All 12 episodes of the upcoming drama will be available to watch on BBC Three from Sunday 26th April.
Daisy Edgar-Jones (War Of The Worlds) and newcomer Paul Mescal star as Marianne and Connell, two young lovers who have a complicated on-off relationship spanning across their teenage years in a small town west of Ireland through their student years at Trinity College, Dublin.
The new series follows the adaptation of her second novel, Normal People, which airs this spring.
The series will be produced by Element Pictures, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie McDonald, with several episodes written by Alice Birch.
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Daisy Edgar-Jones (Cold Feet) and newcomer Paul Mescal star as two young lovers from a small town in the west of Ireland who share a complicated romance spanning across their teenage years to college.
Oscar-nominated Lenny Abrahamson (Room, Frank) and Bafta-winner Hettie MacDonald (Howard’s End) are on board to direct the 12-part BBC Three drama, with filming due to take place in Dublin, Sligo and Italy.
The modern love story has been adapted for the screen by Sally Rooney, alongside writers Alice Birch and Mark O’Rowe.
Normal People follows the tender but complex relationship of popular and easy-going Connell and lonely and intimidating Marianne.
