Overview

• California Avenue unfolds across six 60-minute episodes set in a 1970s canal-side caravan park where a single mother and her child seek refuge.
• Erin Doherty leads as Lela, joined by Bill Nighy and Helena Bonham Carter as her parents Jerry and Eddie, with Tom Burke cast as showman outsider Cooper.
• Written and directed by Hugo Blick, the drama is produced by Drama Republic in partnership with Eight Rooks, following their work on The English and The Honourable Woman.
• Production will take place in and around Hertfordshire later this summer, with no official release date announced.
• Promoted as a story brimming with humour and love, the series explores themes of family, redemption and unexpected romance in the English countryside.