ITV COMMISSION NEW DRAMA 'RICHES'

ITV commissions six part drama, Riches, written and created by Abby Ajayi.

“No one who knows anything about black women and their commitment to looking good would think there’s anything high risk about my ambitions.” – Stephen Richards

Abby Ajayi’s scripts introduce us to Stephen Richards, a successful and smart businessman, who always gets his own way.  He’s built his life and business empire around the fact everything he touches turns to gold.  Even abandoning his first wife and two older children, Nina and Simon, turned out well for him.

After 20 years of success, Stephen’s at the helm of his multi-million pound cosmetics empire and is reaping the rewards of his business acumen and ambitions. He's a great advocate for black-owned business, powerful, driven and impassioned, and with a glamourous, younger second wife, Claudia, life is never dull. Along with their adult children, Alesha, Gus and Wanda they love spending their hard-earned cash. The Richards are all about the good life and they’ve earnt it. 

In New York, Nina and Simon have established themselves as business people in their own right but when Stephen suffers a stroke, the family’s world comes tumbling down. As Stephen's life hangs in the balance, his children are about to collide and with secrets and lies rising to the surface and the empire at stake, it's bound to be a complicated family reunion... 

Abby Ajayi said: “The brash, complicated and indefatigable Richards family are a joy to write and I am thrilled that this contemporary story about a Black British family and their ambitions has found a home at ITV with its enviable track record of popular dramas. I'm delighted to be working with Nadine Marsh-Edwards and Amanda Jenks who have long proven their commitment to entertaining, inclusive storytelling.”

Riches will begin filming in London and New York during the early part of 2021.