Sky marks The Death of Bunny Munro

FIRST LOOK: Matt Smith takes centre stage in The Death of Bunny Munro, an upcoming Sky drama based on Nick Cave’s novel of the same name. It will air in 2025.

Smith (Doctor Who) takes the title role, with  newcomer Rafael Mathé as Bunny Junior. Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters) as Libby, Johann Myers (Somewhere Boy) as Poodle, Robert Glenister (Sherwood) as Geoffrey, Alice Feetham (Boiling Point) as Yvonne, David Threlfall (Shameless) as Bunny Snr, Lindsay Duncan (Truelove) as Doris Pennington and Elizabeth Berrington (Last Night in Soho) as Charlotte Parnovar.

Following his wife Libby’s death by suicide, sex addicted, door-to-door beauty product salesman and self-professed lothario Bunny Munro finds himself saddled with a young son and only a loose concept of parenting. Together with nine-year-old Bunny Junior he embarks on an epic and increasingly out-of-control road trip across Southern England as the two struggle to contain their grief in very different ways.

As Bunny bounces from one sales pitch to the next, trying to seduce any woman he meets, Bunny Junior kills time talking to the ghost of his mother and distracting himself from the dawning realisation that his dad isn’t just fallible—he’s a complete mess. As he starts to unravel, Bunny realises he must do something to rescue his son from his own outdated notions of what it is to be a man. The Death of Bunny Munro is both a wild cautionary tale and a tender portrait of a father and son.

The six-part series, written byPete Jackson (Somewhere Boy) and directed by Isabella Eklöf (Industry, Holiday). It is produced by Clerkenwell Films (Baby Reindeer) in association with Sky Studios.

Internationally renowned musician, screenwriter and novelist Cave is an executive producer alongside Jackson, Smith, Manpreet Dosanjh, Petra Fried, Ed Macdonald, Emily Harrison and Isabella Eklöf. The producer is Matthew Mulot.

The Death of Bunny Munro will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW in 2025.

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