Diane Kruger ( Troy, Inglourious Basterds ) and Jo Joyner ( The Wives, For Her Sins ) will lead Paramount + UK & Ireland’s latest drama series, Little Disasters . The pair will play friends Jess and Liz in the “tense and compelling” six-part psychological thriller, which also stars Shelley Conn ( Gen V, Alex Rider ) and Emily Taaffe ( The Rising, The Beast Must Die ). It is adapted from Anatomy of a Scandal writer Sarah Vaughan’s novel of the same name and billed as an exploration of female friendships and motherhood.
The four actresses play four friends who were thrown together while expectant mothers with little in common apart from their due dates. When Jess takes her baby daughter to hospital with a head injury she can’t explain, close friend and on-duty A&E doctor Liz is forced to make the excruciating decision as to whether to call social services on her friend. The decision sets of a chain of events that show how a moment can fracture and nearly destroy families and friendships.
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