The 6 x 60′ series is set in a wealthy gated community and is produced by Firebird Pictures

Filming is underway in Surrey on Wild Cherry, Nicôle Lecky’s second drama for the BBC.

Eve Best and Carmen Ejogo lead the cast, supported by Imogen Faires, Amelia May, Sophie Winkleman and Lecky.

The drama centres on Lorna (Ejogo), a self-made, successful black businesswoman from south London and her best friend Juliet (Best), who live in a wealthy, gated community. When their daughters are implicated in a shocking scandal at their private school, the women must take sides, with their friendship tested to the limit as toxic secrets and lies spread through the affluent estate.

The 6 x 60’ drama is produced by BBC Studios-owned Firebird Pictures for delivery to BBC One. Toby MacDonald directs, with Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto producing. The executive producers are Elizabeth Kilgarriff, Craig Holleworth for Firebird Pictures, Lisa Walters, Nicôle Lecky, Toby MacDonald – and Lucy Richer for the BBC.

Writer and creator Lecky, whose first BBC drama Mood won last year’s BAFTA for Mini-Series, 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.”

Kilgarriff added: “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.”