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Six-part drama Mood began its life as Superhoe, a Royal Court Theatre play created by actor, writer and singer-songwriter Nic\u00f4le Lecky, and has since been adapted for BBC Three.<\/p>\n
Lecky stars as Sasha, a 25-year-old singer and rapper who is trying to make a name for herself, but isn\u2019t landing the opportunities that will take her there. And to make matters worse, her mum (Jessica Hynes) kicks her out of the family home following a huge blow-up, leaving her homeless and out of options.<\/p>\n
When a young woman called Carly (Lara Peake) offers to put Sasha up following a chance encounter between the pair, it looks like she might have landed on her feet. But there are hints that Carly could spell trouble for our protagonist, who has no grasp on what she\u2019s walked into.<\/p>\n
Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> about what first drew her to the project, Peake said: \u201cWhen I initially read the scripts, I found that it was ticking so many boxes that I hadn\u2019t really seen on television, especially from a younger person\u2019s perspective. The way it confronted quite taboo topics so on the head was really attractive to me. And it was a role that I\u2019ve never really had the chance to play before, something that was completely new to me.\u201d<\/p> Carly is a sex worker who earns her crust from Onlyfans, and it\u2019s clearly paid off given her fancy flat, which she pays for singlehandedly. Alongside internet culture, the series also explores a raft of other themes including race, female rage and friendship and class, to name just a handful.<\/p>\n But despite those weighty narrative strands, Lecky has also made space to inject some levity into Sasha\u2019s story, which Peake was keen to highlight: \u201cBecause it\u2019s dealing with such dark topics, they\u2019ve really struck a balance with adding light in there as well, adding comedy. It catches you off guard at points. You start at a certain moment and then you\u2019re bursting out laughing at a one-liner that Nicole\u2019s written or a look. It makes it seem really fresh, and I think probably more relatable to younger audiences.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a lot going on in the world at the minute, but I think there is still humour to be found that makes it all a little bit lighter and easier to deal with, especially post-pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n Mood airs on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer from Tuesday 1st March at 10:05pm. Check out more of our Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Abby Robinson Published: Tuesday, 01 March 2022 at 12:00 am Six-part drama Mood began its life as Superhoe, a Royal Court Theatre play created by actor, writer and singer-songwriter Nic\u00f4le Lecky, and has since been adapted for BBC Three. Lecky stars as Sasha, a 25-year-old singer and rapper who is trying to make a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Abby Robinson Published: Tuesday, 01 March 2022 at 12:00 am Six-part drama Mood began its life as Superhoe, a Royal Court Theatre play created by actor, writer and singer-songwriter Nic\u00f4le Lecky, and has since been adapted for BBC Three. Lecky stars as Sasha, a 25-year-old singer and rapper who is trying to make a…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/11644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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