The BBC has unveiled first-look pictures and announced further casting for The Hairdresser Mysteries, a new crime drama starring Sally Phillips created by playwright and screenwriter Jim Cartwright (Road, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise, King of the Teds) and produced by Mill Bay Media. The Hairdresser Mysteries will be coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One in July.  

Infused with an upbeat 1970s spirit, the nostalgic crime drama stars Sally Phillips as hairdresser, Lily Petal who opts out of the competitive city scene to buy a small village hairdressing salon at the top of a cobbled street.

 

Charlotte Jordan (Coronation Street) plays Clary Coombs, Lily’s bright and analytical assistant and the Watson to her Shear-lock Holmes. Ben Castle-Gibb (You) plays PC Adam Watson, an eager young copper in the local village who falls head-over-heels for salon assistant Clary. Sunetra Sarker (Ackley Bridge) plays Wincey Evans, the village’s local chit-chatter with a reputation as a known gossip. Clive Rowe (The Addams Family UK Tour) plays Lonnie, the flamboyant manager of the local charity shop and Guy Henry (Holby City) plays Race Runard, the local village’s eccentric antiques dealer with a penchant for priceless teacup and saucer sets.

 

 

An array of guest stars will also appear through the series including Wendi Peters (Coronation Street) who plays Gloria Crudd, another newcomer to the village hoping to make a fresh start with her ice cream parlour but soon finds her old life catching up with her.

 

Everyone tells their hairdresser everything and soon she becomes the hub of her new village’s secrets and revelations. Using her own brand of uncannily developed hairdressing intuitive, empathy and understanding, Lily begins to solve the mysteries of the village.

 

The Hairdresser Mysteries is created by Jim Cartwright who also serves as lead writer. Will Trotter (Father Brown, Sister Boniface Mysteries), Oliver Kent (Sanditon, The Burning Girls) and Alex Coffey act as executive producers for Mill Bay Media, with Herbert L. Kloiber (The Bombing of Pan Am 103, Fallen) and James Copp (Catch Me A Killer, This Time Next Year) for Night Train Media. Mark Catley and David Semple serve as writers on the series with Paul Gibson, Jermain Julien and Tracey Larcombe directing. Grainne O’Boyle (Doctors) produced. International distribution (excluding UK and Ireland) is handled by Sphere Abacus.