Wild Cherry Series Coming to Paramount+ in June
Paramount+ announced today that all six episodes of Wild Cherry, the acclaimed six-part BBC thriller from the U.K., will stream exclusively on Paramount+ on June 24 in the U.S., Canada, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Latin America.
Wild Cherry 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.
Life is perfect in this luxurious haven until 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.
The series 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 Paramount+ 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), and 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) round out the cast.
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.
