Billie Piper will lead the cast of new Sky drama I Hate Suzie, which she has co-created with writer Lucy Prebble.
The eight-part series sees Piper star as Suzie Pickles, a celebrity whose life is turned upside down when her phone is hacked and a compromising photo of her becomes public.
It is described as a "bold, funny, bracing drama about the moment in life when the mask slips, asking if any us can survive being well and truly 'known"'.
The show features a script from Emmy-nominated screenwriter Prebble, who first worked with Piper on Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Piper said: "It's taken years to finally get Lucy, my long-term GF and favourite writer in London - to work with me again. We feel we've created something timely and not for the faint-hearted.
"If you too suffer with anxiety, shame, compulsive lying - but like a laugh - please tune in at some point."
Prebble added: “At last I get to make my best friend Billie Piper do terrible things on screen again. It is all I live for.
Cameron Roach, Sky Studios director of drama, described I Hate Suzie as “a truly unique show” that provides “a vital, moving and darkly funny portrayal of the thirty-something woman.”
I Hate Suzie is the latest original drama commission for Sky, with forthcoming series including Catherine The Great starring Helen Mirren and a second season of Jez Butterworth’s Brittania.
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Piper recently starred in BBC series Collateral alongside Carey Mulligan and will appear in romantic drama Rare Beasts later this year.
Prebble received considerable acclaim for ENRON, her play based on the collapse of the American energy giant. She is currently a co-executive producer on HBO’s Succession, which was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series earlier this year.
Additional reporting by Press Association.
