Overview
- The BBC will release the six‑part series in full on BBC iPlayer at 6am with a same‑day linear broadcast on BBC One at 2pm on Friday 17 July.
- Sally Phillips stars as Lily Petal, a former city hairdresser who opens a village salon and uses empathy and observational ‘hairdressing intuition’ to become the hub of local secrets and solve mysteries.
- Jim Cartwright, the playwright and screenwriter behind Road and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, created the series and wrote the scripts.
- The supporting cast includes Charlotte Jordan as Clary Coombs, Ben Castle‑Gibb as PC Adam Watson, Sunetra Sarker, Clive Rowe, Guy Henry and guest Wendi Peters, according to BBC press materials.
- Executive producers Will Trotter and Oliver Kent of Mill Bay Media describe the show as a colourful, character‑led, 1970s‑tinged cosy crime drama aimed at viewers who like uplifting village mysteries and reunion comedies, and the release pattern aims to reach both binge and broadcast audiences.