UKTV joins forces with BritBox and Sony Pictures Television for a co-commission of Chocolate Wars (w/t)

UKTV, BritBox and Sony Pictures Television have co-commissioned new period drama Chocolate Wars (w/t – 6×60’), produced by Fable Pictures, in association with Alfresco Pictures, and written by Chloë Mi Lin Ewart (Curfew, All Creatures Great and Small, Beyond Paradise). The series will launch on free-streaming service U in 2027.

What we know about Chocolate Wars

According to the press release, casting is now underway, with filming in Birmingham set to begin this Summer. The show is described as a warm-hearted family drama following the visionary Cadbury family, the underdogs of the cocoa world, on their journey towards creating the world-famous Cadbury’s chocolate bar.

In 1860s Birmingham, when chocolate as we know it doesn’t yet exist, two very different brothers, Richard and George Cadbury, find themselves in charge of their family’s failing cocoa business. Between them, they have the radical genius and burning ambition to turn Cadbury’s into one of the world’s most beloved confectioners. But first, they must learn to trust and rely on each other. And to stop bickering for long enough to actually invent some chocolate!

Their sister Maria is navigating her own role within the family and the business, but things become even more complicated when she falls in love with Cadbury’s biggest rival, and is forced to question where her true loyalties really lie. Infused with historical delights and magical invention, Chocolate Wars is about how we build, break and rebuild the bonds of family — and how the sweetest things in life are rarely simple.

The series will also be available on free-to-air channel, U&Drama.