New comedy set in all-female cab firm

Filming has begun on a three-part BBC One comedy-drama about an all-women cab company.

Candy Cabs will star EastEnders’s Jo Joyner (pictured) and Lisa Millett, whose credits include Drop Dead Gorgeous and Craig Cash’s Sunshine.

Set in the fictional Northern town of South Hadley, the show will run for three hour-long episodes; while the cast also includes Paul Nicholls, Denis Lawson, John Henshaw, Jodie Prenger, Paul Kaye, Tom Goodman-Hill and Claire Sweeney.

It was written by Johanne McAndrew and Elliot Hope, whose credits include Holby City and Footballers Wives.

The BBC’s head of comedy commissioning, Cheryl Taylor, said: ‘The series has a wonderful cast, warm and witty writing and a sparkling seaside setting brimming with Northern soul.’

Published: 2 Jun 2010