HBO And BBC To Co-Produce Michaela Coel Led Drama Series, FIRST DAY ON EARTH”
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HBO and the BBC are set to co-produce the ten-episode drama series FIRST DAY ON EARTH starring and written by multi-award winner Michaela Coel (“Chewing Gum” and HBO’s “I May Destroy You”). Coel will serve as executive producer alongside Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited, in association with A24.
Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, quote: “Michaela is one of those exceptional ‘I May Destroy You’ is one of the reasons I wanted to join the BBC! In FIRST DAY ON EARTH, Michaela has created another unmissable series – truly original, heartfelt, hilarious, poetic storytelling told in a way that only Michaela can. I can’t wait for everyone to see it.”
Phil Clarke and Robert Troni, Various Artists Limited (VAL) executive producers, quote: “We’re delighted and feel extremely lucky that Michaela chose to bring her brilliant new show to us, after the extraordinary experience we had working together on ‘I May Destroy You.’ Yet again, Michaela delivers a highly original, singular story that explores the relationship between England and Ghana via a second-generation British-Ghanaian woman who takes up the opportunity to return to the homeland of her parents and finds herself encountering a cast of memorable characters and experiences that force her to face some painful home truths. But as ever with Michaela, it is by turns shocking, funny, and unforgettable, and done in her inimitable style.”
Credits: Michaela Coel will write and star in FIRST DAY ON EARTH. The series is co-produced by HBO and the BBC and is executive produced by Coel, Jesse Armstrong (HBO’s “Succession”), Phil Clarke (“Such Brave Girls,” “Juice”), and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited, Jo McClellan for the BBC, and Piers Wenger for A24. Filming is scheduled to begin next year.
