Produced by Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials, Industry, I Hate Suzie, Doctor Who, A Discovery of Witches) in association with Sony Pictures Television, the fictional drama is inspired by a forgotten time in history.

It is the end of World War One. As Britain celebrates the Armistice on the streets of London, men return from the front expecting to rejoin society and pick up where they left off – but a newly empowered generation of women are loath to simply return to the kitchen.

The new pictures lift the curtain on the new drama’s decadence, sexual liberation and intoxicating glamour on and off the nightclub stage.

Kate Galloway (Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown) establishes herself at the centre of London’s exploding club scene, embracing a life of criminal activities under the nose of the police with the dedicated aim of providing for her daughter.

Eliza Scanlen (Little Women) plays Violet Davies, one of the first wave of female officers, who is assigned to go undercover at the club and investigate the illicit world of underground Soho nightclubs.

This is where she discovers Billie Cassidy (Umi Myers), the dazzling bohemian dancer who performs on stage every night alongside her friend, confidante and fellow hedonist Eddie Cobb (Michael Duke).

Meanwhile Kate’s teenage daughter Evie (Eilidh Fisher) finds herself transfixed by this magnetic and dangerous new world.

Dope Girls is created by award-winning writer Polly Stenham (That Face, Julie, Neon Demon) and Alex Warren (Eleanor), with Shannon Murphy (Babyteeth, Killing Eve) as lead director and executive producer.

As well as serving as lead writers, Stenham and Warren act as executive producers alongside Bad Wolf’s Kate Crowther and Jane Tranter, director Shannon Murphy, Michael Lesslie for Storyteller Productions, and Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC.

Miranda Bowen (Women In Love) has directed later episodes. Directors of Photography include Annika Summerson and Carlos Catalan, while Sherree Philips (Babyteeth) is production designer. Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto serves as producer. Stephen Haren also serves as producer. Casting is by Julie Harkin and Nathan Toth.

The project has been developed and overseen by Bad Wolf’s Director of Content, Dan McCulloch and Chief Creative Officer, Ryan Rasmussen.

Dope Girls was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. Bad Wolf is a Sony Pictures Television-owned company, and SPT will handle international distribution.

Bad Wolf is supported by Welsh Government via Creative Wales.