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Drop Dead Gorgeous, the comedy following Runcorn school girl model Ashley Webb (Sinead Moynihan), returns to 麻豆社 Three for a second series on Sunday, 16 September.

Set in Runcorn the first series followed the Webb family as their lives changed when one of two twin sisters, Ashley is approached by a modelling agency.

As Ashley鈥檚 career takes off her twin sister Jade (Linzey Cocker) became increasingly jealous while mother Pauline (Kathyrn Hunt) dropped everything to help Ashley pursue her dream leaving husband Terry (Connor McIntyre) floundering.

The landmark Silver Jubilee bridge also featured in the final scene of Alan Bleasdale's Channel Four series, GBH, when Michael Palin's character Jim Nelson drove across it having conquered his fear of crossing bridges.

Producer Juliet Charlesworth听 says the second series of Drop Dead Gorgeous contains more glamour than ever, 鈥淚n this series the Webb family find themselves on the way up. New House, new clothes, Paris, Milan you name it.

鈥淥ur great joy this series was costume, and how much fun we had dressing the cast.鈥�

Windswept

Filming in Runcorn began in March with a glitzy wedding, which was almost ruined by the weather coming in off the Mersey.

鈥淭he wind was so bad we had to ban the use of wraps and hats, and ended up having to cut some exterior scenes because you could see the actors鈥� teeth chattering and tears rolling down their cheeks as they were wind whipped,鈥� says Juliet Charlesworth.

鈥淭here we were, in the depth of the night, rain lashing down and no shelter to be found. Kate Hunt who plays Pauline and Connor who plays Terry offered to do the scene for real on the promenade in the rain 鈥� which by now had actually reached typhoon status in Runcorn 鈥� and yes our Dubbing Editor did tell me how good the rain machine looked when he saw the final version.鈥�

Sarah Jayne Dunn, who played Mandy in Hollyoaks, joins the Drop Dead Gorgeous cast for the second series, as bitchy model agency receptionist Justine.

鈥淚t was just great to come onto something that I鈥檇 heard so much about,鈥� says Sarah.

鈥淛ustine is a fantastic part to play as she is totally new to the show and didn鈥檛 have any baggage, which meant I could put my stamp on the character. We got to wear great clothes and the relationship I had with Pauline,听who was effectively my boss, was hysterical.鈥�

Drop Dead Gorgeous is on 麻豆社 Three Sunday evenings at 9pm.