As we beforehand reported, journalist Dolly Alderton is adapting her hit memoir “The whole lot I Know About Love” for tv. Now there’s phrase the undertaking — which has been been in comparison with “Intercourse and the Metropolis” — has discovered its leads and director. In response to Deadline, “Diary of a Teenage Woman’s” Bel Powley and “The Witcher’s” Emma Appleton will star within the seven-part sequence, and China Moo-Younger (“Harlots”) is directing.
“The whole lot I Know About Love” facilities on Maggie (Appleton) and Birdy (Powley), who’ve been finest mates since childhood. “Set in a 2012 London house-share with flashbacks to suburban adolescence within the early noughties, the sequence is an unflinching deep dive into dangerous dates, heartaches, and humiliations,” the supply particulars.
Additionally becoming a member of the solid are Marli Siu (“Alex Rider”) and newcomer Aliyah Odoffin.
“I’m past thrilled with each actor we have now on board for ‘The whole lot I Know About Love,’” stated Alderton, who can be among the many undertaking’s government producers. “Aisha Bywaters has helped us discover our dream solid and we’re so excited to see them inhabit the world of the present and convey its tales and relationships to life.”
Manufacturing will kick off quickly in Manchester and London, and the present is anticipated to air on the BBC subsequent 12 months. NBCUniversal Worldwide Studios’ Working Title Tv is producing for BBC One, and NBCUniversal will distribute the sequence.
You’ll be able to see Powley subsequent in Season 2 of “The Morning Present,” premiering September 17 on Apple TV+. Her latest credit embrace “The King of Staten Island” and podcast “Delicate Voice.” “The Final Letter from Your Lover,” “Traitors,” and “Genius: Picasso” are amongst Appleton’s credit.
Moo-Younger beforehand directed Appleton within the sequence “Intergalactic.” Her directing credit additionally embrace episodes of “People,” “Name the Midwife,” and “Secret Diary of a Name Woman.”