Turns out TV is also like a box of chocolates.

BritBox has ordered period drama Chocolate Wars (working title) alongside UKTV and Sony Pictures Television . The scripted series is inspired by a book chronicling confectionery empire-building in the 19th-century, during which time British Quaker dynasty the Cadbury family established themselves among Britain’s biggest chocolate makers.

Sony-backed Fable Pictures is producing in association with Freddie Highmore’s Alfresco Pictures, with Chloë Mi Lin Ewart ( All Creatures Great and Small, Beyond Paradise ) writing. The series will premiere in 2027 on BritBox and on UKTV streamer U and U&Drama in the UK.

Deadline revealed BritBox was nearing a deal for the series back in January, with The Good Doctor star Highmore attached. As we reported at the time, the drama has been in the works for more than eight years, is inspired by the 2010 historical book of the same name by Deborah Cadbury , an Emmy-winning TV producer who belongs to the Cadbury dynasty.…