Emma Appleton and Bel Powley can be seen in first look snaps from the BBC adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s best-selling memoir, Everything I Know About Love.
It was announced last year that Dolly’s book would be the inspiration for a seven part drama about best friends Maggie (Emma) and her best friend Birdy (Bel), and a glimpse at the hotly-anticipated drama has now been revealed.
In the first images from the story, which offers an ‘unflinching account of surviving your 20’s’, Emma’s Maggie can be seen strolling the streets barefoot wearing a party dress, fur jacket and a hat.
FIRST LOOK: Emma Appleton (pictured) and Bel Powley can be seen in first look snaps from the BBC adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s best-selling memoir, Everything I Know About Love
Emma (Maggie) and Bel (Birdy), both 29, are joined by Marli Siu who will play Birdy’s younger sister Nell, who can be seen sat at a desk studying in a snap portraying her character in the upcoming series.
Also joining them in the ‘wildly funny, occasionally heart-breaking, internationally bestselling memoir’, is Jordan Peters who will play Neil.
Making their on-screen TV debuts are Aliyah Odoffin playing Amara, Connor Finch playing Street; and Ryan Bown in his breakout role as Nathan.
Viewers can get a glimpse of Connor as Street, with one image showing the character chatting with Maggie at a train station.
A story about love: It was announced last year that Dolly’s book would be the inspiration for a seven part drama about best friends Maggie (Emma) and her best friend Birdy (Bel), and a glimpse at the hotly-anticipated drama has already been revealed
Screen debut: Viewers can get a glimpse of Connor as Street, with one image showing the character chatting with Maggie at a train station (pictured)
The show is being directed by China Moo-Young (Intergalactic, Harlots) and produced by Working Title Television (We Are Lady Parts, Hanna).
The story is set in a 2012 London house-share with flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early noughties, the series is an unflinching deep dive into bad dates, heartaches and humiliations and begs the question: can platonic love survive romantic love as we grow up?
Dolly says: ‘I am beyond thrilled with every actor we have on board for Everything I Know About Love. Aisha Bywaters has helped us find our dream cast and we are so excited to see them inhabit the world of the show and bring its stories and relationships to life.’
Exciting! The show is being directed by China Moo-Young (Intergalactic, Harlots) and produced by Working Title Television (We Are Lady Parts, Hanna)
Cast: Emma (Maggie) and Bel (Birdy), both 29, are joined by Marli Siu who will play Birdy’s younger sister Nell, who can be seen sat at a desk studying in a snap portraying her character in the upcoming series
China Moo-Young, Director says: ‘We have a sublime cast for Everything I Know About Love and I’m so excited to see them bring all the heart and humour of Dolly’s scripts to life on screen.’
Jo McClellan, Commissioning Editor, BBC Drama says: ‘The BBC are incredibly excited to have this talented young cast join Dolly, China and the Working Title team to create this funny, uplifting and big-hearted show about friendship and love.’
Surian Fletcher-Jones, Executive Producer for Working Title Television, added: ‘We at Working Title are incredibly proud to be working with the phenomenally talented Dolly Alderton.
Plot: The story is set in a 2012 London house-share with flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early noughties (pictured Bel as Birdy)
Debut: Making their on-screen TV debuts are Aliyah Odoffin (pictured) playing Amara, Connor Finch playing Street; and Ryan Bown in his breakout role as Nathan
‘It has been a real joy helping to bring her vision to life alongside our brilliant lead director, China Moo-Young and producer, Simon Maloney. We can’t wait to get going with this genuinely hilarious and heartfelt show.’
Emma is known for her roles as Feef Symonds in spy thriller Traitors and for playing Princess Renfri in Netflix series The Witcher.
She has also appeared in and short film Dreamlands and is set to feature in upcoming Sex Pistols miniseries Pistol, where she plays Nancy Spungen.
Congratulations: The actress became engaged to actor beau Douglas Booth in July this year
Meanwhile, Bel has had roles in Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, BBC drama Informer and coming-of-age film Diary of a Teenage Girl in which she played the lead role as Minnie Goetze.
The actress became engaged to actor beau Douglas Booth in July this year.
The show is described by the BBC as ‘a generous, funny, warm-hearted and uplifting Sex & The City for Millennials.’
On the casting, author Dolly, 32, said: ‘I am beyond thrilled with every actor we have on board for Everything I Know About Love.
Everything I Know About Love will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2022
Adaptation: Journalist and author Dolly’s memoir Everything I Know About Love is a funny and personal account of surviving your 20s, with the semi-fictionalised adaptation focusing on friends Maggie and Birdy
