With her friend Selin Hizli

Daisy May Cooper is to star in a new comedy thriller she has written for BBC One.

The star of This County teamed up with her actress friend Selin Hizli, a regular in Grantchester and Mum, to create and star in the as-yet unnamed six-part series.

They play best pals in the series, too, described as a ‘twisted comedy thriller about two mums, marital angst, maternal paranoia and a dead cat’.

Cooper – currently appearing as a team captain on Sky's revival of Never Mind The Buzzcocks – said: ‘So excited to be writing this with my best friend and the funniest person I know on a subject that I think sums us up perfectly: toxic friendship."

Hizli added: ‘Everything about creating this show has been a dream come true. I can’t wait to bring this dark, funny world to life. Now I just have to put up with Daisy for a bit longer while we film it…"

Jack Thorne, the screenwriter behind His Dark Materials, This is England and National Treasure is on board as an executive producer.

He said: ‘Working with Selin and Daisy on this has been a joy. The way they've managed to balance joy and truth, funny and real, it's been a brilliant education for me as a writer. And the less said about that dead cat the better.’

The half-hour episodes will be filmed film in Bristol and around the West Country this autumn by Boffola Pictures, the company set up by the BBC’s former comedy chiefs Shane Allen and Kate Daughton, along with Gentleman Jack producers Lookout Point.

Further casting and broadcast details will be announced later.

Made by: Boffola Pictures and Lookout Point
Created and written by: Daisy May Cooper & Selin Hizli
Commissioned by: Kate Phillips, former acting director of BBC comedy
Producer: Pippa Brown
Director: Jonny Campbell
Executive producers: Shane Allen, Jonny Campbell, Daisy May Cooper, Kate Daughton, Selin Hizli and Jack Thorne
Commissioning editor: Tanya Qureshi, head of BBC comedy

Published: 29 Oct 2021