Is new BBC One drama Dope Girls based on a true story?
If you are looking for some good weekend TV BBC One's new drama, Dope Girls, might be for you. Dope Girls is a six-part drama "inspired by a forgotten time in history", focusing on post-war society and female empowerment after the end of World War One.
The drama will begin at 9.15pm on BBC One on Saturday, February 22, with all episodes available to watch on iPlayer, and features an impressive cast including Julianne Nicholson and Eilidh Fisher. You can read everything you need to know about Dope Girls, here.
The drama begins at the end of World War One and Britain celebrating 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.
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Using Soho’s expanding illicit underground clubland scene as their playground, women explore previously unimaginable opportunities on either side of the law. Dope Girls depicts in visceral delicious detail the birth of the modern nightlife industry guided and gilded by hard-fought female endeavour.
Although Dope Girls is based on true events that happened in history, such as the beginning of women's liberation, it is not based on a true story. The characters and storylines are fictional. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter.
The series is very clear up front that it is only "inspired" by the time period, with the events being fictional and there can be no doubt that this is a very modern, socially progressive take on history. The show is focused on the social revolution of the time, and how women broke free from patriarchy and societal constraints.
