Ella Purnell to Executive Produce, Star in Sky’s ‘Sweetpea,’ With Nicole Lecky, Jon Pointing, Calam Lynch, Leah Harvey (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Ella Purnell (“Yellowjackets”) will star in and executive produce “Sweetpea,” a female driven original drama series from pay TV operator Sky.
The series is adapted from C.J. Skuse’s novel of the same name by writer and executive producer Kirstie Swain (“Pure”), and written by Kirstie Swain (“Run”) and Krissie Ducker (“Killing Eve”), alongside Laura Jayne Tunbridge (“Nights”) and Selina Lim (“Sex Education”).
The series will be directed by Ella Jones (“The Baby”), who also serves as executive producer. Purnell stars as Rhiannon Lewis, who doesn’t make much of an impression – people walk past her in the street without a second glance.
She’s continually overlooked for a promotion at work, the guy she likes won’t commit, and her dad is really sick. Then everything in her life turns upside down.
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