BBC Thriller Series WILD CHERRY Heading to Paramount+ in June
The cast is led by Carmen Ejogo and Eve Best.
All six episodes of WILD Cherry, the six-part BBC thriller from the U.K., are set to stream exclusively on Paramount+ beginning June 24 in the U.S., Canada, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Latin America.
The series follows self-made businesswoman, Lorna, and her best friend, Juliet, who was born into a world of wealth and good fortune. Together, they live in an exclusive enclave with their daughters, who are also best friends. But their perfect life is interrupted when their daughters are implicated in a shocking scandal. As toxic secrets ripple through the idyllic town while Lorna and Juliet are forced to take sides, cracks form in the community, shattering its perfect image.
Wild Cherry stars Carmen Ejogo (True Detective, The Penguin) as Lorna and Eve Best (House of the Dragon, The King’s Speech) as Juliet. Additional cast members include Imogen Faires (Goldie’s Oldies, Marcella), Amelia May and BAFTA Award winner Nicôle Lecky (Mood, Sweetpea), who created and executive produced the series
The series’ ensemble cast is comprised of Sophie Winkleman (Peep Show, Sanditon), Daniel Lapaine (Catastrophe), Hayat Kamille (Vikings: Valhalla), Isabelle Allen (Les Misérables), James Murray (The Crown), Jason York (Mood), Katarina Čas (The Wolf of Wall Street), Nathaniel Martello-White (The Winter King), Sonita Henry (Black Cake), Tara Webb (Phoenix Rise), Will Bagnall (A Thousand Blows) and Hugh Quarshie (Holby City).
Wild Cherry is produced by Firebird Pictures, one of BBC Studios’ owned production labels. The series is written and created by Nicôle Lecky, with Toby MacDonald (Extraordinary, Fifteen-Love) directing. In addition to Lecky, executive producers include Elizabeth Kilgarriff, Craig Holleworth for Firebird Pictures, Lisa Walters, Toby MacDonald and Lucy Richer for the BBC. Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto serves as producer. BBC Studios is handling global sales.
Photo credit: Natalie Seery/BBC Studios/Firebird Pictures/Paramount+.
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