Congrats to Lucy – Sky unveiled Wednesday that they ordered her screenplay for I HATE SUZIE. The eight-part series — due to air on Sky in 2020 — is described as “bold, bracing, funny drama about the moment in life when the mask slips, asking if any us can survive being well and truly ‘known.’”
BAFTA nominee Billie Piper, who also co-created the show, is set to lead the cast. Piper will play Suzie Pickles, a star on the wane, who has her whole life upended when her phone is hacked and a photo of her emerges in an extremely compromising position.
“It’s taken years to finally get Lucy, my long-term GF and favorite writer in London, to work with me again,” said Piper. “We feel we’ve created something timely and not for the faint-hearted. If you too suffer with anxiety, shame, compulsive lying but like a laugh, please tune in at some point.”
Added Prebble: “At last I get to make my best friend Billie Piper do terrible things onscreen again. It is all I live for.”
Made by Bad Wolf, led by former Doctor Who producers Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, I HATE SUZIE was commissioned by Zai Bennett, managing director of content at Sky, and Cameron Roach, director of drama, Sky Studios. Liz Lewin is the commissioning editor for Sky and the series is co-created and executive produced by Prebble and Piper. Gardner is executive producer and Andrea Dewsbery is producing, both for Bad Wolf. Sky Vision will handle the international distribution.
We’re looking forward to see the show in the new year – 2020 can’t come soon enough!