UKTV reveals a taste of The Cadburys ahead of 2027 launch

TRAILER: Harry Gilby, Toby Regbo and Jessica Barden head the cast of The Cadburys, a period drama charting the early fortunes of the titular chocolatiers coming to U&Drama in the UK and Britbox in the US in 2027.

In 1860s Birmingham, 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 (Ben 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.

The cast also includes Pearce Quigley as John Cadbury, Poppy Gilbert as Elizabeth Adlington, Joanna Scanlan as Dorothy Adlington, Felicity Montagu as Mary Brown, Mathew Baynton as Joseph Rowntree and many more.

Previously called Chocolate Wars, the series is a UKTV commission with BritBox and Sony Pictures Television, produced by Fable Pictures, in association with Alfresco Pictures.

It is written by Chloë Mi Lin Ewart (Curfew). Sony Pictures Television will handle worldwide sales.

The Cadburys will launch in 2027 on free-streaming service U and free-to-air channel U&Drama in the UK and on BritBox in the US and Canada.

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