Fraser will star alongside Ruta Gedmintas, from BBC2's The Tudors, and
Fiona Button from ITV1's The Palace, as three twentysomething lesbians living
in Glasgow.
In the six-part series by Mistresses writer Harriet Braun, Gedmintas will
play Frankie, an irreverent and provocative photographer who avoids commitment,
while Fraser will play Cat, her former lover.
Button plays Tess, Cat's best friend, who seems to always attract the wrong
sorts of women.
Braun said: "All of these characters are very close to my heart, so to
have found such a great cast who bring them to life so fantastically is very
exciting."
Lip Service is being made by Kudos, the independent producer behind Life on
Mars.
Executive producer Derek Wax said: "I am thrilled we have secured such
a strong and exciting cast for Lip Service.
"Harriet Braun has a completely fresh and
engaging take on contemporary relationships, as explored through the lives of
young gay women and it's fantastic that her tragi-comic series about love, in
all its passion and absurdity, has been commissioned by the BBC."
BBC Scotland head of drama Anne Mensah added: "Harriet's scripts are
very much authored pieces and, as such, the series takes a very vivid and
authentic look at the lives and loves of modern British gay women on the cusp
of life."
Filming has already started in Glasgow and Lip Service will air on BBC3
next spring.
Laura Fraser as Florence Nightingale. Photograph: BBC
A Knights' Tale and Florence Nightingale actor Laura Fraser is to lead the cast of BBC3's new lesbian drama Lip Service.
Fraser will star alongside Ruta Gedmintas, from BBC2's The Tudors, and Fiona Button from ITV1's The Palace, as three twentysomething lesbians living in Glasgow.
In the six-part series by Mistresses writer Harriet Braun, Gedmintas will play Frankie, an irreverent and provocative photographer who avoids commitment, while Fraser will play Cat, her former lover.
Button plays Tess, Cat's best friend, who seems to always attract the wrong sorts of women.
Braun said: "All of these characters are very close to my heart, so to have found such a great cast who bring them to life so fantastically is very exciting."
Lip Service is being made by Kudos, the independent producer behind Life on Mars.
Executive producer Derek Wax said: "I am thrilled we have secured such a strong and exciting cast for Lip Service.
"Harriet Braun has a completely fresh and engaging take on contemporary relationships, as explored through the lives of young gay women and it's fantastic that her tragi-comic series about love, in all its passion and absurdity, has been commissioned by the BBC."
BBC Scotland head of drama Anne Mensah added: "Harriet's scripts are very much authored pieces and, as such, the series takes a very vivid and authentic look at the lives and loves of modern British gay women on the cusp of life."
Filming has already started in Glasgow and Lip Service will air on BBC3 next spring.