Suranne Jones set to team up with Sex Education star for new BBC rom-com

The BBC has announced the formed for caller six-part rom-com bid Film Club, which volition prima Aimee Lou Wood and Suranne Jones

The BBC has announced that Suranne Jones volition beryllium joining the formed of the forthcoming romanticist drama series, Film Club. She'll beryllium sharing the surface with Happy Valley's Adam Long, Kaos histrion Nabhaan Rizwan, and Three Girls prima Liv Hill.

The six-part play marks the screenwriting debut of Sex Education prima Aimee Lou Wood and House of the Dragon histrion Ralph Davis.

Film Club is simply a heartwarming and humorous exploration of emotion and household dynamics, posing questions astir whether we should travel our hearts oregon heads, and the complexities of falling successful emotion with a friend.

The crippled revolves astir Evie (Wood), who hasn't ventured extracurricular her location successful six months pursuing a "wobble". She hosts a play movie nine successful her garage, wherever her champion mate Noa (Rizwan) joins her for an evening of cinematic escape.

However, erstwhile Noa receives a occupation connection that would relocate him crossed the country, they're compelled to face the anticipation of being much than conscionable pals, reports the Express.

Jones is acceptable to represent Evie's quirky and nonconformist mother, Suz, portion Long volition play Evie's fellow Josh. Hill volition instrumentality connected the relation of Evie's sister, Izzie, and co-creator Davis volition look arsenic Dominic, the newest subordinate of the Film Club.

The afloat synopsis reveals: "Friday night. 7pm. Film Club Week 198. Evie hasn't near the location successful six months aft a 'wobble', and Film Club is her escape. A play accidental to make a world of wonder, platform the store retired successful immoderate the movie calls for and walk a fewer uninterrupted hours with Noa - her champion person and 1 of the fewer mates who inactive shows up.

"But tonight, things are different. Noa's got large news. A imagination occupation is taking him crossed the different broadside of the country, which means that each of this is ending. That world is hitting. That they're going to beryllium forced to see for the archetypal clip they mightiness beryllium much than conscionable friends. Neither of them are the champion erstwhile it comes to emotions but this clip those emotions mightiness beryllium intolerable to ignore."

It goes on: "As if beingness weren't challenging capable already, Evie is going to beryllium navigating this amongst the eccentricity of her household location - surviving with her fiercely loving azygous mum Suz, sister Izzie, and handsome boyfriend/sometime antheral of the location Josh."

Wood, co-creator and prima of the series, expressed her excitement: "I'm thrilled that our beloved TV bid Film Club, a task that Ralph and I person been penning for the past decade, starts shooting this week. We couldn't beryllium much excited, and grateful, to the unthinkable squad we person assembled with the BBC. To bring this to beingness with Nabhaan and Suranne, 2 exceptional actors I person ever admired, is simply a existent honour."

Jones besides shared her enthusiasm for the script, describing it arsenic "smart, saccharine and punchy". "I've loved Aimee for a portion present and deliberation she is simply a beautifully real, honorable and brilliantly comic talent, truthful it was nary astonishment the publication she and Ralph Davis person created was the same," she commented.

"It's smart, saccharine and punchy. I can't hold to beryllium her tiger mum... and I get to movie successful my location municipality too." Rizwan expressed: "I'm excited, I consciousness relaxed and I'm ready... to parrrtaaayyy with the champion of them!"

Film Club has commenced filming successful Manchester and volition aerial adjacent year connected BBC iPlayer and BBC Three.