White Gold (TV series)

White Gold is a British sitcom featuring a group of UPVC window salesmen in mid-1980s Corringham, Essex. It stars Ed Westwick as Vincent, the head of a double-glazed windows sales team, with former Inbetweeners cast members Joe Thomas and James Buckley. BBC Two announced that series two of the show would air on 6 March 2019. Series 1 was released internationally by Netflix on 11 August 2017. Series 2 was released internationally by Netflix on 17 May 2019.

Production

The show is produced by BBC Comedy along with Fudge Park Productions, which was established in 2015 by the creators of The Inbetweeners – Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. Beesley created White Gold and acts as show runner and executive producer, in addition to having written eight of the 12 episodes. Joe Thomas and Chris Niel wrote two episodes each.

Production of series 2 was suspended in November 2017 following allegations of sexual assault against Ed Westwick. Filming recommenced in November 2018, after Westwick was not charged with a crime.

Cast and characters

• Ed Westwick as Vincent Swan, the head salesman at Cachet Windows
• James Buckley as Brian Fitzpatrick, a junior salesman
• Joe Thomas as Martin Lavender, a junior salesman
• Nigel Lindsay as Tony Walsh, the owner of Cachet Windows
• Linzey Cocker as Sam Swan, Vincent's wife
• Lauren O'Rourke as Carol, the secretary at Cachet Windows
• Lee Ross as Ronnie Farrell, a gangster who pretends to be an antiquities dealer
• Rachel Shenton as Joanne "Jo" Scott, a motivational spokeswoman turned head saleswoman for W-Windows (series 2)
• Theo Barklem-Biggs as Ronnie "RJ" Farrell Jr., the son of Ronnie Farrell (series 2)

Episodes

Series 1 (2017)

Series 2 (2019)

References

External links

• White Gold at BBC Online
• White Gold at IMDb