As the shoot finished, Brooke said: “My character, Wendy Healy, is juggling a career and kids, just like me, so it's like making my own reality show.” The series follows the fortunes of three fortysomething women power-brokers who are fighting to stay ahead of their rivals, while dealing with the pressures of their private lives.

Insiders say it's like Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte (the Sex And The City girls) have grown up, although the new show also features racy scenes.

Writer Bushnell is hoping the new show will strike a chord in a generation where women are increasingly taking a more high-profile role at work as their children grow up.

If the rest of the show lives up to the expectations surrounding the pilot, it may mean that Teri Shields' legendary showbiz pushiness finally pays off.

Though a sitcom, Suddenly Susan, did fairly well on both sides of the Atlantic, little has lived up to the promise of her teen movies Pretty Baby and Blue Lagoon.

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