Wild Cherry follows the success of Nicôle Lecky's debut BBC series, Mood.

Following the success of Mood on BBC Three, Nicôle Lecky is returning to the BBC, this time BBC One with a brand new drama, Wild Cherry.
The cast will be led by Eve Best, Imogen Faires and newcomer Amelia May. The new six-part drama, will also star Sophie Winkleman and Nicôle Lecky who also serves as an executive producer.
The ensemble cast is comprised of Daniel Lapaine, Hayat Kamille, Isabelle Allen, James Murray, Jason York, Katrina Cas, Nathaniel Martello-White, Sonita Henry, Tara Webb, Will Bagnall and Hugh Quarshie.
Carmen Ejogo plays Lorna, a self-made, successful black businesswoman from South London who has worked hard to be where she is and best friend Juliet, played by Eve Best, a woman born into the privileged gated community they both call home.
Daughters Grace and Allegra, played by Imogen Faires and Allegra are BFFs and live a life other teenagers can only dream of. A safe haven for the super-rich and their little darlings, Richford Estate is a place where bad things never happen.
Until, that is, Grace and Allegra are implicated in a shocking scandal at their exclusive private school and Juliet and Lorna are forced to take sides, pushing their friendship to breaking point.
As toxic secrets and lies ripple through the idyllic town, cracks within the community threaten to reveal the elitist ugliness and betrayal beneath.
Set in a private enclave in the Home Counties, the six-part drama promises to be a provocative and deliciously honest look at mother/daughter relationships in a haze of social media, hidden apps and 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.
On joining the cast, Carmen Ejogo said “Nicôle brings a fresh and less explored UK perspective to her storytelling which resonates with me personally. I'm thrilled to be a part of Wild Cherry for the BBC.”
To which Eve 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.”
And writer and creator Nicôle Lecky, said “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.”
Produced by Firebird Pictures, Wild Cherry is written and created by Nicôle Lecky, directed by Toby MacDonald, produced by Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto and executive produced by Elizabeth Kilgarriff and Craig Holleworth for Firebird Pictures, Lisa Walters, Nicôle Lecky, Toby Macdonald and Lucy Richer for the BBC.
Speaking about the drama, which is now filming in Surrey, Elizabeth Kilgarriff said “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.”
To which Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama added “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…"
Wild Cherry will air in 2025 on BBC One
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