A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is an upcoming British television series based on the Holly Jackson novel of the same name, adapted by Poppy Cogan, directed by Dolly Wells, and developed by Moonage Pictures for BBC Three.
Premise
Pip Fitz-Amobi (Myers) isn’t satisfied that the killing of a local school girl has been investigated thoroughly enough and takes matters into her own hands.
Cast
Emma Myers as Pippa (Pip) Fitz-Amobi
Zain Iqbal as Ravi Singh
India Lillie Davies as Andie Bell
Rahul Pattni as Sal Singh
Asha Banks as Cara Ward
Yali Topol Margalith as Lauren Gibson
Jude Morgan-Collie as Connor Reynolds
Raiko Gohara as Zach Chen
Georgia Arron as Emma Hutton
Jessica Webber as Nat Da Silva
Henry Ashton as Max Hastings
Carla Woodcock as Becca Bell
Yasmin Al-Khudhairi as Naomi Ward
Mathew Baynton as Elliot Ward
Anna Maxwell Martin as Leanne Amobi
Orla Hill as Ruby Foxcroft
Gary Beadle as Victor Amobi
Mitu Panicucci as Stella Chapman
Annabel Mullion as Rosie Hastings
Adam Astill as Toby Hastings
Matthew Khan as Dylan
Matt Chambers as Jason Bell
Ephraim O.P. Sampson as Jake Lawrence
Production
In September 2022, the project was announced as a BBC Three television adaptation of the Holly Jackson novel A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, produced by Moonage Pictures. Dolly Wells is set to direct the project from a script by Poppy Cogan, alongside Zia Ahmed, Ajoke Ibironke and Ruby Thomas. It is produced by Florence Walker, and executive producers include Matthew Read, Matthew Bouch and Frith Tiplady for Moonage Pictures, and Lucy Richer and Danielle Scott-Haughton for the BBC, along with Wells, Holly Jackson and Cogan.
Casting
In June 2023, production started with Emma Myers and Zain Iqbal cast into the lead roles of Pip and Ravi.
Filming
Filming took place around Bristol including the Redcliffe Caves and the Avon Valley Railway. Filming ended in August 2023.