Dope Girls

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Dope Girls
Based onDope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground
by Marek Kohn
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
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Original release
Network BBC One

Dope Girls is an upcoming six-part historical drama television series based on the non-fiction book Dope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground (1992) by Marek Kohn, developed by Bad Wolf in association with Sony Pictures Television for BBC One.

Contents

Premise

Set in early 20th-century Soho, the characters and events in the series are based on the lives of Billie Carleton, Brilliant Chang, Edgar Manning, and Kate Meyrick. [1]

Cast

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Production

In March 2023, it was announced the BBC had ordered Dope Girls from Bad Wolf, which the network described as a "spiritual successor" to Peaky Blinders (2013–2022). [3]

Based on Marek Kohn's 1992 non-fiction book, the six-part series is written by Polly Stenham and Alex Warren, with Xiao Tang and Matthew Jacobs Morgan joining them in the writing room. Stenham and Warren executive produce the series with Kate Crowther and Jane Tranter of Bad Wolf, as well as Michael Lesslie. [4]

In November 2023, Julianne Nicholson and Eliza Scanlen joined the cast in lead roles with Umi Myers, Eilidh Fisher, Geraldine James and Sebastian Croft also cast. Deadline Hollywood confirmed filming started in late 2023. [5]

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References

  1. Prasad, Sumith (25 July 2023). "'Dope Girls' Starts Filming in London in October". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. "BBC announces cast for major new drama series Dope Girls". bbc.com/mediacentre. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. Chilton, Louis (20 March 2023). "BBC developing 'spiritual successor to Peaky Blinders' set in London". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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