Lesbian drama Lip Service coming to BBC Three

BBC Three have announced the production of Lip Service, a new drama series about the sex lives and love affairs of twenty-something lesbians living in contemporary Glasgow.


Who's in it?

Ruta Gedmintas (The Tudors) plays Frankie, an irreverent and provocative photographer who avoids commitment at all turns. Laura Fraser (Casanova) plays Cat - Frankie's former lover, who may not be as immune to Frankie's charms as she professes to be. Fiona Button (The Palace) plays Tess - Cat's best friend and flatmate who has an uncanny knack of attracting all the wrong sorts of women.

As well as the three lead roles, major supporting roles include Roxanne McKee (Hollyoaks) as Lou, Emun Elliott (Paradox) as Jay, Heather Peace (Blue Murder) as Sam, James Anthony Pearson as Ed and Tom Mannion as Frankie's uncle Cameron.

Who's it written by?

The show is written and created by Harriet Braun, who worked on the first series of Mistresses and was the co-creator of Attachments. Harriet says: "All of these characters are very close to my heart, so to have found such a great cast who bring them to life so fantastically is very exciting."

What's the show going to be like?

Harriet says of the series: "Based on my own experiences and those of my friends, I wanted to write a sexy, funny and irreverent drama that reflects what it is to be a young gay woman living in Britain today. I loved The L Word but it's high time we saw some contemporary British lesbians, with all the bad weather, trips to the pub and repressed emotions that go with that. It will be as funny as it is pathos filled, because in my experience that's how life is."

Derek Wax, Executive Producer for Kudos, says: "Harriet Braun has a completely fresh and engaging take on contemporary relationships, as explored through the lives of young gay women and it's fantastic that her tragi-comic series about love, in all its passion and absurdity, has been commissioned by the BBC."

When will it be on?

The six-part series, which started filming in Glasgow in October, will transmit on BBC Three in Spring 2010.