Split Ends is a British

United Kingdom

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 Sitcom which ran for one series on ITV

ITV

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 in 1989. It was written by Len Richmond and directed by Alan J. W. Bell

Alan J. W. Bell

Alan J. W. Bell is a British television producer and director. He has produced and/or directed many BBC series since the early 1970s, most notably Last of the Summer Wine, Ripping Yarns and the TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

.

Cath (played by Anita Dobson

Anita Dobson

Anita Dobson is an English television actress and singer. She gained her highest profile while playing Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders...

) is a beautiful woman in her thirties, who runs a hairdresser's shop. Each episode sees Cath trying to decide if she wants to be with Clint (Harry Ditson) or David (Peter Blake

Peter Blake

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). The series also featured Barbara New

Barbara New

Barbara New was an English character actress, well known for playing Mabel the scullery maid in the David Croft sitcom You Rang M'Lord?. Following this role, she appeared as Vera Plumtree in Oh, Doctor Beeching!...

 and Nimmy March

Nimmy March

Lady Naomi Burke , known as Nimmy March, is a British actress.Her biological parents were a black South African father and white English mother. She was brought up and adopted by Earl and Countess of March and Kinrara, now the Duke and Duchess of Richmond...

in supporting roles.