The BBC has actually validated a spin-off series for its hit legal drama, The Splitwhich ended with its 3rd season in 2022.
The brand-new six-parter, entitled The Split-Upis developed by Ursula Rani Sarma (Smother, Deliciousand executive produced by Abi Morgan, who developed the initial series.
The plot centres around the”high-stakes world of Manchester’s divorce law circuitwhere one household of legal representatives, the Kishans, control the scene.
The brand-new program is set to check out “the weight of adult expectations, the forces that keep households together and the facts that tear them apart”.
While the very first series, which starred Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan, concentrated on the intricate world of London’s divorce law circuit and the lives of the 3 Defoe siblings and their mom, the brand-new series will follow Manchester-based “British-Asian high net worth household law office”, Kishan Law.
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The run-through checks out: “Kishan Law is a British-Asian high net worth household law practice in Manchester, kept in mind for its clients and its track record. They are the ‘go to company’ for Manchester’s elite who pertain to them for their quality, stability, and discretion. The future and tradition of Kishan Law hangs in the balance when a household trick from the past comes to lighttossing their expert and individual lives into chaos.”
Mentioning the brand-new series, Abi stated: “After the success of The Split, it’s been terrific to see The Split Up take shape in lead author Ursula Rani Sarma’s capable hands, revitalizing all that audiences like.
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“A brand-new legal household, getting at life in a brand-new city, fighting brand-new legal cases, as the expert and individual pleasantly clash. A fantastic brand-new cast of characters captured in the messiness of love, marital relationship, deceptiveness and divorce, make it their own. It is ripe to be taken into the hearts of anybody who liked the program.”
Ursula stated of the program: “I viewed The Split with affection over the years and I was honoured to be asked to produce The Split Up: a spin off which presents an entire brand-new household and city while still hanging on to the heat, humour and heartbreak of Abi Morgan’s initial series
“To be able to position a modern British Asian household, helmed by fantastic ladies, at the heart of a primetime drama series is a dream become a reality for me as an author who thinks highly in the value of representation on our screens. It has actually been a delight to work together with Abi in addition to Lucy Dyke, Jane Featherstone and Sumrah Mohammed at SISTER to bring it to wonderful life.”
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Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama included: “Abi Morgan’s The Split is among our most enjoyed and spoken about dramas and a preferred with audiences, and The Split Up, embeded in Manchester and remarkably composed by Ursula Rani Sarma, assures to be simply as engaging. The Split Up is as loaded with pleasure, heartbreak and intrigue as the initial, with a wonderful brand-new household we’ll fall for.”
Executive producing along with Abi and Ursula are The Splitalumni, Lucy Dyke, Jane Featherstone and manufacturer Sumrah Mohammed.
Casting information and release date have yet to be revealed.