This has been the hardest secret to keep, but now the secret’s finally out: StudioCanal (Paddington), Strong Film & TV (Broadchurch) and my own production company Unladylike Productions have partnered together to bring you the thing you’ve been asking for: Murder Most Unladylike TV!
The pilot will be written by Anna McCleery (A Kind of Spark) and directed by James Strong (Broadchurch!), and at the moment we’re looking for a broadcaster to make this show as gorgeous and brilliant as we all know it should be. We had a writers’ room earlier this year, where the show began to take shape, and it was just incredible to start imagining Daisy and Hazel’s adventures on the big screen with such a talented team of writers and producers. (From l-r, top row: Claire Burgess, Emma Reeves, Dan Muirden and Sophie Wu; bottom row: Camille Saint Gal de Pons, Sarah Rees, me, Faebian Averies, Loretta Preece and Maja Bodenstein).
The news was announced yesterday, and has so far appeared in Deadline, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and the Wrap. I have been completely bowled over by your excitement and I cannot wait to help make all of our dreams a reality!
If you’re wondering about auditions, there’s still time before they happen! We have to find our broadcaster first – remember, nothing is ever certain in TV! If and when we do, I really hope we will hold open auditions for the teen roles. I don’t make final decisions on anything, but I am one of the voices in the room, and I know how important this is to you. So … watch this space!
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