Personal Affairs is a British television drama-comedy series, broadcast on BBC Three

BBC Three

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. It stars Annabel Scholey

Annabel Scholey

Annabel Scholey is an English actress. She is known for portraying Lauren in the supernatural drama Being Human.-Background:Scholey was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire...

, Laura Aikman

Laura Aikman

Laura Holly Aikman is an English actress who has been appearing in TV and films since childhood. She attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls and is best known for her role in The Mysti Show as Mysti...

, Maimie McCoy

Maimie McCoy

Maimie McCoy is an English actress. She is known for portraying Nicole Palmerston-Amory in Personal Affairs.-Background:McCoy was born in Yorkshire, where she attended Stokesley School. She studied Performing Arts at London Metropolitan University, graduating with a BA in 2001.McCoy is the...

 and Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga

Ruth Negga is an Ethiopian-Irish actress who has starred in Irish films such as Capital Letters , Isolation and Breakfast On Pluto...

 as four City of London

City of London

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 Personal Assistant

Personal assistant

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s looking for the lost friend Grace Darling (Olivia Grant

Olivia Grant (1983 British actress)

Olivia Grant is an English actress. Her first film role was in Stardust , in which she was cast within weeks of graduating from Oxford...

).

Premise

Off-beat, fast-paced, funny, sexy and candid depiction of office life, following the fortunes of four personal assistants in the City of London.

Production

The interior scenes are filmed at the BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland

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 drama studios in Dumbarton, whilst most of the exterior scenes are filmed in London

London

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.

Main Cast

The PAs

• Annabel Scholey
  Annabel Scholey
  Annabel Scholey is an English actress. She is known for portraying Lauren in the supernatural drama Being Human.-Background:Scholey was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire...
  
   - Michelle "Midge" Lerner (Personal assistant to Simon Turner)
• Laura Aikman
  Laura Aikman
  Laura Holly Aikman is an English actress who has been appearing in TV and films since childhood. She attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls and is best known for her role in The Mysti Show as Mysti...
  
   - Lucy Baxter (Personal assistant to Iain Ebelthite)
• Maimie McCoy
  Maimie McCoy
  Maimie McCoy is an English actress. She is known for portraying Nicole Palmerston-Amory in Personal Affairs.-Background:McCoy was born in Yorkshire, where she attended Stokesley School. She studied Performing Arts at London Metropolitan University, graduating with a BA in 2001.McCoy is the...
  
   - Nicole Palmerston-Amory (Personal assistant to Rachel Klein)
• Ruth Negga
  Ruth Negga
  Ruth Negga is an Ethiopian-Irish actress who has starred in Irish films such as Capital Letters , Isolation and Breakfast On Pluto...
  
   - Doris "Sid" Siddiqi (Temporary personal assistant to Rock van Gelder)
• Olivia Grant
  Olivia Grant (1983 British actress)
  Olivia Grant is an English actress. Her first film role was in Stardust , in which she was cast within weeks of graduating from Oxford...
  
   - Grace Darling (Personal assistant to Rock van Gelder, before she went missing)
• Jamie Davis
  Jamie Davis
  For the American singer of the same name, see Jamie Davis .Jamie Davis is an English actor. He is known for playing Harley Lawson in Footballers' Wives and its spin-off, Footballers' Wives: Extra Time, Leon Taylor in Hex and Alex Partridge in "Candy Cabs".-Biography:Davis was born and brought up...
  
   - Robbie Gascoigne (Personal assistant to Jane Lesser)

The Bosses

• Robert Gant
  Robert Gant
  Robert Gant is an American actor. He is sometimes credited as Robert J. Gant.-Early life:...
  
   - Rock van Gelder
• Darren Boyd
  Darren Boyd
  Darren Boyd is an English actor well known for his roles in Smack the Pony, Green Wing, Whites and most recently for playing the role of John Cleese in Holy Flying Circus. He is a classically trained singer, and played a jazz musician in NBC’s Watching Ellie...
  
   - Simon Turner
• Emily Bruni
  Emily Bruni
  Emily Bruni , is an English actress.Born to an Italian father who is an academic at Exeter University, Bruni was educated at St Peter's school. Bruni was a member of the Devon Youth Theatre and Exeter Children's Orchestra before training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.Bruni...
  
   - Rachel Klein
• Archie Panjabi - Jane Lesser
• Mark Benton
  Mark Benton
  Mark Benton is an English actor, perhaps most famous for his roles as Eddie in Early Doors and Howard in Northern Lights.-Life and career:Benton was born in Guisborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England....
  
   - Iain Ebelthite

Supporting Cast

Recurring Cast:

• Kieran Bew
  Kieran Bew
  | website = http://vimeo.com/16285721Kieran Bew is an English actor, known for portraying Avi Gellman in Personal Affairs, and Gary Parr in BBC1's BAFTA award winning The Street.-Background:...
  
   - Avi, Midge's first ever boyfriend
• Joe Absolom
  Joe Absolom
  Joseph Absolom is an English actor best known for playing Matthew Rose in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders and Al Large in Doc Martin.-Biography:...
  
   - Bob Baxter, Lucy's husband
• Al Weaver
  Al Weaver
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   - Crawford, Sid's first love (Episode 1,2,5)
• Ben Lloyd-Hughes - Dominic "Fitz" Fitzwallace (Episodes 2-5)

Minor Cast:

• Annette Badland
  Annette Badland
  Annette Badland is an English actress best known for her work in children's television.-Biography:Her training took place at East 15 Acting School, London...
  
  - Maihri Crawford, Crawford's mother

Series One

• Episode One - "A Decent Proposal"

When Grace's boss Rock proposes, her life begins to unravel in a most unexpected way.

• Episode Two - "Baby Boom or Bust"'

The girls visit Grace's mysterious house, Midge's past catches up with her and a surprise visitor helps Lucy decide where her future lies.

• Episode Three - "Between Rock and a Hard Place"

With Grace still missing, a nasty surprise makes the girls fear for her safety.

• Episode Four - "Fool On The Hill"

Will Nicole dare to give love a chance? Midge comes face to face with the past.

• Episode Five - "Vital Statistix"

The girls get closer to finding Grace. A guest brings chaos to the Hartmann Payne party.

• Episode Six - "Connectivity"

The mystery around Grace is finally revealed...

The theme used during the title sequence is 21st Century Life by Sam Sparro.

NB. On the DVD and outside the UK, Series One comprises the six episodes listed here. However, only five episodes were broadcast in the UK. The Episode One BBC3 audiences saw was a 70 minute edited version of "A Decent Proposal" and "Baby Boom or Bust", with 50 minutes cut.