The Trouble with Maggie Cole

The Trouble with Maggie Cole is a British comedy-drama  television series directed by Ben Gregor, and written by Mark Brotherhood. The show's first episode premiered on British television network ITV on 4 March 2020. It stars Dawn French in the role of Maggie Cole as well as Mark Heap, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Vicki Pepperdine, Patrick Robinson, Emily Reid and Gwyneth Keyworth.

Premise
The six-part series takes place in the coastal village of Thurlbury and follows the local busybody Maggie Cole (Dawn French). Maggie refers to herself as the "local historian" and runs the local heritage/gift shop, while her husband Peter is the headmaster of the local primary school. "Self-important Maggie has spilt the beans, drunkenly, on local radio about six village characters with secrets, and is thus racked with guilt for her pointless gossip. But she somehow seems to have hit a seam of truth about at least two or three, and thus the stage is set for confrontations and reckonings."

Production and filming
The show was initially planned to be named Glass Houses while in production in early 2019. Filming for the series took place across South Devon and Cornwall, primarily in the village of Noss Mayo. Other locations where filming took place are Mothecombe, Launceston Castle, Cargreen, Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-Sea beach, Morwellham Quay, Saltash, and a primary school in Ivybridge.

Cast

 * Dawn French as Maggie Cole
 * Mark Heap as Peter Cole
 * Julie Hesmondhalgh as Jill Wheadon
 * Vicki Pepperdine as Karen Saxton
 * Patrick Robinson as Marcus Ormansby
 * Phil Dunster as Jamie Cole
 * Gwyneth Keyworth as Becka Cole
 * Chetna Pandya as Dr. Carol Tomlin
 * Jamie Talbot as Tommy Jarvis
 * Emily Reid as Roxanna Dubiki
 * Rocco Padden as Josh Roberts
 * Joe Layton as Neil Roberts
 * Lee Boardman as Brian Daniels
 * Hollie Edwin as Sydney Hurst
 * Laurie Kynaston as Liam Myer
 * Kerry Howard as Kelly Roberts
 * Tomi May as Emil Dubiki
 * Arthur McBain as Alex Myer
 * Karen Henthorn as Jenny Myer
 * Shane Attwooll as Patrick
 * Ray Strasser-King as Phil