If you wanted an on-screen dramatisation of how a multinational confectionary company was founded, then you're in luck, as the story of Cadbury is being developed by UKTV in collaboration with BritBox and Sony Pictures Television.
Simply titled The Cadburys, the six-part series is a U&Original period drama, with the action taking place in 1860s Birmingham as two brothers are left in charge of the family's failing cocoa business. The rest, as they say, is history.
With a prospective premiere next year, the cast for the historical drama has now been unveiled, with Slow Horses star Joanna Scanlan and The Gentlemen's Pearce Quigley being some of the headline names.
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We also have Harry Gilby and Toby Regbo in the central parts, while Jessica Barden, Ben Hardy, Poppy Gilbert, Felicity Montagu, Mathew Baynton, Adam Hashmi, Oli Green and Alexander Butler are in supporting roles.
"Casting this show has been a highlight of a journey – we are incredibly proud to bring together exceptional actors to honour and embellish these much-loved historical figures," said Fable Pictures. "We can't wait for audiences to meet this remarkable family."
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Meanwhile, Alfresco Pictures added: "As we embark on telling this extraordinary story, it's an honour to be collaborating with such a hugely talented group of actors. We couldn't be more excited to see them bring Chloë's [Mi Lin Ewart] words to life."
Previously announced under the working title of Chocolate Wars, the series is billed as a "warm-hearted family drama" which focuses on the "visionary" titular family, as they go from the "underdogs of the cocoa world" towards creating a "world-famous chocolate bar".
"In 1860s Birmingham, when chocolate as we know it doesn't yet exist, two very different brothers, Richard (Regbo) and George Cadbury (Gilby), find themselves in charge of their family's failing cocoa business," reads the logline.
"Together, they have the radical genius and burning ambition to turn Cadbury into one of the world's most beloved confectioners – if they can only learn to trust and rely on each other," it continues.
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"Their sister Maria (Barden) is navigating her own role within the family and the business, but things become even more complicated when she falls in love with Cadbury's biggest rival, Francis Fry (Hardy), and is forced to question where her true loyalties really lie."
With "historical delights and magical invention", the period drama is "about how we build, break and rebuild the bonds of family – and how the sweetest things in life are rarely simple".
The Cadburys streams on U in 2027.
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