Bel Powley

Gugu Mbatha-Raw to star in Inheritance, a new Sky thriller with a colonialist twist

Headshots of Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jonny Lee Miller, Sheldon Shepherd and Bel Powley

Mbatha-Raw stars as Claudia, an up and coming lawyer who’s tasked with challenging an intriguing inheritance claim.

A local Bristolian called Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd) has filed the claim against one Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee-Miller), contesting the white aristocrat’s sizeable estate.

First look images released for Everything I Know About Love

Emma Appleton and Bel Powley (Credit: BBC/Matthew Squire)

Based on Alderton's memoirs, the first look images for the drama of Everything I Know About Love features the close knit group of friends Maggie (Emma Appleton), Birdy (Bel Powley), Nell (Marli Siu) and Amara (Aliyah Odoffin), plus Street (Connor Finch).

The drama promises to give an unvarnished look at the adventures that occur when you’re trying to survive your 20s. 

Set in 2012, Maggie and Birdy are childhood best friends living in a London houseshare together, facing bad dates, heartaches and humiliations.

Casting announced for BBC adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love

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Inspired by her own hilarious and in parts heart-breaking memoir of the same name, about her post-university experiences living in a London house share, Everything I Know About Love will offer an unflinching account of surviving your twenties.