Dope Girls

Dope Girls is a six-part historical drama television series based on the nonfiction book Dope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground (1992) by Marek Kohn, developed by Bad Wolf in association with Sony Pictures Television for BBC One.

Dope Girls
Created by	Polly Stenham Alex Warren
Based on	Dope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground by Marek Kohn
Written by	Polly Stenham Alex Warren Matthew Jacobs Horgan Amelia Spencer Roanne Bardsley Elinor Cook
Directed by	Shannon Murphy Miranda Bowen
Starring	Julianne Nicholson Eliza Scanlen Umi Myers Eilidh Fisher Geraldine James
Composer	NYX
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Kate Crowther Jane Tranter Polly Stenham Alex Warren Shannon Murphy Michael Lesslie
Producers	Stephen Haren Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto
Cinematography	Annika Summerson Carlos Catalán
Editors	Stephen Evans Sara Jones Jo Smyth Rebecca Trotman
Running time	53–58 minutes
Production companies	Bad Wolf Sony Pictures Television
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22) – present

Premise

Set in early 20th-century Soho, the characters and events in the series are based on the lives of Kate Meyrick, Billie Carleton and Edgar Manning.^[1]

Cast

Reference:^[2]

• Julianne Nicholson as Kate Galloway
• Eliza Scanlen as Violet Davies
• Umi Myers as Billie Cassidy
• Eilidh Fisher as Evie Galloway
• Sebastian Croft as Silvio Salucci
• Geraldine James as Isabella Salucci
• Rory Fleck Byrne as Luca Salucci
• Dustin Demri-Burns as Damaso Salucci
• Eben Figueiredo as Matteo Rossi Salucci
• Michael Duke as Eddie Cobb
• Ian Bonar as Sgt Frank Turner
• Nabhaan Rizwan as Silas Huxley
• Priya Kansara as Lily Lee
• Jordan Kouamé as Reggie Regbo
• Will Keen as Frederick Asquith-Gore
• Fiona Button as Sophie Asquith-Gore
• Carlos Powell
• Harry Cadby as Jimmy Conville

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	1	"When She Was Bad, She Was Very Very Bad"	Shannon Murphy	Polly Stenham Alex Warren	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22)	N/A
2	2	"Butter Wouldn't Melt"	Shannon Murphy	Polly Stenham Alex Warren	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22)	N/A
3	3	"A Filthy Little Mole Down a Filthy Little Hole"	Shannon Murphy	Polly Stenham Alex Warren Matthew Jacobs Horgan	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22)	N/A
4	4	"Behold the Stars"	Miranda Bowen	Amelia Spencer	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22)	N/A
5	5	"Monster"	Miranda Bowen	Roanne Bardsley	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22)	N/A
6	6	"Rage"	Miranda Bowen	Polly Stenham Alex Warren Elinor Cook	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22)	N/A

Production

In March 2023, it was announced the BBC had ordered Dope Girls from Bad Wolf, which the network described as a "spiritual successor" to Peaky Blinders (2013–2022).^[3]

Based on Marek Kohn's 1992 non-fiction book, the six-part series is written by Polly Stenham and Alex Warren, with Xiao Tang and Matthew Jacobs Morgan joining them in the writing room. Stenham and Warren executive produce the series with Kate Crowther and Jane Tranter of Bad Wolf, as well as Michael Lesslie.^[4]

In November 2023, Julianne Nicholson and Eliza Scanlen joined the cast in lead roles with Umi Myers, Eilidh Fisher, Geraldine James and Sebastian Croft also cast. Deadline Hollywood confirmed filming started in late 2023.^[5]

Release

The series was broadcast from 22 February 2025.^[6]