Former MP Mhairi Black is poised to make her television acting debut, having joined the cast of a new BBC legal drama.
She will portray a police detective in Counsels, an eight-part series currently filming in Glasgow, set to air on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer.
Ms Black is scheduled to appear in four episodes, with filming commencing next week.
The series is co-created by Scottish writers Bryan Elsley and Gillian McCormack, a BBC Writers’ Drama Room graduate, and receives support from Screen Scotland.
Ms Black, who stepped down as an SNP MP last year, said: “I’m excited to be joining Counsels and look forward to getting stuck in to playing Detective Inspector Bridges.
“I’ve been relishing trying different things since politics, this is my first TV acting role and I really enjoyed auditioning for the part.
“To work on a series which is set and filmed in Glasgow is an amazing opportunity – what a brilliant show to be a part of.”
Counsels follows the lives of a group of young lawyers in Glasgow a few years out of university, when their careers finally become serious.
The lead roles are played by an ensemble cast of Brandon Grace, Ro Kumar, Eilidh Park, George Prentice, Alyth Ross and Rebecca Bell.
Ms Black made history aged 20 in 2015 when she became the youngest MP elected to Westminster since 1832.
She spent nearly a decade in Parliament before stepping down at the 2024 general election.
Since leaving politics she has leaned towards the entertainment industry, and in 2024 she debuted a one-woman show Politics Isn’t For Me at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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