Girls in Love

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.

yrs 9's are not babies I'm in yr 9!! Some girls in this year do actually act like this. i cant believe the producers or whoever casted the show hired 16-20yr olds to play 13-14 yr olds!! and to the comment above the show cannot be exactly like the book, you cant hire actors/actresses that match the descriptions in the book exactly. Adam Paul Harvey now stars in an ITV drama called "where he heart is" and only looks 16, i cant believe he is 20!! I wonder what olivia (ellie), zaraah (magda) and nadine (amy) will be doing in a couple years time, i don't think they'll still be in this show, i hope they produce another show based on another one of jacqueline wilsons great books!! x

I saw this show, and I have read all 4 books and I think that they are totally unfaithful. Ellie is not supposed to be a red head, she is supposed to be a brunette with glasses who is quite plump, I feel that I could play Ellie because I feel that I relate to her more. Lets hope they will sort this out and not choose people who are 19 and 16 to be playing years 9s, and Magda is totally different.

"Girls in Love" was excellent. Being a teen girl myself, it was thoroughly enjoyable to know that people were going through worse dilemmas than me!

One thing which some people found disappointing was that it didn't remain true to the book. Having not read that particular book in the trilogy, I am forbidden to comment. But I must say that, faithful or not, it was great. Besides, they did say that it was only "based on" the book.

I hope they bring "Girls in Love" to new heights in the near future.

I totally agree with Kate - Girls In Love is nothing like the books! I've got all the books at home and Ellie is meant to be plump, bespectacled girl with frizzy brown hair. How come other programmes and films that are adapted from books do try to find actors and actresses that fit the characters, but on this particular Jacqueline Wilson book, they get it wrong! Harry Potter, for example, the characters look similar to how the characters are described in the books. Also, I'm not racist 'cause I'm black myself, but in the books, Magda's supposed to be a blonde-haired white girl! I'm VERY sure they couldn't change the race of a character in another book, like the Harry Potter books just because the casting director wants to! The story lines in the series are different too. I much prefer The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum and the recent Best Friends, all of which are true to Jacqueline's books. Anyway, all that said, the series is still very enjoyable, as long as you cast a blind eye on the irregularities in the series and don't expect it to be just like the books.