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Greenacre Films in association with Monumental Television for Amazon Prime Video & ITV
A smart businessman, with an undeniable ruthless streak, Stephen Richards is one of the UK’s most successful Black businessmen. He’s built his renowned business empire, Flair & Glory, through hard work and his entrepreneurial skills, making it the market leader in black hair and beauty. But his rise to the top hasn’t been easy.
After 20 years of success, he’s at the helm of a multi-million pound cosmetics empire and is reaping the rewards of his ambitions. He’s a great advocate for black-owned business; powerful, driven and impassioned, and with his glamorous second wife, Claudia, life is never dull. Along with their adult children, Alesha, Gus and Wanda, they love spending their hard-earned cash and enjoying the good life.
In New York, Nina and Simon, Stephen’s estranged children from his first marriage, have established themselves as business people in their own right, each successful in their own field.
When Stephen suffers a stroke, the family’s world comes crashing down. As his life hangs in the balance, his different sets of children are about to collide. With secrets and lies rising to the surface and the Richards empire at stake, it’s going to be a complicated family reunion.
Written and created by Abby Ajayi (How To Get Away With Murder, Inventing Anna) as a “love letter to black London”. The aspirational storyline is a conscious corrective to TV narratives about black British families which are often set against a backdrop of poverty or gang culture.
Deborah Ayorinde (Them, Truth Be Told) stars as Nina, the estranged daughter of Stephen played by Hugh Quarshie (Stephen, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence). Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso, I May Destroy You) plays Stephen’s second wife, Claudia, and Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey, Requiem) is Stephen’s trusted advisor and confidante, Gideon. Hermione Norris (Cold Feet and Luther) will play Stephen’s longstanding and faithful PA, Maureen Dawson.