BBC Casts for Wild Cherry

Eve Best (House of the Dragon), Carmen Ejogo (True Detective), Imogen Faires (Goldie’s Oldies) and newcomer Amelia May have been cast to lead the new BBC drama Wild Cherry.

The six-part series is being produced by Firebird Pictures, one of BBC Studios’ owned production labels, for BBC One and iPlayer. It is written and created by Nicôle Lecky (Mood), with Toby MacDonald (Extraordinary) directing.

Also joining the cast are Sophie Winkleman (Peep Show) and Lecky, who also serves as an executive producer. Set in a private enclave, the title gives a look at mother and daughter relationships in a haze of social media, hidden apps and peer pressure that asks how far we will go to protect our children.

Ejogo said, “Nicôle brings a fresh and less-explored U.K. perspective to her storytelling, which resonates with me personally. I’m thrilled to be a part of Wild Cherry for the BBC.”

Best added, “After House of the Dragon, I wanted to plunge into something and someone very different from who I’d just been playing. And Nicôle’s brilliantly dark script really keeps me on my toes, which I love.”

Lecky commented, “Getting to work with Carmen and Eve is such a dream, and they have brought Wild Cherry to life in the most special way. Wild Cherry has a brilliant ensemble cast of characters (also led by Amelia and Imogen, who are wonderful), and I cannot wait for audiences to meet our Richford Lake residents.”

Elizabeth Kilgarriff, executive producer at Firebird Pictures, added, “It is testament to Nicôle’s skill in writing women of all ages with such truth and humanity that we have the privilege of working with such a fabulous and exciting cast. I can’t wait to see them bring this fantastically entertaining, surprising and provocative world to life in a show that looks beneath the surface of privilege to reveal important and timely questions that resonate with us all.”

Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, noted, “It’s incredibly exciting to have this exquisite cast and the brilliant Toby MacDonald on board to bring Nicôle Lecky’s scripts full of scandal and swagger to the BBC. This is a hugely entertaining drama with multi-generational appeal, and I can’t wait for viewers to become enraptured by the events in Richford Lake…”