A Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star

Transmission: January 1999

  • Channel 4: 6 x 40min
  • Writer: Bryan Elsley
  • Producer: Peter Norris
  • Directors: Sheree Folkson, Kieron J. Walsh
  • Executive Producers: Suzan Harrison, Charles Pattinson, George Faber, Peter Broughan (Bronco Films)
  • Starring: Ciaran McMenamin, Simone Lahbib, Nicola Stapleton, Stephen McCole

Critically acclaimed in the UK this series was picked up by Warner Brothers, who produced an 18 part series for the WB channel in the US.

PRESS

  • "assured, witty and hip" - The Times
  • "Dripping with sex" - Sunday Mirror
  • "Gregory's Girl meets Hollyoaks meets Trainspotting" - The Guardian
  • "Quirky, sharpe and not afraid to take the piss" - Time Out

AWARDS

  • Royal TV Society Programs Award
    Winner, Company Pictures Best Drama Serial 1999