AMANDA HOLDEN CELEBRATES OVER 30 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP WITH HER CUTTING IT CO-STARS
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It's been 23 years since Cutting It first hit screens, and the friendship between the stars of the BBC hairdressing drama has endured.
Amanda Holden, 54, reunited with her co-stars for their annual festive get together, sharing a snap of the group as they enjoyed a girls' weekend away.
Amanda, who played Mia Bevan on the show, gushed 'my friendship with these girls spans over 30 years. I couldn't live without them,' as she posted the photo of them all sporting matching striped Their Nibs pyjamas.
The group included Sarah Parish, 57, who starred as Cutting It lead character Allie Henshall, Angela Griffin, 49, who appeared as beautician Darcey Henshall and Lucy Gaskell, 45, who played Ruby Ferris.
Amanda's longtime pals Tamzin Outhwaite, 55, and Emmerdale star Nicola Stephenson, 54, who both starred with her on stage in 2017 production Stepping Out, also joined the festivities.
The pals posed in front of a huge Christmas tree as they celebrated their trip to luxury retreat Hanks House in Oxfordshire.
'This is gonna be the first of many photos and videos! This is our annual Xmas weekend way together! My friendship with these girls spans over 30years. I couldn't live without them,' wrote Amanda.
She noted they were missing one of their number, TV presenter and actress Lisa Faulkner, as she added there was 'lots of laughter, food and of course wine. Not Forgetting some very brilliant new dance moves!'
'@hankshouse.co is the most insane house! We have never stayed anywhere like it and cancelled all dinner plans because we just didn't see the point going anywhere else. We are all wearing matching pyjamas from.@theirnibs.'
Angela uploaded the same pic as she revealed: 'We talked, we danced, we ate and most importantly we laughed. Our yearly Christmas girls get together and this year was incredible.'
Created by Poldark’s Debbie Horsfield, Cutting It ran for four seasons between 2002 and 2005 and was set in Manchester, focusing on the lives of the teams running rival hairdressing salons.
Back in 2021 Amanda gushed that she'd love to revive the series, gushing: 'I always think, "Oh, let's bring back Cutting It!" I still regularly see Angela [Griffin], we're all still good friends. I think it would be really fun to bring that back.'
The cast have all had careers on television post the show with Amanda pivoting to presenting, fronting the likes of Britain's Got Talent and Amanda And Alan's Italian Job.
Sarah meanwhile went on to appear in TV hits including Doctor Who, Mistresses, Broadchurch and Bancroft after finding fame on The Bill before Cutting It.
Lucy, who played Sarah's onscreen daughter went on to star in Doctor Who, Casuality and Misfits.
Angela is a familiar face on Brit telly, having had roles in Coronation Street and Holby City before Cutting It. After, she starred in other major dramas including Waterloo Road.
Speaking in July, Cutting It creator Debbie Horsfield recalled how she was inspired to write the show by her twin sisters, who were both hairdressers. 'That was a world I knew really well,' she told the BBC.
'It interested me because most of the time when I had seen dramas set in a hairdressing salon they kind of sent the industry up a bit. And I knew from my sisters' experience that it was deadly serious.'
'They used to do competitions and the level of engagement, and excitement and tension, it matched anything.... so I was thinking there is a lot of drama there and then I was thinking "well a family drama is something I've written about". I'm one of five sisters, so groups of women, groups of sisters is something I've written about a lot.'
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