Starz and BBC have greenlit You Are Here, an eight-part series adapted from David Nicholls’ novel by Nicholls himself. Claire Foy and Matthew Macfadyen lead the cast as Marnie and Michael, with Normal People director Lenny Abrahamson directing. The series will film in England’s Lake District and around Manchester.
Nicholls said in a statement, “I’m so delighted to be working on You Are Here with Element, the BBC, Starz and Lenny, whose work I’ve admired for many years. And Matthew and Claire are both just dream casting, wonderful in comedy and drama, so detailed and thoughtful and sympathetic. The intention with the novel was to write a close-up study of a relationship, but set against this magnificent landscape, and that’s our ambition here too; to make something both intimate and epic, funny and dramatic, a romantic comedy with real emotion.”
Abrahamson added, “The novel is such a beautiful love story — funny, profound and ultimately deeply hopeful. I’m also extremely excited to have Claire and Matthew, two actors I hugely admire, playing Michael and Marnie.”
Starz president of original programming Kathryn Busby said, “You Are Here is disarming, sly and deeply romantic. It captures something true and aching about the way we love now.”
What is ‘You Are Here’ about?
According to the official description, “when a mutual friend throws them together, Marnie and Michael unexpectedly find themselves setting off on an epic walk. Against the odds, they end up on the brink of a relationship that neither was looking for, but which might be exactly the one they both need.” The series is set along the Coast to Coast walking trail from the Lake District to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire and is described as being about “finding a connection when you least expect it and overcoming the obstacles of midlife.”
Nicholls writes and executive produces alongside Abrahamson, Foy, Macfadyen and Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe and Emma Norton for Element Pictures. The series is produced by Clare Shepherd and is an Element Pictures, a Fremantle company, production for the BBC and Starz.
Featured image photo credit: Headshots provided by Starz; photography credit Juankr, Josh Wool
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