WILD CHERRY + AARON REID + BETHANY SWAN
17th April 2026
Reading time: 2.7mins
WILD CHERRY + AARON REID + BETHANY SWAN
Talent
The BBC and Firebird Pictures released first look images for the new drama series Wild Cherry created by Nicôle Lecky and directed by Toby MacDonald with Cinematography by Aaron Reid and Hair & Makeup Design by Bethany Swan.
The first look pictures feature series leads Eve Best (House of the Dragon, The King's Speech), Carmen Ejogo (True Detective, The Penguin), Imogen Faires (Goldie's Oldies, Marcella), newcomer Amelia May and Nicôle Lecky (Mood, Sweetpea), who also serves as an executive producer.
Meet Lorna (Carmen Ejogo), a self-made, successful black businesswoman from South London who has worked hard to be where she is – and best friend Juliet (Eve Best), a woman born into the privileged gated community they both call home. Daughters Grace (Imogen Faires) and Allegra (Amelia May) are BFFs and live a life other teenagers can only dream of. A safe haven for the super-rich and their little darlings, Richford Estate is a place where bad things never happen…
Until, that is, Grace and Allegra are implicated in a shocking scandal at their exclusive private school and Juliet and Lorna are forced to take sides, pushing their friendship to breaking point. As toxic secrets and lies ripple through the idyllic town, cracks within the community threaten to reveal the elitist ugliness and betrayal beneath.
Set in a private enclave in the Home Counties, the six-part series is a provocative and deliciously honest look at mother/daughter relationships in a haze of social media, hidden apps and peer pressure that asks: how far will we go to protect our children? And just how much do teenage girls know about the women raising them? If the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, then who is leading these girls astray?
AARON REID / CV / WEBSITE
BETHANY SWAN / CV / WEBSITE
Bethany Swan
Bethany is an award-winning Hair & Makeup Designer who specialises in films, HETV dramas and commercials. She designed Michaela Coel’s lauded BBC x HBO drama, I May Destroy You. Her outstanding work on the show has earned her numerous accolades including being named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow, a BAFTA Breakthrough, and being nominated for both an RTS Craft Award and a BAFTA Craft Award. BBC’s Dear England directed by Rupert Goold, Hanna (S3) for Amazon Prime, The Flatshare for Paramount+ directed by Oscar-Winner Peter Cattaneo and Nicôle Lecky’s Wild Cherry for the BBC directed by Toby Macdonald. Bethany is currently designing Day of the Jackal S2 directed by Brian Kirk for Peacock.
Aaron Reid
Aaron Reid BSC A 2008 London Film School Graduate & BAFTA Breakthrough 2021/22
Drama includes Rapman’s Netflix Original drama, Supacell (Aaron opened and closed the series), Neuromancer for Apple, Stephen, a 3 part drama about Stephen Lawrence directed by Alrick Riley, The Walk In (5 part drama) starring Stephen Graham and directed by Paul Andrew Williams and Sky/Jez Butterworth’s Britannia S3 directed by Joasia Golding.
Features include 10X10 starring Luke Evans and directed by Suzi Ewing, and Love Sarah directed by Eliza Schroeder.
Before moving into drama, Aaron worked extensively across a variety of commercials and promos for brands such as Google, Bacardi, Apple, Conde Nast, Mercedes and Adidas, and he has shot music promos or artists including Will Smith, Tom Jones, Paloma Faith, Ed Sheeran and Mary J Blige. Aaron has collaborated with directors including Georgia Hudson, Janizca Bravo, Sophie Muller, Nabil, Young Replicant, Carl Addy, Ne-O, Joe Connor, and Nathan Tettey.
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