BBC shares first look at Adolescence stars new series | UK News
Erin Doherty, Helena Bonham Carter and Bill Nighy star in California Avenue (Image: BBC/Drama Republic)
BBC viewers have declared they “can’t wait” after the broadcaster unveiled first look photos of forthcoming drama California Avenue.
Set during the Seventies, the programme follows a mom and little one on the run, and options a stellar solid including Adolescence actress Erin Doherty, The Crown star Helena Bonham Carter and Love Actually’s Bill Nighy.
The BBC posted a series of photos on Instagram displaying the stars in character, alongside other solid members including Tom Burke from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, reviews the Mirror.
Kate Robbins, Paul Kaye and newcomer Cammie Liebreich also characteristic in the series, which unfolds in an remoted canal-side caravan park nestled deep within the English countryside.
“Its peace is irrevocably disrupted by the arrival of Lela and her 11-year-old child, Bee, both on the run, looking for refuge in this hidden world,” acknowledged a synopsis.
Erin Doherty performs Lela in the series (Image: BBC/Drama Republic)
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“It is here that a fractured family will come together, ghosts of the past will firmly be put to rest and an unexpected love is forged.”
The series – which the BBC said “is a story brimming with humour and love” – sees Bill and Helena painting Jerry and Eddie, the mother and father of Lela (Erin). They are ballroom champions of the Nineteen Thirties who grew to become wartime runaways and stay in hiding three a long time later.
Tom portrays fairground outcast Cooper, whose troubled historical past is set to erupt into California Avenue. Kate takes on the position of Priscilla, the “formidable force” who runs the caravan web site with her husband, web site supervisor and all-rounder Kevin (Paul).
Viewers said they have been “looking forward” to the series following the BBC’s release of its first glimpse, with some taking to social media to ask when it’s anticipated to broadcast.
“Cast on this is incredible,” noticed one viewer, while another agreed: “The cast looks fantastic (though I was ‘in’ at Bill Nighy).”
California Avenue will air on the BBC (Image: BBC/Drama Republic)
“Absolutely can’t wait for this,” remarked another person, while another enquired: “When is it being added? Really looking forward to seeing this one.”
The series is created, written, and directed by BAFTA Award-winning author and director Hugo Blick.
Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, said when the series was announced: “Hugo Blick has given us some of the finest television of the past three decades and it’s an honour to join forces with him alongside Bill, Helena, Erin, Tom and Drama Republic to take BBC viewers on the journey of a lifetime to 1970s California Avenue.”
California Avenue is set to air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.
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