Sky has debuted the first look at Billie Piper’s new comedy-drama series, I Hate Suzie.
The show follows an actress named Suzie Pickles, played by Piper, whose life is disrupted when her phone is hacked and compromising images of her are shared publicly.
The trailer sees Pickles in a chaotic spiral as the hacking unravels every aspect of her life.
Sky describes the show as a drama about “the moment in life when the mask slips, asking if any of us can survive being well and truly ‘known’.”
Daniel Ings (The Crown), Leila Farzad (Innocent) and Nathaniel Martello-White (Silent Witness) also star.
Billie Piper’s career in pictures
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Yerma at the Young Vic saw Piper award the best actress award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards
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Great Britain was a comedy at the National Theatre inspired by the phone hacking scandal
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The Effect by Lucy Prebble saw Piper shortlisted for an Evening Standard Theatre Award for best actress in 2013
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Piper starred as a pregnant security guard in Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil LaBute at the Almeida
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Piper’s first stage appearance was in Treats, where she starred alongside Laurence Fox. The pair were married for nine years
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Piper took the role of Belle du Jour in the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, scripted by Lucy Prebble
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A BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke saw Piper take the lead role of Sally Lockhart
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Piper stars as Fanny Price in Mansfield Park
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Piper starred as Doctor Who’s sidekick Rose Tyler when the series relaunched
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1/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
Yerma at the Young Vic saw Piper award the best actress award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards
2/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
Great Britain was a comedy at the National Theatre inspired by the phone hacking scandal
Johan Persson
3/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
The Effect by Lucy Prebble saw Piper shortlisted for an Evening Standard Theatre Award for best actress in 2013
Rex
4/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
Piper starred as a pregnant security guard in Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil LaBute at the Almeida
Rex
5/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
Piper’s first stage appearance was in Treats, where she starred alongside Laurence Fox. The pair were married for nine years
Steve Waters
6/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
Piper took the role of Belle du Jour in the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, scripted by Lucy Prebble
Tiger Aspect
7/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
A BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke saw Piper take the lead role of Sally Lockhart
BBC
8/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
Piper stars as Fanny Price in Mansfield Park
Company Pictures
9/9 Billie Piper’s career in pictures
Piper starred as Doctor Who’s sidekick Rose Tyler when the series relaunched
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Co-created by Piper, the series is written by her friend and collaborator Lucy Prebble, writer/co-executive producer of Succession and creator of Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Announcing the show last year, Piper said: “It’s taken years to finally get Lucy, my long-term GF and favourite writer in London – to work with me again. We feel we’ve created something timely and not for the faint-hearted.
“If you too suffer with anxiety, shame, compulsive lying – but like a laugh – please tune in at some point.”
Prebble was also this week awarded the inaugural Michael Billington award for best new play for A Very Expensive Poison.
I Hate Suzie is one of 80 Sky original shows debuting in 2020, with other titles including Breeders (starring Martin Freeman) and Two Weeks to Live (starring Maisie Williams and Sian Clifford).
Billie Piper recently made her directorial debut with Rare Beasts, starring Lily James and David Thewlis, which premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2019.
