Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Orla Brady and Shelley Conn are back with a brand new series of Ecosse Films’ hit series, Mistresses, Jay Hunt announced today at the BBC One Autumn launch.

The BBC has commissioned a third and final outing of the popular drama that follows four friends supporting each other through the complexities of life.

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Mistresses star Sarah Parish and her husband James Murray have been speaking to The Sun about the tragic death of her baby girl, Ella-Jayen who died in January.

Ella-Jayne was born with a hole in her heart and despite this being a condition that can often be treated successfully, Ella failed to recover fully from two emergency operations. She died aged just eight months.

Sarah, who’s 41, told the newspaper, “It is terrifying when you have a baby and she is taken away ill.

“You were expecting cards and balloons and suddenly you are dropped into a nightmare…” Read more & comment »

The first of the six-part series two of Mistresses was, like Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way! But Mary Poppins would’ve had to be sectioned had she been part of the circle of four friends around whom the storyline centres; she’s have gone crazy had she witnessed the sex, deceit, betrayals and downright epically good fun/drama that it was.

I missed series one entirely, so if you did too, here’s a quick recap of what scandalous goings on occurred then…

Nowadays, the four friends – who somewhat oddly aren’t actually mistresses to anyone at all it seems – have moved on since series one ended… Read more & comment »

A year has passed since the troubled love lives of Katie, Trudi, Jessica and Siobhan left them heartbroken, as the BBC One drama starring Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Shelley Conn and Orla Brady returns. However, while their friendships are still as strong as ever, their lives have changed a lot…

Having moved on from her first love with lesbian Alex, Jessica has been swept off her feet by playboy Mark, and the ultimate commitment-phobe is getting married. However, her friends discover things are not as straightforward as they thought when Jessica starts kissing a handsome stranger on her hen night.

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The second series of Mistresses kicks off tomorrow night at 9pm on BBC One, but for those who have forgotten the first series, or who simply never watched it here is a fab clip bringing you all the highlights of series one.

Enjoy

Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Orla Brady and Shelley Conn are set to return to BBC One in Mistresses

One of the most talked about dramas of 2008, BBC One’s hit Mistresses, from Ecosse Films, has been recommissioned for a second series it was announced today.

Mistresses follows the lives of four 30-something friends and their quest for true love, returning with lead actors Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Orla Brady and Shelley Conn reprising their respective roles as loyal and steadfast doctor Katie, struggling single mum Trudi, high flying solicitor Siobhan and fun loving events organiser Jessica.

The men in the Mistresses’ lives are also back: Siobhan’s devoted husband Hari (Raza Jaffrey) and her former lover and father of her unborn child, Dominic (Adam Rayner), Trudi’s on/off boyfriend Richard (Patrick Baladi) and Jessica’s occasional shag and boss Simon (Adam Astill). Read more & comment »

Sarah Parish, Orla Brady, Sharon Small and Shelley Conn; four of the UK’s leading actresses are set to star in the much anticipated drama from Ecosse Films for BBC ONE. Mistresses is a refreshingly sexy, sophisticated and modern take on the lives of four women and their involvement in an array of illicit and complex relationships.

Currently being filmed in Bristol, Mistresses is a contemporary drama which recounts the lives of four thirty-something friends who each have a different experience of infidelity and love: devoted mistress; wronged wife; unwitting instigator; bed hopper. The tangled web of love and deceit envelops all four with life changing revelations and proving that life is not always greener on the other side. Read more & comment »