The BBC and Firebird Pictures released first look photos for the upcoming series, Wild Cherry, Nicôle Lecky’s highly anticipated second drama for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The series is currently filming in Surrey, and BBC Studios are distributing the series internationally.
The series stars Eve Best (House of the Dragon, The King’s Speech), Carmen Ejogo (True Detective, The Penguin), Imogen Faires (Goldie’s Oldies, Marcella), newcomer Amelia May, and Nicôle Lecky (Mood, Sweetpea), who also serves as an executive producer. Written and created by Lecky, Wild Cherry is directed by Toby MacDonald (Extraordinary, Fifteen-Love).
The synopsis for the series reads, “Set in a private enclave in the Home Counties, the six-part series is a provocative and deliciously honest look at mother/daughter relationships amidst the whirlwind of social media, hidden apps and relentless peer pressure that asks: how far will we go to protect our children? And just how much do teenage girls know about the women raising them? If the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, then who is leading these girls astray? “Like mother like daughter” rings loudly in a complex world, and danger is never far from the surface – even in a perfect town.”
The ensemble cast also includes Sophie Winkleman (Peep Show, Sanditon), Daniel Lapaine (Catastrophe, A Spy Among Friends), Hayat Kamille (Vikings: Valhalla, Murder on the Orient Express), Isabelle Allen (Find Me in Paris, Les Misérables), James Murray (Masters of the Air, The Crown), Jason York (Mood, House of Spoils), Katarina Cas (Ja, Chef, The Wolf of Wall Street), Nathaniel Martello-White (Daddy’s Head, The Winter King), Sonita Henry (The Chelsea Detective, Black Cake), Tara Webb (Phoenix Rise), Will Bagnall (A Thousand Blows), and Hugh Quarshie (Red Sparrow, Holby City).
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