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The BBC has landed immoderate prima powerfulness for its play bid astir what happens erstwhile a personage ineligible conflict spirals retired of control.
Naomie Harris and Christina Hendricks are onboard Reputation. Harris is Lena, a formidable lawyer who gets pulled into nan personage lawsuit of nan decade representing world popular prima Davina Knight (Hendricks). Knight has released a provocative caller opus accusing her ex-husband, Billy, of abusive behaviour and he retaliates successful kind, pinch their backstage breakdown erupting into a very nationalist libel battle. PR machines are deployed, laws are bent and societal media platforms go judge, assemblage and battleground.
The brace are joined successful Reputation by an ensemble formed including Alex Jennings (The Crown, The Lady In The Van), David Gyasi (The Diplomat, Interstellar), Emily Atack (Rivals, Inbetweeners), Kyle Soller (Andor, Bodies), Marli Siu (Twenty Twenty Six, Everything I Know About Love), Alex Heath (Serpent Queen, Prime Target), Tilly Keeper (You, Queenie), Corey Johnson (Digger, The Day of nan Jackal), Aidan McArdle (Sherlock & Daughter, Showtrial), Ernest Kingsley Jnr (Washington Black, The Sandman), Jodie Campbell (Boarders, Bitch Boxer), Kayla Meikle (Transaction, Time 2), Mike Noble (This City is Ours, Dirty Business), Enzo Cilenti (Black Mirror, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) and Kat Ronney (Dinosaur, Finding Emily).
The bid from Becoming Elizabeth creator Anya Reiss brings to mind immoderate headline-grabbing news stories of caller months including nan very nationalist Lively-Baldoni spat and Lily Allen’s medium trashing ex-husband David Harbour.
Reputation (6×60) was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. Alex Kazamia (Generation Z) will nutrient and BAFTA and RTS grant victor Mahalia Belo (The End We Start From, The Long Song) will direct. Executive producers are George Ormond, Jade Taylor (Just Act Normal), Reiss and Belo. Alongside Reiss, different writers connected nan bid are Shyam Popat and Karla Crome. Reputation will beryllium distributed internationally by Banijay Rights.
