Upcoming drama The Cadburys has a set of first look images freshly released

The six-part series will launch on free-streaming service U in 2027. The image above shows Pearce Quigley.

What do we know about The Cadburys and what is in the images

The latest press release informs us the show:

tells the story of the Cadbury family, with Toby Regbo, Harry Gilby, Jessica Barden and Pearce Quigley starring as Richard, George, Maria and John. Filming recently concluded in Birmingham.

In 1860s Birmingham, when chocolate as we know it doesn’t yet exist, two very different brothers, Richard (Regbo) and George Cadbury (Gilby), find themselves in charge of their family’s failing cocoa business. Together, they have the radical genius and burning ambition to turn Cadbury into one of the world’s most beloved confectioners – if they can only learn to trust and rely on each other. Their sister Maria (Barden) 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, Francis Fry (Hardy) and is forced to question where her true loyalties really lie. Infused with historical delights and magical invention, The Cadburys is about how we build, break and rebuild the bonds of family — and how the sweetest things in life are rarely simple.

Originally titled Chocolate Wars, we get a glimpse at the Cadbury family in 1860s Birmingham, from George’s obsession to create the first solid eating cocoa, to the romance between Richard and Elizabeth Adlington (Poppy Gilbert) and the irresistible attraction between Maria and Francis Fry (Ben Hardy). The images released also provide a first look at John Cadbury, Elizabeth’s mother, Dorothy (Joanna Scanlan), and fellow-inventor, Joseph Rowntree (Mathew Baynton). There are more images in the press release.