{"id":7739,"date":"2017-05-11T09:49:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cast-in-place-filming-to-begin-on-new-itv-drama-girlfriends\/"},"modified":"2017-05-11T15:23:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T19:23:59","slug":"cast-in-place-filming-to-begin-on-new-itv-drama-girlfriends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cast-in-place-filming-to-begin-on-new-itv-drama-girlfriends\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast in Place, Filming to Begin on New ITV Drama Girlfriends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new ITV drama <em>Girlfriends<\/em>, penned by screenwriter Kay Mellor, has cast its three leading actresses and is gearing up to begin filming next month.<\/p>\n<p>Zo\u00eb Wanamaker (<em>Mr Selfridge<\/em>, <em>Agatha Christie\u2019s Poirot<\/em>, <em>Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone<\/em>), Miranda Richardson (<em>Mapp &amp; Lucia<\/em>, <em>And Then There Were None<\/em>, <em>Churchill<\/em>) and Phyllis Logan (<em>The Good Karma Hospital<\/em>, <em>Downton Abbey<\/em>) lead the cast of this contemporary drama, about three women struggling with the responsibilities that come with being a modern female of a certain age. Rollem Productions is producing, with Acorn Media Enterprises as the North American partner. The 6&#215;1-hour series will be distributed by all3media International.<\/p>\n<p>Logan commented: &#8220;I\u2019m thrilled to be part of <em>Girlfriends<\/em>, written by the wonderful Kay Mellor, and to be working not only with her but the stellar cast that has been assembled. It\u2019s a hugely exciting project and I feel enormously fortunate to be involved in it. I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richardson said: \u201cA whole summer spent working on a women-driven script, written and directed by a woman who has proved herself many times over as a force of nature in TV drama alongside some of our most gifted female actors\u2014what&#8217;s not to like?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wanamaker added: \u201cI&#8217;m looking forward to working on this exciting new series with such a stellar cast. \u00a0I have long been a fan of Kay\u2019s work and am relishing the opportunity to work alongside Miranda and Phyllis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mellor said: \u201c<em>Girlfriends<\/em> is my passion project, it\u2019s a story that I\u2019ve been longing to tell. It\u2019s wonderful to be returning to ITV and working with Polly Hill again\u2014she\u2019s an inspiration to me.\u00a0I\u2019m so looking forward to working with such a talented cast. It\u2019s fantastic that we\u2019ve got such high-caliber actors to play the three very different leading characters. I\u2019m aware that there are a lot of women of a certain age who feel like they are invisible and unheard, so I\u2019m proud to have the chance to shine a light on their lives and give them a voice. The series is not just a platform for their voices though\u2014there is a big, bold, dark story at its heart, which is shot through with humor. I\u2019m hoping both men and women will love it as much as I\u2019ve loved writing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polly Hill, the head of drama for ITV, added: &#8220;This is a fabulous cast and testament to Kay&#8217;s wonderful scripts. Kay celebrates women of a certain age\u00a0and female friendship through this wonderful and compelling story. I am proud\u00a0to have this on ITV and delighted to see Kay return to the channel in such a brilliant way. I can&#8217;t wait to see Zo\u00eb, Miranda and Phyllis\u00a0bring her characters to life, and look forward to sharing <em>Girlfriends\u00a0<\/em>with our audience next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>David Swetman, the VP of acquisitions at all3media, said: \u201cIt is a real pleasure to be working\u00a0with Kay Mellor and her talented team at Rollem\u2014we\u2019ve admired Kay\u2019s work\u00a0for many years and it has been a pleasure working with her on upcoming\u00a0production\u00a0<em>Love, Lies &amp; Records<\/em>.\u00a0 We are delighted to announce that we have secured Acorn Media Enterprises again as the North American partner for this Rollem show (Acorn Media Enterprises is\u00a0the U.K.-based development division for the Acorn brand of RLJ Entertainment).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new ITV drama Girlfriends, penned by screenwriter Kay Mellor, has cast its three leading actresses and is gearing up to begin filming next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[790,1864,1223,1226],"class_list":["post-7739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-acorn-media-enterprises","tag-girlfriends","tag-kay-mellor","tag-rollem-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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