With an all-female lead cast, Widows launched the careers of many of its stars including Eastenders’ Ann Mitchell, Fiona Hendley, (Jane) and Maureen O’Farrell (Arabian Nights) and Eva Mottley (Poor Little Rich Girls).

After Midge’s triumph at the Gaslight, the fallout from her takedown of Sophie Lennon looms large, making her climb up the comedy ladder more challenging than ever.

Set in the heartland of India and billed as “an edge-of-your-seat experience,” the nine-episode series revolves around drugs, guns and the politics of power in a land where might is right.