Bridget Jones’s Diary star Sally Phillips is ready to guide a brand new BBC crime drama, The Hairdresser Mysteries.
Created and written by Jim Cartwright (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Afternoon Play), the six-episode present is described as “a nostalgic nod to the ’70s” the place high-end hairdresser Lily Petal (Phillips) opts out of the aggressive metropolis scene to purchase a small village salon on the high of a cobbled avenue.
“Everybody tells their hairdresser every part and shortly she turns into the hub of her new village’s secrets and techniques and revelations,” a plot synopsis reads. “Utilizing her personal model of uncannily developed hairdressing instinct, empathy and understanding, Lily begins to resolve the mysteries of the village.”
Filming is ready to begin this month with additional casting bulletins coming in the end.
Will Trotter and Oliver Kent, government producers for Mill Bay Media stated: “We’re thrilled to be making The Hairdresser Mysteries and dealing with famend author, Jim Cartwright, who has created a joyful world full of vibrant characters. None extra so than hairdresser, Lily Petal, and we’re delighted to have much-loved actor, Sally Phillips deliver her to life.”
Evening Practice Media-owned Eccho Rights shall be dealing with worldwide gross sales for the title, including it to their slate of Western European drama collection forward of MIPCOM this October.
Herbert L. Kloiber, CEO Evening Practice Media and Eccho Rights, stated: “We’re delighted to deliver The Hairdresser Mysteries to the worldwide stage. The distinctive world that Jim Cartwright has created — fashionable however joyfully retro — and Sally Philips’ irresistible allure, create a enjoyable drama that’s each intelligent and comforting. It’s precisely the sort of premium but accessible collection that we want to develop, providing consumers a contemporary spin on the cosy crime style that they’ve been crying out for.”
Trotter (Father Brown, Sister Boniface Mysteries) and Kent (Sanditon, The Burning Women) act as government producers for Mill Bay Media, with Kloiber (The Bombing of Pan Am 103, Fallen) and James Copp (Catch Me a Killer, This Time Subsequent 12 months) for Evening Practice Media. Jim Cartwright, Mark Catley and David Semple function writers on the collection, with Paul Gibson, Jermain Julien and Tracey Larcombe directing. Grainne
O’Boyle (Docs) will produce.