Being Eileen is a "heart-warming" comedy-drama that was produced by the BBC. It debuted on February 4, 2013, as a new six-part series, and it ran through March 11, 2013. The episode was first given the name Lapland, and it made its debut on BBC One, the channel on which the series is currently being aired, in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2011. Although it was initially a single episode that lasted for 75 minutes and took place in Lapland, Finland, it was later announced that it would be turned into a series that would be renamed Being Eileen and consist of six episodes that would each last for 30 minutes. This was done as a result of the success of the single episode, which was watched by 6.9 million viewers when it first aired. The series has also been broadcast on BBC Two as a part of the show Sign Zone, which is entirely centered on sign language. On April 1, 2013, the series was made available on DVD for purchase. The series is written by Michael Wynne, and it has a cast of recurring and recurring guest stars. The program focuses on Sue Johnston, who plays Eileen Lewis, as the widowed matriarch of a "large, close-knit, and dysfunctional Northern family." Johnston is the show's head writer and executive producer. While the series will focus on the family's life in Birkenhead, the one-off episode will concentrate on the family's vacation to Lapland. Eileen's children, Elizabeth Berrington and Stephen Graham, are played by Stephen Graham and Julie Graham, respectively, while William Ash and Julie Graham are Eileen's children's partners. All of the cast members, with the exception of Stephen Graham and Zawe Ashton (who portrayed Jingle Jill), returned for the new season of the show, including Johnston, Berrington, Ash, Julie Graham, and Keith Barron, who played Eileen's potential romantic interest.
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