BBC settles in for Film Club
FIRST LOOK: Aimee Lou Wood, Nabhaan Rizwan, Suranne Jones and Liv Hill star in Film Club, a romantic comedy-drama debuting later this year on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.
The show marks the screenwriting debut from Wood (Daddy Issues, Sex Education) and Ralph Davis (House of the Dragon, Big Boys), and is produced by Gaumont (Obsession).
For Evie (Wood), Film Club is her weekly escape – a chance to create a world of wonder, deck her mum’s garage out in whatever the movie calls for, and spend a few uninterrupted hours with her best friend Noa (Rizwaan).
It’s Friday night. 7pm. Film Club Week 198. Evie hasn’t left the house in six months after a ‘wobble’, and tonight, things are different. Noa’s got big news. A dream job is taking him across the other side of the country, which means that all of this is ending. That reality is hitting. That they’re going to be forced to consider for the first time they might be more than just friends. Neither of them are the best when it comes to emotions but this time those emotions might be impossible to ignore…
As if life weren’t challenging enough already, Evie is going to be navigating this amongst the eccentricity of her family home – living with her fiercely loving single mum Suz (Jones), sister Izzie (Hill), and handsome boyfriend/sometime man of the house Josh.
The cast also includes Adam Long as Evie’s boyfriend Josh, Arian Nik and Fola Evans Akingbola as Film Club members Kam and Samantha respectively, and co-creator Davis as Film Club’s newest member, Dominic. Owen Cooper plays Evie’s annoying neighbour Callum.
The six-part series is co-created and written by Wood and Davis, with Anna Jordan (One Day, Killing Eve) joining the writing team for episode four. The series is produced by Gaumont UK with the support of ZDFneo in Germany.
Stella Merz (Gentleman Jack, Renegade Nell) joins as producer and Catherine Morshead (Daddy Issues, The Full Monty) will direct the series. Executive producers are Alison Jackson, Jamie Jackson and Aimee Lou Wood for Gaumont, and Nawfal Faizullah for the BBC. International sales will be handled by Fremantle.
Film Club recently wrapped filming in Manchester and the series will air later this year on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three.
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