BBC's What It Feels Like For A Girl: Plot, how to watch and full cast list
BBC's What It Feels Like For A Girl: Plot, how to watch and full cast list
Get ready to be transported in time, not too far back in time though, to the early 00s with the new BBC drama.
What It Feels Like For A Girl, a new BBC series based on the memoir of Paris Lees
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Set in the Nottingham club scene (despite being partially filmed in South Wales), at the beginning of the millennium, you know that the new BBC coming-of age series is going to have an amazing soundtrack and have some iconic early 00s outfits.
What It Feels Like For A Girl, t he BBC adaptation of Paris Lees memoir has been described as a "wild, anarchic Y2K spin on a coming-of-age drama." With less than a week to go before it is on our screens we thought we'd give you the low down on what the series is about how you can watch it.
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The plot
The story itself follows Byron, played by Ellis Howard, a teenager stuck in a small working-class town that hasn't been the same since the coal mine shut in the 80s. When trying to leave their small town, they then discover the wild world of the UK's club scene after meeting a chaotic family of trouble makers called "The Fallen Divas."
The series, tackles gender identity, what makes a family, class, sexuality and friendship as Byron attempts to break free from the confinement of their small town.
Ellis said: "The show has a real bite to it and feels anarchic, punk and edgy, but also joyful and has a real lightness of touch and wit. The characters are misfits, punks, living on the fringes of society and use their acid tongues as a defence mechanism, giving the show wit and banter whilst also delivering a severe emotional punch."
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Ellis Howard will be playing lead character Byron.
(Image: BBC/Hera/Enda Bowe )
The series is an adaptation of the memoir of the same name by author and journalist Paris Lees, who also assisted in writing the series. She was thrilled with the idea of an adaptation to give trans women a voice on TV.
She said: "As a working-class trans woman, I've never had the opportunity to tell my story in this way before. I've never seen a trans character represented in this way on British television. Someone cool, edgy, and imperfect. I'm not a perfect trans woman, and I don't want to be a role model. I'm a hot mess, and I have the right to be just as messy as anyone else.
There's a reason why the trans community hasn't had a voice in television like this before, and I hope this series will resonate with anyone who feels marginalised or lives on the edge of society. I want this story to make people feel heard."
How to watch
You can watch all eight episodes of What It Feels Like For A Girl on BBC iPlayer on Tuesday, June 3 when the entire boxset launches on the platform at 6am. Later that night, the first and second episode of the series will air on BBC Three at 9pm and then 9.45pm.
Following the launch on BBC Three, the two episodes will launch on BBC One at 10.40pm and then 11.25pm.
Full cast list
Ellis Howard as Byron
Laquarn Lewis as Lady Die
Hannah Jones as Sasha
Jake Dunn as Liam
Adam Ali as Dirty Damian
Alex Thomas-Smith as Sticky Nikki
Michael Socha as Steve
Laura Haddock as Lisa
Hannah Walters as Mommar Joe
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Calam Lynch as Max
All episodes of What It Feels Like For A Girl will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Tuesday, June 3 and air on BBC Three and BBC One from that night.
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