WILD CHERRY - sat 9&10pm bbc 1 - TV PACENO SPOILERS

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The best TV shows are the ones that bring us some deliciously honest drama - and Wild Cherry is set to deliver just that.

The BBC's upcoming relationship drama follows two best friends and their teenage daughters, whose loyalties are pushed to breaking point when a scandal breaks out at their private school.

Exploring toxic relationships, social media and class, it’s a glossy series that’ll certainly put your emotions to the test!

Blending elements of popular dramas we love including Big Little Lies (https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a34343298/big-little-lies-season-3-news-cast-plot-air-date/), Adolescence (https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a63453816/adolescence-netflix/)and The White Lotus (https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a64407803/the-white-lotus-series-4/), the action takes place in an ultra-wealthy gated community in the Home Counties.

Carmen Ejogo and Eve Best play the two "grown-up" best friends, Lorna and Juliet, who - despite living the same mega-rich lifestyle - come from very different backgrounds.

When their daughters are implicated in a scandal, everything changes - with Lorna and Juliet forced to take sides. And let's just say, things get pretty ugly.

The six-part thriller is set in Richford Lake, a fictional gated community in the Home Counties designed for the ultra-wealthy, where nothing bad ever happens (or does it..?).

There, we meet Lorna (Carmen Ejogo), a self-made, successful businesswoman from London who’s got where she is through hard work.

Then there’s her best friend Juliet (Eve Best), a woman born into privilege.

Their status as close confidants is suddenly thrown into question when their daughters, Grace and Allegra, are implicated in a shocking scandal at their private school.

Lorna and Juliet are forced to take sides, and their friendship is pushed to breaking point as they navigate privilege, power and betrayal.

According to the BBC’s official synopsis, Wild Cherry is a “provocative and deliciously honest look at mother/daughter relationships amid the whirlwind of social media, hidden apps and relentless 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?”

Wild Cherry is created by Nicôle Lecky, who’s written on Eastenders and Death in Paradise (https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a68151298/return-to-paradise-series-2/), plus her 2022 musical drama Mood, which won two BAFTAs.

Nicôle said the series was inspired by her experiences of the super-rich in England. “I used to drive through a gated community in Surrey and I would look at these mansions and think, ‘Gosh who lives there?’,” she told Deadline. “It had such a strong sense of an England that I hadn’t seen before. I knew I wanted to set something there.”

The cast of Wild Cherry includes:
• Carmen Ejogo (True Detective, The Penguin) as Lorna
• Eve Best (House of the Dragon, The King’s Speech) as Juliet
• Amelia May as Allegra, Juliet's daughter
• Imogen Faires (Goldie’s Oldies, Marcella) as Grace, Lorna's daughter
• Sophie Winkleman (Peep Show, Sanditon)
• Daniel Lapaine (Muriel’s Wedding)
• Hayat Kamille (Vikings: Valhalla)
• Isabelle Allen (Les Misérables, Find Me in Paris)
• James Murray (Masters of the Air, The Crown)
• Jason York (Mood, Dreaming Whilst Black)
• Katarina Čas (The Wolf of Wall Street)

I do the same with books. I don’t have any patience. I find out how it ends and then let it unfold.i

Really? Oh goodness, I like the suspense 😊

Oh wow! That's why he looked familiar (and if I may say not classically handsome which I think the part calls for).

Indeed @Motnight

Enjoyed the first episode and it captures that milieu really well, as did Big Little Lies, which also has a similar structure 😉 But I don’t know if the story can successfully stretch to six episodes, and the actress who plays Grace looks mid-20s (not a surprise as she’s 23).

Yes, I quite liked the fact that Juliet was the author of a parenting book, but is a really terrible parent! Funny.

Yes amazed she had sold many copies

Did anyone find the sound a bit muffled on this? Like the narrator was wearing braces or something?

I thought it was quite gripping. I wonder where it was filmed?

@Worralorra i would have surrey and google confirms this

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Wild Cherry was filmed in Surrey, England, specifically in the leafy suburbs that reflect the show's themes of privilege and secrecy. The filming took place within the Home Counties

but also Berkshire says google
Filming Locations
Blencathra Estate, Berkshire • Bell Air Surrey Hills, Surrey • London, England

I was wondering about the girls' school - where is that? What an amazing building.

I do this! Especially if the first episode isn't gripping me, just to see if its worth it. I'm a horror for spoilers. I'm addicted to them!

According to Google and chat gp it’s not a school and part of a huge estate called
Blencathra (Berkshire)

is a real, private country-estate the Wild Cherry production used for many of the exterior (and some interior) shots that stand in for the school/estate. It’s described in location listings as a secluded, Bath-stone country house set in about 11.5 acres of woodland and is regularly marketed to productions through location agencies.

Thanks, it's a lovely building. Some of the house interiors were a bit disappointing, but I suppose they were sets.

I’m not sure about this. I’ve watched 2 episodes.
I haven’t warmed to any of the characters.
It’s not the acting - Juliet and Allegra are very well acted.
Juliet and Allegra’s relationship is so toxic.
It’s all a bit sad imo.
I feel it’s also targeted at a US market (eventually) and the American voiceover reminds me of Desperate Housewives which I gave up on.

It's very true, many parents have absolutely no idea what their teenagers get up to.

Seems not. They are real but mix and matched

• Reporting from TV guides and interviews with the producers says many different houses were used (for example Juliet’s house is actually made up from scenes filmed in four separate properties), and because most of the properties are private homes the production hasn’t made every exact address public.

Oh, I see, thanks

Juliet seems a lot older as a mum to a teen than the other mums

She's about the same age as Carmen Ejogo (Lorna).

I would have placed her as older too. But maybe because she had teenage grandchildren in House of the Dragon! (I know that's a fantasy based on medieval times where they had children much younger)

Oh really. She looks much older

hubby looks younger than her

and he’s obv not interested in her

tho they are both shagging other people

So many bad actors in one place!

Juliet, Eve best, born in 1971