Cutting It
Cutting It DVD cover for series 4
Genre	Comedy Drama
Created by	Debbie Horsfield
Starring	Sarah Parish Jason Merrells Angela Griffin Sian Reeves Ben Daniels Amanda Holden
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	25
Production
Running time	60 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	April 16, 2002 – July 12, 2005
External links
IMDb profile

Cutting It was a popular BBC television programme set in Manchester, England which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005. Image File history File links Cutting. ... Parish in The Wedding Date. ... Jason Merrells received his big break when he starred in Casualty for three years (1994 to 1997) as Matt Hawley. ... Image:Angela griffin. ... Sian Reeves (born 1965 in West Bromwich, England) is a British actress. ... Ben Daniels (born June 10, 1964) is a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award winning British actor. ... Amanda Holden Amanda Louise Holden (born February 16, 1971 in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire)is an English actress. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... July 12 is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ... Manchester (pronounced ) is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130...

Synopsis

Series 1:

Its main character was Alison (Allie) Henshall (played by Sarah Parish). In the first series she and her husband Gavin Farraday (played by Jason Merrells) own a hair salon together. A rival salon is opened by the wife (played by Amanda Holden) of Allie's former lover (played by Ben Daniels), Finn. Finn and Allie reignite their affair, and after rediscovering their grown-up daughter, Ruby, whom they gave up for adoption almost two decades earlier, decide to stay together, resulting in Allie leaving Gavin. Parish in The Wedding Date. ... Jason Merrells received his big break when he starred in Casualty for three years (1994 to 1997) as Matt Hawley. ... Amanda Holden Amanda Louise Holden (born February 16, 1971 in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire)is an English actress. ... Ben Daniels (born June 10, 1964) is a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award winning British actor. ...

Ben Daniels as Finn Bevan in Cutting It.

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Series 2:

In the second series, Gavin and Ruby have a passionate relationship, which results in her getting pregnant. Allie also gets pregnant, but only by having an affair with Gavin, Finn is not the father, and Finn knows it, as he secretly had a vasectomy. Series 2 ends with Gavin having to stay with Ruby, and Allie having to stay with Finn.

Series 3:

The third series saw the departure of Amanda Holden's character, Mia. Allie and Ruby both give birth, Allie has a boy while Ruby has a girl. The series ends with Ruby deciding to leave Gavin, and Allie and Gavin re-igniting their relationship once more. Finn leaves at the end of the series.

Series 4:

Series 4 starts with Allie learning she has ovarian cancer. She goes into chemotherapy. Allie and Gavin remarry each other, and just after she heard that she was to be cured of her cancer, Allie is hit by a bus and dies midway through the series. Gavin finds it hard to cope with her death, and at the end of the series has rekindled his love affair with an Australian woman, Melissa (played by Christine Stephen-Daly), whom he met between series 1 and 2. However, Melissa decides to stay with everyone at the salon, and Gavin leaves with his and Allie's son. Christine Stephen-Daly (born 5 December 1973, Melbourne, Australia) is a well known television actress. ...

The plans for a 5th series were shelved after the show lost its popularity when Allie died and Cutting It was axed by the BBC. The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ...

German re-make

A re-make of the series called Bis in die Spitzen was broadcast by Sat. 1 in Germany in 2005 - 2006. The re-make was set in Berlin and ran for 13 episodes (which included the story-lines of the original seasons one and two). Despite critical acclaim, viewing figures were lower than expected and so was axed by the channel after just one series. A four-disc DVD box-set was released on 24 March 2006. Sat. ...

External links

• BBC Cutting It page
• Sat. 1 Bis in die Spitzen page (in German)