Beach Girls was a six-part 2005 American mini-series produced by Fox and Robert Greenwald Productions and broadcast by Lifetime. The teleplay by Edithe Swensen, Elle Triedman, and Eric Tuchman was based on the bestselling novel by Luanne Rice. The Beach Girls were three teenagers who spent their summers in the small, quiet beach town of Hubbard's Point. The trio grew apart and eventually went their separate ways, but the death of one of them reunites the surviving two, Stevie and Maddie, when her widower Jack and daughter Nell arrive in town. Paul Shapiro, Sandy Smolan, and Jeff Woolnough shared directing credits. The cast included Rob Lowe as Jack, Chelsea Hobbs as Nell, Julia Ormond as Stevie, and Katherine Ashby as Maddie, with Chris Carmack and Cloris Leachman in featured roles. The opening credits theme song was "Dreams," written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan and performed by The Cranberries. The series was filmed in Chester, Crystal Crescent Beach, and Halifax, all located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It aired in France and Sweden in 2006, Australia in 2007 and New Zealand in 2010. It has been released on DVD by Warner Home Video.

Rob Lowe

Jack Kilvert

Chelsea Hobbs

Nell Kilvert

Meredith Henderson

Nigel Bennett

Julia Ormond

Stevie Moore

Tommy Lioutas

Lynda Boyd

Chris Carmack

Janaya Stephens

Kristin Adams

Kristen Hager

Cloris Leachman

Aunt Aida

Maggie Castle

Hayley Tyson

Chris Gallinger

Daniel Fathers

First aired

July 31, 2005

Last aired

September 5, 2005

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

6

Genres

Drama

• Season 16 episodes · 2005

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