Dope Girls, a British television series from the BBC, will start production in October. The series, which the network views as the “spiritual successor” of the BBC period series and worldwide blockbuster “Peaky Blinders,” is mostly set in London, England. The filming isn’t anticipated to be impacted by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes because the show is a British production. The drama, which is based on Marek Kohn’s nonfiction book “Dope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground,” is set in the seedy Soho neighbourhood of London and traces the beginnings of the nightclub scene there.
According to rumours, the series would delve deeply into the criminal underworld of Soho in the early 20th century using a combination of real-life aspects from Kohn’s book and fictitious characters and plots. According to sources, the historical drama will partially be based on the true story of Kate Meyrick, who formed her criminal family in London and built a nightclub empire. We may anticipate that the story of these historical characters will also be featured in the programme since the source literature extensively examines the lives of musical actress Billie Carleton, the lord of Soho’s underworld Brilliant Chang, and Jamaican jazz drummer Edgar Manning.
One of the busiest centres for film and television production in the world is London. The second seasons of “Dope Girls,” “Bad Sisters,” “Eternal Return,” “A Very British Scandal,” and other series are among those scheduled to begin filming in the English city in the coming months. The city is also used as a filming location for other films like “The Amateur,” which stars Rami Malek, “Beetlejuice 2,” “Deadpool 3,” “Gladiator 2,” “House of the Dragon,” “The Sandman,” “Star Wars: Andor,” etc.