This Country star films in city

A NEW comedy-thriller series is being filmed in Bristol this autumn.

The series, the title of which is yet to be released, has been written by and will star award-winning actress and comedian Daisy May Cooper.

The 35-year-old will play Nic, one half of the friendship double-act alongside her real-life friend and fellow actress, Selin Hizli, who will play Jen.

It’s the latest in a series of BBC dramas to be filmed in Bristol, including The Outlaws which is currently showing on BBC One.

Writer and creator Daisy May Cooper, who won a Bafta TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for her leading role as Kerry Mucklowe in BBC Three’s This Country, 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.”

The plot centres on Jen arriving in town with her young son, just in time to disrupt Nic’s lonesome life. Bringing a mix of fun, laughter and a whole lot of booze with her, Jen also encourages her son to befriend Nic’s toddler Ollie. The new series will centre on female friendship at its funniest and most intoxicating, until something goes wrong...

With two single mothers, marital angst, maternal paranoia and a dead cat, viewers will be taken on a roller-coaster of scares and laughs. Daisy’s co-star and co-writer, 32-year-old Hizli, who is best known for her roles in BBC’s Land Girls and ITV’s detective drama Grantchester, added: “Everything about creating this show has been a dream come true. Jack Thorne, Lookout Point and Boffola Pictures have been incredible.

“I can’t wait to bring this dark, funny world to life with Jonny Campbell and I’m so thrilled it has found its home at the BBC.”