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
Based on	Dope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground by Marek Kohn
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	1
Production
Executive producers	Polly Stenham Alex Warren Kate Crowther Jane Tranter Michael Lesslie
Production companies	Bad Wolf Sony Pictures Television
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	22 February 2025 (2025-02-22) – present (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

^[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
• Jordan Kouamé as Reggie Regbo

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]

References

1. Prasad, Sumith (25 July 2023). "'Dope Girls' Starts Filming in London in October". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
2. "BBC announces cast for major new drama series Dope Girls". bbc.com/mediacentre. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
3. Chilton, Louis (20 March 2023). "BBC developing 'spiritual successor to Peaky Blinders' set in London". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
4. Whittock, Jesse (20 March 2023). "'Dope Girls': BBC Lines Up Bad Wolf Drama About Female Crime Boss In Soho's Criminal Underworld". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
5. Cordero, Rosy; Whittock, Jesse; Goldbart, Max (November 15, 2023). "'Dope Girls': Julianne Nicholson & Eliza Scanlen To Lead BBC Drama About Female Crime Boss In Soho; Filming Underway". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
6. https://www.instagram.com/juliannenicholsonofficial/p/DDKqFSlNop5/?img_index=1

External links

• Dope Girls at IMDb