The BBC has confirmed a spin-off sequence for its hit authorized drama, The Cut up, which got here to a detailed with its third season in 2022.
The brand new six-parter, titled The Cut up-Up, is created by Ursula Rani Sarma (Smother, Scrumptious) and govt produced by Abi Morgan, who created the unique sequence.
The plot centres across the “high-stakes world of Manchester’s divorce legislation circuit“, the place one household of legal professionals, the Kishans, dominate the scene.
The brand new present is about to discover “the load of parental expectations, the forces that preserve households collectively and the truths that tear them aside”.
Whereas the primary sequence, which starred Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan, centered on the complicated world of London’s divorce legislation circuit and the lives of the three Defoe sisters and their mom, the brand new sequence will comply with Manchester-based “British-Asian excessive internet value household legislation agency”, Kishan Regulation.
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© Picture: BBCThe synopsis reads: “Kishan Regulation is a British-Asian excessive internet value household legislation agency in Manchester, famous for its clientele and its repute. They’re the ‘go to agency’ for Manchester’s elite who come to them for his or her excellence, integrity, and discretion. However the future and legacy of Kishan Regulation hangs within the stability when a household secret from the previous involves mild, throwing their skilled and private lives into turmoil.”
Talking of the brand new sequence, Abi stated: “After the success of The Cut up, it has been nice to see The Cut up Up take form in lead author Ursula Rani Sarma’s succesful palms, reinvigorating all that audiences love.
© Tereza Cervenova“A brand new authorized household, grabbing at life in a brand new metropolis, battling new authorized instances, because the skilled and private deliciously collide. An excellent new forged of characters caught within the messiness of affection, marriage, deception and divorce, make it their very own. It’s ripe to be taken into the hearts of anybody who beloved the present.”
In the meantime, Ursula stated of the present: “I watched The Cut up with admiration through the years and I used to be honoured to be requested to create The Cut up Up: a spin off which introduces a complete new household and metropolis whereas nonetheless holding on to the heat, humour and heartbreak of Abi Morgan’s authentic sequence.
“To have the ability to place a recent British Asian household, helmed by sensible ladies, on the coronary heart of a primetime drama sequence is a dream come true for me as a author who believes strongly within the significance of illustration on our screens. It has been a pleasure to work alongside Abi in addition to Lucy Dyke, Jane Featherstone and Sumrah Mohammed at SISTER to convey it to superb life.”
© Picture: BBCLindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama added: “Abi Morgan’s The Cut up is one in all our most beloved and talked about dramas and a favorite with viewers, and The Cut up Up, set in Manchester and brilliantly written by Ursula Rani Sarma, guarantees to be simply as compelling. The Cut up Up is as filled with pleasure, heartbreak and intrigue as the unique, with a improbable new household we’ll fall in love with.”
Government producing alongside Abi and Ursula are The Cut up alumni, Lucy Dyke, Jane Featherstone and producer Sumrah Mohammed.
Casting particulars and launch date have but to be introduced.
