Jonathan learns that he is to miss out on a trip to Beijing that he wanted to go for thanks to someone with money. Sophie finds she is good at running which makes her popular.
10	"Grendels Gold"	26 March 2010 (2010-03-26)
Grendel gs a cold when the students go on holiday apart from Rebecca, Sophie and Hazel only for them to discover that the trip gets cancelled and the students are returning when there's a cold on the loose!
11	"Smoke And Mirrors"	27 March 2010 (2010-03-27)
Rebecca is failng every subject causing the ghost council to get angry. She finds she is almost disappearing. everyone is working on their science projects in this episode, including magic, a fashion show and a sleeping bag/shoulder bag.
12	"Love First Kiss"	30 March 2010 (2010-03-30)
A painting of one of Rebecca's suitors is bought to Ainsbury High making Heathcliffe the suitor jump out of the portrait putting Jonathan in there instead and going in pursuit of Rebecca. Heathcliffe has some unfinished business said agatha but was it unfinished business or was it just the touch of Rebecca's touch that made him come alive and out of the painting?
13	"Old Ghosts"	31 March 2010 (2010-03-31)
Sophie is upset to hear that the old stables is to be knocked down. An old ghost is unleashed who proceeds to posess her. But Sophie discovers what is most important not the leaf she carved but the only family she has alive and with her.