By now, it should come as no surprise that the RUSSH team love to sink our teeth into a great series. Particularly when it involves pulling the curtain back on a picture-perfect community. Behind the manicured hedges and symmetrical driveways lies the kind of chaos that only the very privileged can conjure, and it's these deliciously unsettling worlds we love to be immersed in.

Enter Wild Cherry, the BBC’s new six-part drama from BAFTA-winner Nicôle Lecky, honing in on wealth, motherhood and the kind of secrets that can topple even the most curated lives. If you’re sensing shades of Big Little Lies, you’re not wrong. Here's what you need to know about our latest on-screen obsession.

What is Wild Cherry about?

The series takes place in a gated community, Richford Lake, and follows two affluent mother-daughter duos whose lives become woven together by scandal.

At the centre is Juliet, a polished, ultra-capable mum with a bestselling parenting book to her name, and Lorna, a self-made powerhouse whose rise from South London to luxury estate living has come at no small cost. Their teenage daughters, Allegra  and Grace, are best friends who both attend an elite private school. But their seemingly perfect lives are thrown off course in more ways than one.

In the trailer, we see Allegra reveal to a boy that she and Grace use a hidden messaging app — one that seems to host far more than innocent chats. Clips hint at the girls sharing provocative photos, raising alarms about who else has access to the platform. When a teenage girl connected to the app suddenly disappears, the incident triggers a wider investigation and brings the girls’ secret into focus. As the truth edges closer, Juliet and Lorna realise how deeply their daughters are involved.

The series delves into the murkier corners of privilege: social media teenage secrecy, and how even the most well-meaning parents can lose control. Like in so many shows of this kind, no one is purely hero or villain; instead, everyone exists in the grey — which is what makes it so bingeable.

Watch the trailer for Wild Cherry

Who is in the cast?

Wild Cherry brings together an impressive mix of established talent and emerging voices, with Eve Best as  Juliet Lonsdale and Carmen Ejogo as Lorna Gibbons. Their daughters are played by rising actors Imogen Faires as Grace Gibbons and Amelia May as Allegra Lonsdale, while creator Nicôle Lecky also appears on screen as Gigi.

Where to watch Wild Cherry

Australians looking to watch can catch Wild Cherry on HBO Max.