A TV series featuring Olivia Hallinan, who is stuck with the disability of looking rather cute. This series says that she can act.
26 half hour episodes with OH. My DVD of Girls In Tears is a feature made from some of these and there are a few other DVD features based on more episodes.
The storyline is not perfect, but maybe stands comparison with many other series.
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If that was all there was too it then I would now have a set of the DVDs. Instead I only have the one.
The problem comes from this being adapted from a set of novels by the author Jacqueline Wilson. A lot of the details of the novels are changed for this television version and that is normal and often healthy.
Most stuff by that particular author does not appeal to me, I seem to be in a minority re that, so swapping and changing to get stories with the appeal of the DVD I have would typically be an improvement for me, I would hope for a full DVD set.
Most stuff by that particular author does not appeal to me, but this series does, I find it amazing. I have a set of the novels. The difference is so big that I would find a set of the DVDs to be too painful.
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I also have Sugar Rush season 1, another OH. It is as if Olivia was getting the roles of girls who are a lot younger than she actually is. Could be that this adaptation of Sugar Rush might be difficult to film with a genuine 15ish? I would still have preferred OH to be in different roles. She has blatant charisma.
I do not always find such an age difference to be a problem. A good example as Looking For Alibrandi. In these I do experience a problem.
