Tom Brittney, Amanda Abbington, Aiysha Hart, Nina Sosanya & More To Star In BBC Three’s Make Me Famous

BBC Three has announced the cast for Make Me Famous, a one-off drama exploring the aftermath of reality television fame, with Tom Brittney set to lead.

Written by Reggie Yates and directed by Peter King, the sixty-minute film stars Brittney, best known for Grantchester, as Billy, a young man who wins a place on a constructed-reality series and believes his life is about to change forever. A year on, as a new series eclipses him, he struggles to cope with the fading fame, the social media attention and the tabloid coverage that follow.

Brittney is joined by Amanda Abbington, Aiysha Hart, Nina Sosanya, Emma Rigby, Tilly Keeper and Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge. The drama examines the toll that sudden fame and online scrutiny can take, a subject that has drawn growing concern around reality television.

Produced by Expectation, the film was commissioned for BBC Three by the channel’s controller Fiona Campbell and head of commissioning Clare Sillery.