The Hairdresser Mysteries is described an original, homegrown drama, created by Jim Cartwright and is “a nostalgic nod” to the 1970s.
The show will see a high-end hairdresser, Lily Petal, opt out of a competitive city scene to buy a small village hairdressers at the top of a cobbled street.
Filming will begin this September across the West Midlands and will see Sally Phillips take the lead role.
While The Detection Club, set in 1930s London, known as the golden age of detective fiction, sees three of the era’s most famous crime writers – Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and GK Chesterton – join forces to solve real life murders.
A spokesperson for the BBC said the new shows demonstrated its commitment to reinvesting all of the money spent on the daytime medical drama Doctors into new scripted programming in the West Midlands.
Doctors’ final episode aired in November 2024, after the BBC cancelled the show due to “super inflation in drama production” leading to costs significantly rising.
A petition to try and save the show attracted more than 9,000 signatures.