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Nearly 30 years ago the BBC made this documentary about three hairdressers in Blackpool following life and events — or non-events, really — at Vanity Box, Mary’s Way and Tricia’s (a bit of Googling suggests these may have been near Preston Old Road, Gynn Square and Ball St).
Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, who went on to become a Bafta-winning director best known for Call the Midwife and The Crown, the Guardian deemed it “a brilliant piece of observational documentary”
“The appeal of Three Salons is its gentleness and the comic timing and gossiping of the customers.
A restrained, meditative and brilliant portrait of a community of older women who are witty, warm and full of gossip” – Sunday Times
Available on iPlayer for over a year, where it’s become a word-of-mouth hit.
Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, who went on to become a Bafta-winning director best known for Call the Midwife and The Crown, the Guardian deemed it “a brilliant piece of observational documentary”
“The appeal of Three Salons is its gentleness and the comic timing and gossiping of the customers.
A restrained, meditative and brilliant portrait of a community of older women who are witty, warm and full of gossip” – Sunday Times
Available on iPlayer for over a year, where it’s become a word-of-mouth hit.