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The Best Episodes of Beautiful People

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Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best

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    Beautiful People Season 2 Episode 6 - How I Got My Gash
    9.1/10(45 votes)

    #1 - How I Got My Gash

    S2:E6

    Simon is plagued by school bullies and decides to leave home to be with The Beautiful People. But as usual, nothing goes according to plan. Debbie, convinced that she's destined for stardom, becomes to talk of Melody Crescent. AS our favourite characters converge in the front room for Debbie's TV premiere, three questions remain: Will Kylie ever get out of the closet? Who is Puff Daddy's daddy? and... Will Simon meet his match?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Beautiful People Season 1 Episode 5 - How I Got My Tongs
    8.9/10(42 votes)

    #2 - How I Got My Tongs

    S1:E5

    A trip to the hairdresser and a fabulous pair of shimmering golden hair tongs prompts Simon's decision to turn Kylie into Princess Diana.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Beautiful People Season 1 Episode 6 - How I Got My Globe
    8.9/10(45 votes)

    #3 - How I Got My Globe

    S1:E6

    A new teacher arrives at school who really may be one of the Beautiful People. Can this really be true? Simon and Kylie finally try to leave Reading for ultra glamorous London. In New York older Simon gets homesick.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Beautiful People Season 1 Episode 4 - How I Got My Posh
    8.8/10(46 votes)

    #4 - How I Got My Posh

    S1:E4

    Birthdays have ever been easy for Simon, especially when the whole school finds out what he really really wants. Meanwhile, Ashlene meets a flasher and Aunty Hayley feels loved and a whole lot more.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Beautiful People Season 2 Episode 2 - How I Got My Plumes
    8.7/10(39 votes)

    #5 - How I Got My Plumes

    S2:E2

    In 1998 Simon and Kylie form a pop band called E-male and hunky music teacher Mr. Carr offers to manage them. To Simon's surprise, when his Dad invites taciturn new neighbour Ross Kemp to dinner, he brings his significant other, who happens to be Mr. Carr. The two men have a big bust-up but Mr.Carr still takes Simon and Kylie to Birmingham for the Eurovision Song Contest. The boys get locked in a toilet and are rescued by contest winner Dana International, with whom they also appear, by accident, on stage. Simon grabs a plume from Dana's costume and years later it's still on his Mum's hat, though when he meets Dana again in the street she is not keen to reacquaint herself with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Beautiful People Season 2 Episode 3 - How I Got My Water Feature
    8.7/10(35 votes)

    #6 - How I Got My Water Feature

    S2:E3

    It's 1998, and Ground Force is at its height and Simon feels a desperate need for a water feature. Meanwhile, the women of Melody Crescent feel a desperate need to 'sloshercise' with hunky training instructor Tiger. Elaine Paige makes a stunning appearance in Simon's imagination. Warning: contains showtunes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Beautiful People Season 1 Episode 2 - How I Got My Nose
    8.6/10(53 votes)

    #7 - How I Got My Nose

    S1:E2

    Simon Doonan, now living in New York, remembers the time auditioning for the school play led to his mother being arrested for assault and the re-enactment of a famous horror film.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Beautiful People Season 2 Episode 5 - How I Got My Turner
    8.6/10(34 votes)

    #8 - How I Got My Turner

    S2:E5

    The Doonans go deep into the world of Brit Art when they meet rabble rouser Stacey Bile near the Kate Winslet memorial roundabout. This leads to several road accidents, imminent birth, blind ladies driving cars, and the Turner Prize. Meanwhile, Aunty Hayley has set herself up as a telephone astrologer with one rather obsessive client.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Beautiful People Season 1 Episode 3 - How I Got My Beads
    8.4/10(44 votes)

    #9 - How I Got My Beads

    S1:E3

    Simon remembers his mother's experiments with the occult and his grandmother's return from a mental hospital, which saw her change rather radically from the nicest granny in the world. Featuring conjoined twins and a bingo caller.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Beautiful People Season 2 Episode 4 - How I Got My Camp
    8.4/10(36 votes)

    #10 - How I Got My Camp

    S2:E4

    The Doonans plan a holiday abroad, but a plumbing disaster spoils everything. Meanwhile across the road, Kylie's father meets his match in the form of a snarling dog called Madonna. Warning: contains Bette Midler impersonations and a replica Eiffel Tower.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Beautiful People Season 1 Episode 1 - How I Got My Vase
    8.1/10(55 votes)

    #11 - How I Got My Vase

    S1:E1

    While at Kylie's, Simon steals one of Reba's dresses and tries it on back at home. Ashlene takes a Polaroid photo of him wearing it and threatens to show it to everyone unless he styles her hair to look like Heather Small's. Debbie finds the dress in the bin, assumes Reba is having an affair with Andy, and fights her in the street. Simon reveals that he took the dress. Debbie tries to quit drinking alcohol but starts again when Andy tells her she is boring when she is sober. Simon sees supposedly-vegan Hayley eating a burger and threatens to tell everyone. To keep him quite, she give him £30, which he spends on a vase that he has had his eye on for a long time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Beautiful People Season 2 Episode 1 - How I Got My Groom
    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #12 - How I Got My Groom

    S2:E1

    Simon returns to Reading and recalls a school project that led to him unearthing a terrible secret about his parents' marriage and his sister revealing some devastating news.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"How I Got My Gash" is the best rated episode of "Beautiful People". It scored 9.1/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/18/2009. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "How I Got My Tongs".